Amount: $5,000. About: Offered by Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, the Healthcare Information Management Systems Scholarships is a $5,000 award to support a student members who exhibit academic excellence and future leadership potential in the healthcare information and management systems industry. Applicant must be a member in good standing of HIMSS; must be a member of National HIMSS and the Southern California Chapter; must be attending a school in the Southern California area; primary occupation of the applicant at the time the scholarship is awarded must be that of student in an accredited undergraduate, Masters or PhD program related to the healthcare information management systems field; specific degree program is not a critical factor, although it is expected that programs similar to those in industrial engineering, operations research, healthcare informatics, computer science and information systems, mathematics, and quantitative programs in business administration and hospital administration will predominate; undergraduate applicants must be at least a first-term junior when the scholarship is awarded; previous foundation scholarship winners are ineligible. 3 awards are made annually.
Eligible Grade Levels: Graduate Student, College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior
Eligible Majors: Medicine
Residency Requirement: California
Minimum GPA: No GPA requirement
Deadline: September 9. Please note that scholarship deadlines often change, so make sure to check the scholarship sponsor’s website for up-to-date deadlines.