Dissertation Assistance

Application deadline: March 21, 2008

Application*

The Dissertation Assistance Award program supports research undertaken as part of an academic program to qualify for a doctorate in areas relevant to health information management (HIM).

Guidelines and Eligibility

To qualify for an award under this program the student (principal investigator) must be enrolled in an accredited doctoral degree program in an area related to HIM (computer science, business management, education, public health, and so forth) and must be an active, associate, or student member of AHIMA. All requirements for the doctoral degree, other than the dissertation, must be completed by the award date.

Each recipient shall be limited to one funded grant per year. Ordinarily, the scope of the proposal shall be such that it can be completed within 18 months from the date of funding. There are no minimum or maximum grant request expectations, but the range of grants historically has been between $5,000 and $10,000. Submissions that address one or more of the AHIMA research priorities will receive priority consideration for funding.

Application Submission and Deadlines

The deadline for submission of proposals is March 21, 2008 for the next review.  Award notification will take place within three months of the application deadline.

The Dissertation Assistance application, is online now.  See the Grant-in-Aid page for formatting guidelines.  For further information, contact FORE at (312) 233-1100, or at fore@ahima.org.

2007 Dissertation Award Recipients

Ellen Jacobs, MEd, RHIA; titled "In Search of a Message to Promote the Personal Health Record"

Melinda Wilkins, MEd, RHIA; titled "Adoption of Electronic Health Records: Perceptions of Health Information Managers"

Rebecca Reynolds, MHA, RHIA; titled "The Intentions of First Year Medical Students to use Electronic Health Records"

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