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Mario Castaneda 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. 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 full-time (must still be considered current students in June 2025), full-time, third-year or above undergraduate or recent graduates accepted into a related graduate program, seeking a career in clinical engineering/biomedical engineering/health systems engineering profession at an accredited college or university.
  • Scholarship recipient will be asked to provide proof of course registration before the check is granted.
The 2025 Mario Castañeda Scholarship will be announced on June 22, 2025 at the ACCE awards reception in New Orlean, LA.


 2025 Mario Castañeda Scholarship application is now open through February 18, 2025. Click here to enter your application.



Please support the Mario Castañeda Scholarship program - with a contribution of any amount.

Click here to submit your contribution.


We appreciate and are grateful to those who have already contributed to the 2024-2025 Mario Castaneda Scholarship Fund:

- Ray Zambuto
- Hank Stankiewicz
- Suly Chi​
- Tom Judd

Past Scholarship Winners

2023

Julianne M. Boughton

Julianne M. Boughton

Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering program at the Graduate Colleger at Unviersity of Vermont
 

2022

Charlotte Cooperman

Charlotte Cooperman

​Master Program, Biomedical Engineering/Clinical Engineering at University of Connecticut; Clinical Engineer intern at Yale New Haven Health System​
 

2021

Joemart Ian Contreras

Joemart Ian Contreras

Master Program, Biomedical Engineering/Clinical Engineering at University of Connecticut; Clinical Engineer intern at VA North Texas Healthcare System
 

2020

Emily Sizemore

Emily Sizemore

Master Program, Clinical Engineering at University of Connecticut
 

2019

Ana Paulette Arreygue Chavez

Ana Paulette Arreygue Chavez

Master Program, Clinical Engineering at University of Connecticut
 
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