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The Alliance (ADHCE) is a national leader in advancing the availability of effective, appropriate and high quality health care for persons with disabilities by promoting the inclusion of disability-related theory, research, and clinical learning experiences in health care training.

Student Scholarships In Disability Research:

For many years, The Alliance for Disability in Healthcare Education (ADHCE) has offered scholarships to an individual or group of healthcare professional students (any discipline) with a program/project that enhances healthcare education in disabilities. The scholarship for projects is meant to promote the ADHCE Core Competencies on Disability for Health Care Education

Our most recent ADHCE scholarships 2026-2027 

Student Project Scholarship Winners - Each student was awarded $1,000 for their winning scholarships!

Priya Desai - Priya Desai is a rising high school senior at Centennial High School in Frisco, Texas, and the founder of SafetyCompanion, an iOS safety application designed for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Her research focuses on the intersection of neuroscience, safety technology, and health equity. She presented original research at the IEEE International Conference on Health Informatics 2026, introducing the design-threat mismatch framework, a neurobiological audit rubric evaluating safety technology across five failure domains in IDD populations. She has conducted wet-lab research at UT Southwestern Medical Center, investigating molecular pathways in chronic kidney disease progression, and collaborates with faculty at the University of Maryland School of Nursing on a multi-institutional scoping review on disability-focused healthcare equity.

    Toby “Bonk” Good - Toby is a third-year student at University of Pittsburgh pursuing a BS in microbiology, a BA in German, and certificates in bioethics and disability studies. They are an active member in several spaces for disabled students on campus and currently acts as Vice President and Secretary for Pitt’s Autistic Students Union. They are also an inducted member of Delta Alpha Pi and served as a Peer Mentor for Disability Resources and Services (DRS) within Pitt’s Office of Institutional Engagement and Wellbeing. Toby plans to pursue a PhD in infectious disease and become an infectious disease research scientist.

To read more about our past awarded student scholarships  go to the "Students" tab, then click on "Student Scholarships".

The Alliance continues to receive endorsements for The Core Competencies on Disability in Health Care Education, developed in collaboration with the Ohio Disability and Health Program, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funded program. Check out the website.