Ball State University Graduate Scholarships and Financial Aid

The George and Lavinia Blick Research Fund was established to support research across the academic health center, and the scholar program has been used to recognize and support the outstanding research of junior faculty. The award honors health sciences, faculty, at the assistant professor level who have demonstrated growth toward achieving national or international recognition for their research, developed a record of obtaining external funding, and whose research is collaborative.

The George and Lavinia Blick Research Fund was established through a generous $2 million gift to be used to fund medical research on the MCV Campus.

The program honors health sciences, faculty, at the assistant professor level who have demonstrated growth toward achieving national or international recognition for their research, developed a record of obtaining external funding, and whose research is collaborative. Scholars receive $25,000 each year for four years to support their research.

The Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation awards scholarship funding to support nursing students on the MCV Campus. Thousands of future nurses have benefited from the foundation’s roughly $9 million in donations throughout the years.

MCV Foundation is the doorway that connects VCU School of Nursing students with the transformational scholarship funding that the Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation continues to provide annually.

The foundation’s scholarship program awards its annual grants to more than 200 accredited educational institutions across the Southeast, including 51 in Virginia.