Step 1: Determine Your Eligibility

The goal of the AAMI-HSEA Health Systems Engineering Scholarship is to encourage students to enter the profession of health systems engineering and to foster excellence in the field. Upper level undergraduate students (junior or third year and above) and graduate students at the master's and doctoral levels who have completed no more than two years of graduate study are encouraged to apply. Applicants must have demonstrated some level of involvement and commitment to the field of health systems engineering (e.g., health systems coursework, internships, senior design project with focus on health systems) that is indicative of a trajectory towards a career in the profession.

Applicants must be current full-time third year or above undergraduate college students, or recent college graduates who have been accepted to a graduate program seeking a career in the health systems engineering profession at an accredited college or university. Typical programs would include degrees in industrial engineering, management science, operations research, and related fields.

Step 2: Write an Essay

Applicants must demonstrate a combination of technical aptitude, academic excellence, and commitment to the health systems profession. To document these attributes, applicants are required to submit a short essay (500-700 words) explaining how they view themselves fitting into the profession and describing their evidence of academic excellence and the other skills mentioned above.

Step 3: Obtain Supporting Documents

• Applicants must submit two letters of recommendation from professional contacts.
• Applicants must also submit their most recent transcript from an accredited college, or a high school transcript, and documentation of college admission into the relevant program.

Step 4: Complete the Scholarship Application

Complete the form below, including uploading your essay and all supporting documents.

Important Notes for Scholarship Applicants:

• Scholarship recipients will be asked to provide proof of course registration before the check is granted.
• Recipients will be selected by the AAMI Awards Committee, whose decisions are final. Deliberations of the AAMI Awards committee are confidential.
• Scholarship recipients will be notified in writing, by June 1, or earlier.
• Scholarship recipients will be announced in AAMI publications, on AAMI’s website, and are invited to the AAMI Exchange.
• If the scholarship recipient drops out of college, is removed from college, or moves out of the program, the award recipient is required to return the full amount of the award.