Now Accepting Applications
The Call for Applications is OPEN. Applications are due by January 15, 2026. See information below.
About the Award
The TKoster’s Charitable Innovative Health Care Award was established by Teresa Koster to support efforts to provide quality health care for students. The purpose of the fund is to provide financial support to student health centers and their staff for the development of innovative practices that improve access to quality health care for students.
The TKoster’s Charitable Innovative Health Care Award Funding Opportunity will provide $3,500 to help fund the development of creative solutions to access issues specifically related to:
- Understanding students’ health care needs and perspectives.
- Assessing students’ knowledge of available health services and their appropriate utilization.
- Strengthening methods of health care delivery, including the development of community and public health strategies that reach out to populations at risk.
- Strengthening the use of technology to integrate health service delivery with an educational system focused on appropriate utilization of health services and improved health status.
- Creating innovative strategies that support student’s access to needed health care services.
- American College Health Association institutional or individual members are eligible to apply for this funding opportunity. Applicants are encouraged to put together project proposals that develop or utilize partnerships on their campuses and that demonstrate internal financial and in-kind support.
Funding Proposal Materials
- Guidelines and Proposal Information
- Application Cover Sheet
- Authorizing Agent Form
- Once all information is complete and can be entered in one sitting, cut and paste the information into the Online Application Submission Form below. Submit as 1 PDF the completed: applicant sheet, authorizing signature form, and proposal.
This award was previously known as the Gallagher Koster Innovative Practices in College Health Fund.
