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Office of the Senior Vice President, Academic and Faculty Affairs Endowed Scholarships

The Office of the Senior Vice President, Academic and Faculty Affairs (SVPAFA) oversees six prestigious named scholarships funded by endowments at UTHealth Houston. This financial awards are made possible by the generosity of alumni and/or friends of the university. These scholarships are awarded on a rotating basis between all UTHealth Houston schools. 

SVPAFA Endowed Scholarships

The Thomas F. Burks Scholarship for Academic Merit is selected by the Office of the Senior Vice President, Academic and Faculty Affairs and the TF Burks Scholarship Selection Committee at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston).

The 2025-2026 TF Burks Scholarship recipients are:

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Shannon Erhardt
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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Kaylene Lu
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences

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Andrew Morse
McGovern Medical School