Health Informatics Scholarships
Crossroads of Medicine and Digital Information
Health Informatics is the crossroads where cutting-edge Information Technology meets Health Information Management. Today, patient medical records, doctor's orders, medical research, radiological reports and images, all are being converted as rapidly as possible to make them available in an online environment. Professionals in Health Informatics specialize in synthesizing these disparate forms of medical information and making them palatable, by translating the formats, for the computerized world.
Scholarships
The National Institutes of Health sponsor fellowships in biomedical informatics. The program was designed to help doctoral level students find funding for potentially valuable research in the field of health informatics.
The Health Management and Informatics Department at the University of Missouri offers a number of options for students seeking scholarship funding:
- Health Informatics Research Fellowship program makes a dozen fellowships available through the program. The fellowships in informatics are designed to meet the needs of graduate students from master level through doctorate.
- Ernst and Young Health Informatics Scholarships are very generous awards given to students solely based on academic performance. Awards can be as much as $5,000.
The University of Texas School of Health Information Sciences specializes in "biomedical informatics." Generous donations help fund two scholarships for students in the public health informatics program.
Indiana University's School of Informatics scholarships include:
- Up to $1,000 is available through the Dean's Undergraduate Award. Students with a minimum GPA of 3.0 and an interest in Informatics are encouraged to apply.
- Arvin Meritor Informatics Scholarship is designed for a student from an underrepresented population. Academic merit is also considered.
- Hispanic students enrolled in the Informatics program may qualify for the OfficeWorks Informatics Scholarship. Students may earn up to $2500 for their tuition.
- Indiana Chapter of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Scholarship is awarded to outstanding students in the health informatics program. Up to $500.
Stanford University's Biomedical Informatics funds the scholarships of a few students. Students must be doctoral or higher to be considered for these coveted awards.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine offers the Pathology Informatics Research Fellowships. Qualified students must submit a CV and letters of recommendation along with their application. Positions are competitive.
Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences funds fellowships and assistantships for graduate students in Biomedical Informatics.