ASCP is now accepting applications for the 2012-13 Siemens-ASCP Scholarship!
Deadline is November 15, 2012.
Click here to download your application: www.ascp.org/scholarships.
ASCP partners with Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics annually to award scholarships to medical laboratory students. The purpose of these scholarships is to help defray education costs, promote medical laboratory science as a rewarding career, and to help address the workforce shortage of qualified professionals.
Qualified applicants will be evaluated on:
Knowledge – Students who excel and have a positive impact in the classroom.
Community – Students must be driven by a sense of civic commitment and actively engage in their communities to affect positive change.
Leadership – Students who showcase leadership abilities that have a positive impact in laboratory community.
Career Advancement – Students who strive to attain their educational and professional goals.
ASCP and Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics have awarded $182,000 in scholarships to outstanding students in the 2011–2012 academic year.
Achievement deserves recognition. In an effort to encourage and support individuals interested in laboratory professions, the ASCP is pleased to offer awards to laboratory students in their fourth or final clinical year of study.
Awarded annually and based on academic achievement, leadership ability, community activities, professional goals, and endorsements from faculty and community leaders, ASCP awards are among the most highly sought-after in the industry. Those who qualify for the awards will receive certificates from ASCP.
National Student Honor Award
This award recognizes student excellence in the laboratory professions. To qualify for the award, applicants must:
- Be a student member of ASCP;
- Have a minimum GPA of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale; and
- Demonstrate leadership and community service activity participation.
To qualify, the students must meet one of the following requirements:
- Be in the final clinical year of an accredited MLS/MT, MLT, PA, CT, HTL, MB, or CG program;
- Be completing a clinical internship for an accredited MLS/MT; or CT program;
- Be enrolled in an accredited hospital-based MLS/MT program; or
- Be enrolled in an accredited PBT or HT program.
The 2012 National Student Honor Award application will be available in October 2011. The list of award recipients is available below.
ASCP recognizes excellence through prestigious annual awards given to pathologists and laboratory professionals.
ASCP Mastership
The ASCP Mastership designation serves to honor those distinguished ASCP members who have made significant contributions to the field of pathology and laboratory medicine and to the ASCP. Eligibility is based on years of ASCP membership, significant career accomplishments, and contributions to the Society and to the profession.
Download Mastership Nomination Form(PDF) or List of past Mastership Recipients
If you wish to make a nomination for the awards listed below, please submit a nomination form listing the individual you wish to nominate and why you believe the individual deserves recognition.
Member Lifetime Achievement Award
This award honors Laboratory Professional Members who have demonstrated a commitment to the profession through their accomplishments, spirit, and Society activities over their careers.
Download application (PDF) or List of past recipients
Member Excellence in Management Award
This award recognizes Laboratory Professional Members actively engaged in laboratory management or supervision and who have demonstrated effective leadership skills and management strategies.
Download application (PDF) or List of past recipients
Member Excellence in Education Award
This award recognizes Laboratory Professional Members who are actively involved in a medical laboratory education program and who demonstrate outstanding performance in teaching through work in the classroom or clinic or through the development of effective teaching methods and instructional materials.
Download application (PDF) or List of past recipients
Regional Member Award
Laboratory professional members who promote and enhance the field of laboratory medicine through their contributions at the local level receive this award. One recipient is selected annually from each of the eight national regions.
Download application (PDF) or List of past recipients
Meet the 2011 Award Recipients:
- ASCP Member Excellence in Mgt. Award
Pennell C. Painter, III, PhD, MLS(ASCP)CM,DLMCM - 2011 ASCP Member Excellence in Education Award
Sharon S. Ehrmeyer, PhD, MT(ASCP) - 2011 ASCP Member Lifetime Achievement Award
Frank H. Wians Jr., PhD, MT(ASCP), DABCC, FA - 2011 ASCP Mastership
Marian Cavagnaro, MS, MASCP, MLS(ASCP)CM,DLMCM - 2011 ASCP Mastership
Margaret G. Daniels, MA, MASCP, MT(ASCP)SC - 2011 ASCP Mastership
Jo Anne B. Edwards, MEd, MASCP, MLS(ASCP)CM - 2011 ASCP Mastership
Vicki S. Freeman, PhD, MASCP, MLS(ASCP)CMSC
