Eligibility requirements:

  • I am a current student member of AcademyHealth. (Join here.)
  • I am enrolled full-time in a masters or doctoral program at the time of application.
  • I am not a past recipient of the AcademyHealth Alice S. Hersh Student Scholarship, the Diversity Scholars Program, the Public Health Systems Research Interest Group Student Scholarship, or the Aetna Foundation Minority Scholars Program.

Criteria for Judging Applications

The selection committee will judge the applications based on:

  • Commitment to the field of health services research or health policy.
  • Potential to contribute to health services research or health policy.
  • Description of how attending this year's conference will help you achieve your academic and/or professional goals.
  • Quality of the short-answer questions (well-written, clear and within the word limit requested).

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