Anatomy Scholarships
Specialize in Anatomy
Human anatomy is the foundation upon which all other medical fields rest. Without the body, there would be no medicine. In fact, most medical students in any field begin with a solid grounding in anatomy and physiology, the delicate balance between the building blocks of the body: all the systems and organs including the skeleton; and the way the body moves and functions in the wrapping of all its systems.
In most cases students wishing to work exclusively within the field of anatomy will be limited to academic teaching positions in which they will school health sciences students on anatomy and physiology. These careers require most educators to have Ph.D. degrees.
Otherwise graduates of an anatomy-centric program are well prepared to pursue any of a number of health sciences degrees and/or fields in a wide range of specialties and educational levels.
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Scholarship Programs
The Human Anatomy and Physiology Society has recently added student and faculty scholarships to their stable of resources. The HAPS was founded about a decade ago and has pursued the goal of solidifying the academic realm of otherwise disparate anatomy and physiology educators and students. The organization’s mission is to provide the vehicle by which all members may collaborate, network, and build upon the body of scholarly work already in existence. Student scholarships are available for those members who are seeking funding for research projects. Along with scholarship applications, candidates must also submit well-defined project outlines, faculty references and additional information on details of the proposed research. Funding varies.
Grand Valley State University in Michigan provides students with an immense range of majors, many of which offer a professional/career focus that prepares students to hit the ground running. Students in any number of health-related majors may qualify for the new Duke Tanaka Jr. Anatomy Scholarship. This new fund has almost reached maturity and will be opened for applications in the near future.
Students in the College of Graduate Health Sciences program at the University of Tennessee may be eligible for the Morton H. and Myra M. Friedman Scholarship Endowment Fund. This scholarship is expressly offered to students whose career goals target anatomy or a closely related field. Eligible candidates must also demonstrate a well-balanced academic record and economic need for the funding.
Wake Forest University’s long list of endowed scholarships also includes the Norman Sulkin Scholarship. Eligible applicants must have a career eye to the field of anatomy as a whole with an emphasis on the WFU neuroanatomy curriculum.
