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James S. Benson FDAAA / FDA Centennial Scholarship Fund
About the James S. Benson FDAAA / FDA Centennial Schlorship Fund
The FDAAA Centennial Scholarship Award was created in 2006 in honor of FDA’s centennial and to encourage academic training in regulatory and quality issues. FDAAA selected the Temple University University School of Pharmacy's Quality Assurance / Regulatory Affairs program after a nationwide search. The first award was given in the Fall 2006 semester.
Temple University School of Pharmacy is a pioneer in providing advanced academic coursework in quality assurance and regulatory affairs, which refer to the quality practices and regulations governing the pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology, healthcare and consumer products, and related industries. The school was the first to create a master’s program in QA in 1968. In the 1990s, the school created the first academic certificate programs in drug development, clinical trial management, and medical device regulation.
Read further about the creation of the fund and testimonials and bios from past recipients.
how to apply
The FDAAA scholarship is open to current and new students in Temple’s QA/RA graduate program who are not eligible for tuition reimbursement at their organization. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of both financial need and academic merit. A selection committee consisting of the dean, assistant dean, director of graduate studies, and at least two QA/RA faculty members make the final selection. The recipient is announced in early September.
For further information, contact:
Temple University School of Pharmacy
Quality Assurance/Regulatory Affairs Graduate Program
Attention: Wendy Lebing, MALD, MS, Assistant Dean
Phone: 267-468-8560
Fax: 267-468-8565
Web: www.temple.edu/pharmacy_QARA
E-mail: qara@temple.edu
How to donate
There are many students in the Temple University School of Pharmacy’s Quality Assurance/Regulatory Affairs graduate program who have no source of funding for their education and would be grateful to receive financial support. You can make a difference in a student’s life by sending donations to the FDAAA Centennial Scholarship Fund. All donations go directly to the FDAAA Centennial Scholarship and are tax deductible, as permitted by federal law. (FDAAA is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.) For more information please contact:
Christopher Van Vessem
Director of Development
School of Pharmacy
Temple University
3307 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140
Contributions can be made here by check or credit card.
recipients
2025Brandi Gruenewald | 2024Jane (Yevgeniya Shteinberg | 2023Amy Alexis Cedeno | 2022Juliana Schwarz Rocha |
2021Jonathan Chapman | 2020Jonathan Chapman | 2019Jonathan Chapman | 2018Jonathan Chapman |
2017Jonathan Chapman | 2016Jonathan Chapman | 2015Kaylene Charles | 2014Jeffrey Bonnie-Baffoe |
2013Margery Dillenbeck | 2012Anshoo Chowdhary | 2011Anshoo Chowdhary | 2010Paul Mouris |
2009Megan Daly | 2008Khyati Dave | 2007Katherine McKinney | 2006Yevgeny Tkachuk |