Scholarships

The HIMSS Foundation annually awards over $60,000 in cash scholarships. Scholarships are awarded to HIMSS student members who have achieved academic excellence and have the potential to be future leaders in the healthcare information and management systems industry.

Twelve scholarships are awarded to the student(s) deemed most deserving as determined by the HIMSS Foundation Scholarship Review Board.

Foundation Scholarships

Healthcare Information Management Systems
Undergraduate, Masters and PhD

Richard P. Covert, PhD, FHIMSS Scholarship for Management Systems

HIMSS Chapter Supported Scholarships

New England HIMSS Dvora Brodie Scholarship
Sponsored by the HIMSS New England Chapter

Florida Chapter Scholarship
Sponsored by the HIMSS Florida Chapter

New York Chapter Scholarship
Sponsored by the HIMSS New York Chapter

Northern California Chapter Scholarship
Sponsored by the HIMSS Northern California Chapter

Southern California Scholarship
Sponsored by the HIMSS Southern California Chapter

Corporate Supported Scholarship

Beacon Partners Scholarship

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Eclipsys Clinical Informatics Scholarship

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IBM Scholarship

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2008 Scholarship Recipients

HIMSS would like to congratulate the following 2008 HIMSS Foundation Scholarship Recipients:

Beacon Partners Scholarship
JaNean Whitlow
University of Alabama at Birmingham

HIMSS Undergraduate Scholarship
Richelle Beckman
The University of Kansas Medical Center

HIMSS Master’s Scholarship
Keri Chistensen
Northwestern University

HIMSS PhD Scholarship
Anna Stolyar
University of Washington

Richard P. Covert, PhD., FHIMSS - Management Systems Scholarship
Vijay Ramnath Jayaraman
Georgia Institute of Technology

HIMSS New England Chapter / Dvora Brodie Scholarship
David Kaelber
Harvard Medical School

HIMSS Northern California Chapter Scholarship
Emily Stumpf
California State University

Please visit chapter websites to learn more about scholarships available from HIMSS Chapters. Visit our complete list of local chapter websites.