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2022 AAMI Foundation Scholarship Application |
The AAMI Foundation, through its Awards Committee, awards seven scholarships each year:
- Six to students studying to become biomedical equipment technicians, or health technology specific engineering, including clinical engineering.
- One to an individual studying to become a health systems engineer (Please use this application form).
Each scholarship is worth $3,000 and is awarded in a one-time, lump sum check to each scholarship winner at the AAMI Exchange in San Antonio, TX.
How to Apply:
The deadline for applications is January 21, 2022.
AAMI membership is NOT required to submit a scholarship application.
Please contact awards@aami.org with any questions.
Please contact awards@aami.org with any questions.
Step 1: Determine Your Eligibility
Applicants must be entering or current full-time college students seeking a career in the health technology profession at an accredited college or university. Applicants must still be considered current students in June 2022 to be eligible for all AAMI scholarships.
- Eligibility requirements for the biomedical equipment technician scholarship
- Eligibility requirements for the clinical or other healthcare engineering scholarship
- Eligibility requirements for the health systems engineer scholarship
Step 2: Write an Essay
Applicants must demonstrate a combination of technical aptitude, academic excellence, and commitment to the health technology 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 written in the past year from professional or academic contact addressing work ethics, attitude, and potential contributions to the profession.
- 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:
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