FOUNDATION for HEALTH ENVIRONMENTS RESEARCH (FHER) FELLOWSHIPS

  • Griffin/McKahan/Zilm (GMZ) Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning & Design 
  • Arthur N. Tuttle Jr. Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning and Design

**See below for more details on each scholarship, fellowships and awards.

For questions about Foundation for Health Environments Research – Fellowships, please contact: Foundation for Health Environments Research – Fellowship Chair, Herminia Machry at hsmachry@ku.edu


Griffin/McKahan/Zilm (GMZ) Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning & Design 

This fellowship supports Doctoral and Master’s students, junior faculty, and emerging professionals in healthcare facility design. This fellowship was established by three leaders in healthcare planning through the Foundation for Health Environments Research Legacy fund. Goals of this fellowship include encouraging research related to healthcare programming and planning as well as to the general practice of healthcare architecture. Fellowship award(s) range from $2,000 – $9,000


Arthur N. Tuttle Jr. Graduate Fellowship in Health Facility Planning and Design

The Tuttle Fellowship supports graduate students and is aimed at attracting talented students to the field of planning and design for healthcare environments, helping advance their knowledge. We are specifically looking for a research-informed design approach resulting in a clearly demonstrated design project . Fellowship award(s) range from $2,000 – $10,000

See the PDF below for the application form and more details.

Applications Due April 6th, 2026

Tuttle & GMZ Fellowship Application – PDF