The VEHA Scholarship fund is currently at $750.00, and is to be awarded to an eligible student, undergraduate, or graduate, who is enrolled at an accredited college or university in an Environmental program accredited by the environmental health accreditation council. To be eligible, the applicant must submit an application, attach two (2) letters of support from faculty and one (1) letter of support from an active VEHA member, and a short summary of your professional goals and your reason for pursuing a career in environmental health.

Award winners for 2010:
Environmental Health Professional of the Year - Katherine Merten
A. Clarke Slaymaker Award - Phil Cobb

Certificates of Merit
Each affiliate is invited to designate one of its members to receive a Certificate of Merit from NEHA, thereby nationally recognizing one of their own for outstanding contributions to the profession of environmental health. Recipients are announced during the AEC awards program and in the Journal of Environmental Health. This is an opportunity for special recognition on one of our own members to a national audience.
 
Please submit your nominations to Amy.Pemberton@vdh.virginia.gov no later than April 15th of the current year. Include with your email, the name, address, position held, and the reason(s) why you feel this person is deserving of national recognition.

Environmental Health Professional of the Year - Click here for form
To be eligible for the EH Professional of the Year Award, a nominee must:
1. Be a member in good standing of the Virginia Environmental Health Association.
2. Be actively engaged in the field of environmental health
3. Have performed professional duties in the field of environmental health above and beyond the usual employment requirements so as to elevate the professional status of the environmental health professional.
4. Exemplify the characteristics and principles for which this profession demands.

A. Clarke Slaymaker Award - Click here for form
To be eligible for the A. Clarke Slaymaker Award, a nominee must:
1. NOT be employed as an Environmental Health Professional
2. NOT be actively engaged in the field of environmental health, but has provided outstanding support to the profession of Environmental Health, and the EH programs in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Nominations:
1. Candidates must be nominated by a VEHA member, or members, in good standing