Student Success: Funding & Opportunities
Funding your graduate education is an important consideration for all students. With this webpage, McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics (MSBMI) aims to provide information and resources for financial opportunities within the school, our university, and beyond.
MSBMI offers certain scholarships to doctoral students during the admissions process. These types of scholarships are given automatically and do not require submission of a scholarship application.
MSBMI also provides scholarship opportunities to all students enrolled in the school, as funds become available. These types of awards require submission of an application, which is open twice during the academic year.
Application Cycles
- Fall scholarship application opens: June to July
- Spring scholarship application opens: November to December
Note: Specific dates vary from year to year. Current students are notified by email when the application is open.
All awards are based on academic merit and specific scholarship criteria. Students are evaluated for each scholarship based on their submitted application.
Current McWilliams students in good academic standing in our certificate, MS, or doctoral programs are eligible to apply when the application cycle is open/active. Note that current students are defined as active McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics students who have completed at least one course in their current academic program.
Consideration for earning a scholarship from our school includes, but is not limited, to these factors:
- Pattern of academic achievement (GPA, semester credit hours (SCH) completed, etc.)
- Teaching and mentoring experience
- Leadership experience at the school and/or in the informatics community
- Community service
- Success in overcoming adversity
- Previous and recent publications in the discipline
- Specific interest or skills in certain informatics fields/areas of study
Several lists of scholarships are provided below. If students have questions about an award or the application process for MSBMI scholarships, please contact the Office of Academic Affairs at [email protected].
McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics Scholarship Opportunities
- Doris Ross Scholarship Fund — For current students in good academic standing.
- President James T. and Nancy Beamer Willerson Endowed Scholarship in the School of Health Information Sciences — For current students in good academic standing.
- Jaime Hargrave Memorial Fund for Student Scholarships — For current students in good academic standing.
- MSBMI Scholarship Excellence Fund — For incoming or current students with outstanding potential to become leaders in the field of informatics.
- Dr. Noriaki Aoki Fund — For current students in good academic standing. The fund is also used for poster session winners, student travel awards, and other student financial awards.
- The Bridges Family Doctoral Fellowship in Informatics Innovation Fund — For current doctoral students in support of their education and achievements. Special focus on informatics research projects that lead to improved patient safety and quality of care.
- MSBMI Student Governance Organization Scholarship Fund — For current students in good academic standing.
- Dean's Excellence Scholarship Fund — For current students in good academic standing.
- Lex Frieden Scholarship for Disability and Health Informatics — For current MS and doctoral students that have demonstrated or expressed a commitment to improving health care for people with disabilities or chronic health conditions. Applicants are required to submit a personal statement showcasing that they exhibit good moral character, demonstrate a strong work ethic, have financial need, and have one or more ADA classified disabilities.
- Jingchun Sun, PhD Memorial Scholarship — For current MS and doctoral students that have demonstrated or expressed an interest in bioinformatics and/or cancer informatics research. Applicants are required to submit a personal statement showcasing that they exhibit good moral character and demonstrate a strong work ethic. They must also demonstrate financial need.
- Claire Loe, PhD ‘15 Memorial Scholarship Fund — For current doctoral students seeking financial support for their research or translational project efforts. Applicants must have demonstrated or expressed a commitment to improving health care for underserved populations, exhibit good moral character, and demonstrate a strong work ethic.
- James Turley, PhD Endowed Scholarship for Global Health Fund — For current MS or doctoral students from outside of the United States of America who intend to practice outside of the U.S. in a health-professional shortage area or medically underserved community. This is a full-ride scholarship.
- Arturo J. Gutierrez Scholarship Fund — For current students in good academic standing.
- The Michael & Gillian McCord Scholarship — For current students in good academic standing.
- Interoperability Innovation Fund — For current students in good academic standing. Applicants must have demonstrated or expressed interest in clinical data interoperability.
- D. Bradley McWilliams Scholarship Fund — For incoming or current doctoral students that demonstrate superior scholastic achievements. This can be a full-ride scholarship.
- Antje Gee and Harry Gee, Jr., Family Endowed Scholarship Fund — For exceptional MSBMI students who obtained all or part of their preparatory education in the United States, China, Germany, Mexico, or the Philippines. Applicants must have financial need.
- MSBMI Scholarship Fund for Undergraduate Accelerated Master's Programs — For MSBMI students from our 4+1 Programs. Students must also be in good academic standing.
- MSBMI Laredo Scholarship Program — For MSBMI students enrolled in the biomedical informatics program who are from/in Laredo, Texas. Students must also be in good academic standing.
- Steve and Jessica Koo Endowed Scholarship Fund — For MS or doctoral current students in good academic standing.
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