Kohn Scholars

About the recognition

Harold L. and Carol K. Kohn and the Kohn Charitable Trust generously fund two Ford School Rackham Master's Awards, one of the Ford School's and the University of Michigan's highest honors. They are awarded to graduate students underrepresented in the public policy field and with outstanding qualifications and tremendous promise. Kohn Scholars receive two years of full tuition, a stipend, and health and dental care. 

We recognize that scholarship at a university is a team effort between faculty and students and that it is a process of training and developing scholarly independence."

Hal and Carol Kohn

Funding for the Kohn Scholars is part of a $17 million gift from the Kohns and the Kohn Charitable Trust to establish the Kohn Collaborative for Social Policy. This transformative gift also includes five Kohn professorships that will build on and expand the school's expertise and impact in social policy.