Scholarships

No. Students who have previously received an award through IMANA’s Scholarship Program are not eligible to apply for or receive a future IMANA scholarship award.

Each scholarship has its own qualifications which can be found on the ‘Scholarships’ tab at https://imana.awardspring.com/.
For all our scholarships, the student must:

• be a U.S. Citizen, Permanent Resident or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and
• be attending a US accredited institution.

All the following professions fall into Health care / Allied Health:

• Anesthesia Technology/Technician
• Anesthesiologist Assistant
• Athletic Trainer/Sports Medicine
• Audiologists
• Behavioral Disorder Counselors
• Blood Bank Technology/Transfusion Medicine
• Cardiovascular Technologists/Technicians
• Clinical Laboratory Workers
• Clinical Psychologist (PhD/PsyD)
• Clinical Psychology (MS/MA)
• Computed Tomography (CT) Technician
• Cytotechnology
• Dental Assistants
• Dental Hygienists
• Dental Laboratory Technicians
• Diagnostic Medical Sonography
• Dietetic Assistants/Technicians
• Registered Dietitians
• Electroneurodiagnostic Technology
• Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)
• Exercise Science
• Genetic Assistants
• Health Administration
• Health Educators
• Health Information Administrators
• Health Information Management
• Health Information Technologists
• Histotechnologist
• Home Health Aides
• Kinesiotherapy
• Lactation Consultant
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technician
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Medical Assistant (MA)
• Medical Dosimetrist
• Medical Illustration
• Medical Laboratory Scientist
• Medical/Clinical Laboratory Technologist
• Medical Librarian
• Medical Technologist
• Medical Transcriptionists
• Mental Health Counselors
• Nerve Conduction Studies Technologist
• Nuclear Medicine Technologist
• Nursing (Bachelor's/Associates)
• Nursing (Master's/Doctorate)
• Nutritionists
• Occupational Therapist Aide/Assistant
• Occupational Therapists
• Operating Room Technicians
• Ophthalmic Medical Assistants
• Optometric Assistants/Technicians
• Orthoptist
• Orthotic and Prosthetics
• Other Rehabilitation Service Workers
• Other Social and Mental Health Service Workers
• Paramedic
• Personal Fitness Trainer
• Pharmacy Aides
• Pharmacy Assistants
• Pharmacy Technician
• Physical Therapist (PT)
• Physical Therapist Aides/Assistants
• Physician Assistant (PA)
• Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry
• Polysomnographic Technology
• Psychiatric Aids
• Public Health
• Radiation Therapists
• Radiologic Technician/Technologist
• Radiologist Assistant
• Recreational Therapy
• Rehabilitation Counselors
• Respiratory Therapist
• Respiratory Therapy Workers
• Speech Pathologist
• Speech–Language Therapists
• Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors
• Surgical Assistant
• Surgical Neurophysiologist
• Surgical Technology
• Vocational Rehabilitation Counselors

IMANA offers scholarships supported through its endowment as well as through the generosity of individual and family donors. Scholarship availability, the number of awards, and award amounts may vary from year to year.

IMANA's Endowment Fund:
One recipient will be selected for each of the following awards:

• IMANA Medical Scholarship — $5,000
• IMANA Dentistry Scholarship — $5,000
• IMANA Pharmacy Scholarship — $5,000
• IMANA Second Chance Scholarship — Up to $5,000
• IMANA Radiology Specialty Scholarship — Variable award
• IMANA Ophthalmology Specialty Scholarship — Variable award

Donor Supported Scholarships: Additional eligibility requirements may apply to donor-supported scholarships. Please review the individual scholarship descriptions for specific qualifications.

• Zahir Family Scholarship — Two awards of $2,500 each for students pursuing medicine or an allied health field.
• Fehmida & Zafarullah Farooqi Scholarship— One $2,500 award for a student pursuing nursing with an interest in art therapy.
• Kaleem-Hundal Family Scholarship— One $3,000 award for a student pursuing optometry or medicine with a specialization in ophthalmology.
• IMANA-FEF Combined Allied Health Professional Scholarship — One recurring $2,500 award for a student pursuing an allied health profession.
• AFK Foundation Scholarship — One $1,000 award for a student pursuing law or media/journalism
• Habib Kothawala Scholarship— One $5,000 award for a student pursuing medicine.

In addition to your demographic information, the general application requires your:

• Unofficial transcript
• FAFSA Submission Summary
• Resume
• Two letters of recommendation
• Completion of the essay prompt

Donor-supported scholarships may have additional requirements or supplemental materials that must be completed after submitting the general application.

The application cycle runs from September through March. Following the March deadline, applications are reviewed from April through June, with final selections completed by the end of the review period. Applicants will be notified of their application status by late-June.

Scholarship recipients will be contacted and notified in June. IMANA will formally announce the recipients through its e-newsletter and social media channels by August.

Once IMANA has processed the award, the scholarship check will be sent directly to the recipient’s academic institution. Scholarship funds are disbursed at the beginning of the fall semester of the academic year following the application cycle.
For example, students selected during the 2025–2026 application cycle would have their scholarship funds applied toward their Fall 2026 semester.

Your application and all required supplemental materials must be submitted by the stated deadline to be considered for a scholarship. Please ensure that all information is complete, accurate, and all required documents have been uploaded before the deadline. Incomplete applications, missing materials, or inaccurate information may result in disqualification and will not be considered for review.

No. All application materials must be submitted through the AwardSpring platform. Letters of recommendation must be completed directly by the recommender using the link generated and sent by the applicant through AwardSpring. Recommenders should also adhere to the word limit specified in the recommendation request.
Materials submitted by email or outside of the AwardSpring platform will not be accepted or considered as part of the application.

Your application will be considered incomplete and will not be eligible for review if the required recommendation is not submitted by the stated deadline. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that all recommendation letters are completed and submitted on time.
Applicants can monitor the status of their recommendations through their AwardSpring account. If a recommendation is still marked as pending, we encourage you to follow up with your recommender well before the deadline.

IMANA uses the Student Aid Index (SAI) reported on the FAFSA Submission Summary as a measure of financial need. Students with DACA status who are not eligible to complete the FAFSA may instead upload documentation indicating that they have not filed a FAFSA. IMANA recognizes that students with DACA status are not eligible for federal student aid through the FAFSA and will consider their circumstances accordingly.

If you have completed all required coursework and do not have any outstanding academic requirements/holds, you may enter a 4.00 GPA. The application also requires you to upload a copy of your transcript, which will be reviewed alongside the GPA you provide to verify the information submitted.