Awards & Scholarships

Nightingale Scholarship

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Beginning in 2009, ASQ’s Healthcare Division will award one annual $2,000 scholarship in honor of Florence Nightingale, the widely recognized initiator of nursing as a profession. The scholarship winner will be announced at the Quality Institute for Healthcare, May 18 – 20, 2009, in Minneapolis, MN.  

Eligibility requirements:

• be a student enrolled in an accredited post-secondary institution pursuing studies related to healthcare quality
• be nominated by a Healthcare Division member
• submit a business-style cover letter outlining related work experience, professional society involvement, current program of study, area of interest in healthcare quality, and future career plans
• provide current transcripts
• supply three letters of recommendation, one from the sponsoring Healthcare Division member
• submit an essay of no more than six double-spaced pages in 12-point typeface on the topic of “Quality in Healthcare: Reducing Adverse Outcomes, Costs, or Both While Improving Quality of Care”

Mail scholarship materials, postmarked no later than January 31, 2009, to:
ASQ
Attention: Community Development/Healthcare Scholarship
PO Box 3005
Milwaukee, WI  53201-3005