IMANA Scholarships
Scholarship Sponsored by Islamic Medical Association of North America
Introduction
Education transforms thinking, expands knowledge, and creates new opportunities. IMANA supports the education of future healthcare professionals and strives to contribute to the advancement of healthcare by helping students reach their professional goals.
About the Scholarship Program
Each year IMANA awards a one-time scholarship to help full-time students who are training for careers in healthcare. The program is designed to assist students pursuing a range of health-related professions.
Fields in Which IMANA Offers Scholarships
- Medicine
- Dentistry
- Pharmacy
- Nursing
- Optometry
- Health Care / Allied Health
Who may apply?
Applications are accepted only from students based in the United States who are enrolled at a U.S.-accredited institution. Individual scholarships may include additional specific eligibility criteria, so applicants should review the requirements for the award they are seeking.
Core eligibility requirements
All applicants for IMANA scholarships must:
- Be a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Permanent Resident, or a recipient of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and
- Be enrolled at a U.S.-accredited institution.
What counts as Health Care / Allied Health?
The following professions are included under Health Care / Allied Health for the purposes of IMANA’s scholarships:
- Anesthesiologist assistant
- Anesthesia technologist / technician
- Anesthesia technology
- Athletic trainer
- Audiologist
- Cardiovascular technologist / technician
- Cardiovascular technology
- Clinical psychology
- Behavioral disorder counselors
- Clinical laboratory personnel
- Medical technologist / Medical laboratory technologist / Medical laboratory scientist
- Medical and clinical laboratory technicians
- Cytotechnologist
- Dental hygienist
- Dental assistant
- Dental laboratory technician
- Diagnostic medical sonographer / diagnostic medical sonography
- Dietitian / registered dietitian / dietetic technician / dietetic assistant / nutritionist
- Electroneurodiagnostic technologist / electroneurodiagnostic technology
- Emergency medical technician (EMT) / Paramedic
- Exercise science / exercise physiologist / personal fitness trainer
- Podiatric medicine / podiatry
- Genetic assistant
- Health administration
- Health information technologist / health information administrator / health information management
- Health educator
- Histotechnologist
- Home health aide
- Kinesiotherapist / kinesiotherapy
- Lactation consultant
- Marriage and family therapist
- Magnetic resonance technologist
- Medical assistant / medical assisting
- Medical dosimetrist
- Medical illustrator / medical illustration
- Medical librarian
- Mental health counselor
- Music therapist
- Medical transcriptionist
- Nerve conduction studies technologist
- Nuclear medicine technologist
- Occupational therapist / occupational therapy assistant / occupational therapist aide
- Ophthalmic medical assistant
- Optometric assistant / optometric technician / paraoptometrician
- Orthotics and prosthetics / orthotist / orthotic and prosthetic technician
- Social and mental health service workers (other)
- Perfusionist
- Pharmacy assistant / pharmacy aide / pharmacy technician
- Physical therapist / physical therapy assistant / physical therapist aide
- Physician assistant
- Podiatric assistant
- Poetry therapist
- Polysomnographic technologist / polysomnographic technology
- Psychiatric aide / psychiatric technician
- Radiation therapist
- Radiologic service worker / radiologist assistant / radiologic technologist / radiologic technician / radiology administrator
- Recreational therapist / recreational therapy
- Rehabilitation counselor / other rehabilitation service workers
- Respiratory therapy worker / respiratory therapist
- Specialist in blood bank technology / transfusion medicine
- Speech pathologist / speech–language therapist
- Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselor
- Surgical technologist / operating room technician / surgical assistant / surgical assisting / surgical neurophysiologist / surgical technology
- Vocational rehabilitation counselor
If you have questions about whether a specific program or occupation fits the Health Care / Allied Health category for a particular scholarship, contact IMANA for clarification.