2024 Mario Castañeda Scholarship

The ACCE Student Scholarship is now the Mario Castañeda Scholarship. A tribute to ACCE past president Mario Castañeda, the scholarship furthers his legacy to promote the profession and encourage eligible students to pursue a health technology/clinical engineering/biomedical engineering career path.

The American College of Clinical Engineering will award one $1,500 scholarship to a student studying to become a clinical engineer. An additional travel stipend of up to $1,000 will be provided for the student's travel expenses so they can attend the annual conference and the ACCE awards reception. The scholarship will be awarded at the annual members meeting in June.

Requirements and Criteria:

• ACCE membership is NOT required

• Applicants must be a current (as of fall 2024), full-time, third-year or above undergraduate or recent graduate accepted into a related graduate program at an accredited college or university, seeking a career in clinical engineering / biomedical engineering / health systems engineering profession .

The 2024 Mario Castañeda Scholarship will be awarded on June 15, 2024 at the ACCE awards reception in Phoenix, AZ.

For the 2024 Mario Castañeda Scholarship application, click here.

If you can, please support the Mario Castañeda Scholarship programwith a contribution of any amount. Click here to submit your contribution.