Overview
Medical student scholarships.
In 2019, over 50% of medical students carried over $150,000 in student loan debt. Our Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship program distributes $10,000 tuition-assistance scholarships to medical students approaching their final year of school. The AMA Foundation has had a long-standing tradition of supporting medical students. Since 1950, we have awarded over $61 million in scholarships. With eleven scholarship categories and a variety of focus areas, including serving those underrepresented in medicine, the AMA Foundation works to recognize a diverse cohort of medical students each year. All students may apply for the Physicians of Tomorrow scholarships, regardless of AMA membership status.
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Meet Crystal Taylor
“The AMA Foundation supports the ideal of health equity and doesn’t just use it as a term to be thrown around. It is something that they live and breath.”
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Meet James Stinson, III
Receiving a scholarship impacts students in so many more ways than just easing the financial burden they experience. It helps shape their views about giving back and paying it forward to the next generation of physician leaders.
GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
All scholarships are selected based on academic excellence and financial need.
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Must be nominated through the medical school dean’s office or the dean’s designate and currently enrolled in an accredited U.S. allopathic or osteopathic medical school.
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All current nominees must be rising final year medical students set to graduate in May/June 2022.
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Must be permanent residents or citizens of the United States.
PHYSICIANS OF TOMORROW SCHOLARSHIPS
Deadlines
For students graduating in 2022, applications are now being accepted. Applications are due Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at 11:59 PM CST (NO EXCEPTIONS). To plan ahead, please remember all materials must be submitted through the application portal. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered. Note: If there are access barriers to Internet/computer for an applicant due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the applicant’s school should contact the AMAF Program Manager, Emily Demko (Emily.Demko@ama-assn.org), for an alternate submission process.
AMA Foundation Physicians of Tomorrow (General)
*In 2021, applicants interested in sleep medicine have an opportunity for a scholarship funded by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation as part of this category.
Made possible in part by:
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation*
- The Barney & Kelda Maynard Fund
- The Dr. and Mrs. J. James & Charli Rohack Fund
- The Formica-Riggs/New Jersey Honor Fund
- The H. Hugh Vincent, MD Family Fund
- The Lazarus Family Fund
- The North Central Conference/Kenneth Viste, MD Memorial Honor Fund
- The Oklahoma Honor Fund
AMA Alliance Grassroots Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship
- Must have an interest in and commitment to women’s and/or children’s health issues.
- Selection will be based on volunteer activities and/or research initiatives.
Made possible by:
- The generous donors to the Alliance Grassroots Honor Fund
David Jones Peck, MD Health Equity Scholarship
- Must demonstrate a commitment to addressing health disparities and promoting health equity in diverse, economically disadvantaged, and urban environments.
Made possible by:
- The Vandenberg Health Equity Fund and the AMA Office of General Counsel
Dr. Lin and Minta Hill Alexander Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship
- Must currently attend medical school in the state of Oklahoma.
Made possible by:
- The Estate of Mary Frances Alexander in memory of her parents
Dr. Richard Allen Williams & Genita Evangelista Johnson/Association of Black Cardiologists Scholarship
- $5,000 scholarship
- Must be an African-American student with an interest in cardiology
- *Must explain your interest in cardiology in your personal statement. One of your letters of recommendation should also reference this interest.
Made possible by:
- The Dr. Richard Allen Williams and Genita Evangelista Johnson/Association of Black Cardiologists Fund
DREAM MD Equity Scholarship
- Awarded to a medical student beneficiary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and/or first-generation immigrant to the United States who has a demonstrated history of public advocacy for the equitable treatment of immigrants.
Made possible by:
- The Vandenberg Health Equity Fund
The Herman E. Diskin, MD Memorial Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship
- Must demonstrate a strong commitment to medicine, humanitarian public service and compassionate patient care
Made possible by:
- Susan D. Diskin, Ph.D
Illinois Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship
- Awarded to a student from Illinois with an expressed interest in practicing in Illinois
Made possible by:
- The generous donors to the Illinois Honor Fund
Medical Society of the State of New York/Dr. Duane and Joyce Cady Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship
- Must currently attend a medical school in the state of New York.
- *Must be actively involved in organized medicine.
- *Must have expressed plans to practice in the state of New York.
*these requirements should be expressed as part of the personal statement
Made possible by:
- The generous donors to the MSSNY/Dr. Duane and Joyce Cady Honor Fund
Ohio Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship
- Must attend medical school in the state of Ohio.
- *Must be actively involved in, or willing to become actively involved in, organized medicine.
*this must be expressed in the personal statement
Made possible by:
- The generous donors to the Ohio Honor Fund
Underrepresented in Medicine
- African American, Latinx/Hispanic, or Native Americans/Native Hawaiians/Alaska Natives who demonstrate a dedication to serving vulnerable or underserved populations
Made possible in part by:
- The Harold & Mary Marsh Fund
SELECTION COMMITTEES
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