University of Southern California
Scholarships
GMiS California Medical Scholarship
Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) is pleased to announce the GMiS California Medical Scholarships, which provide financial assistance and support for underrepresented students pursuing medical professions in the state of California. GMiS awards scholarships in honor of three outstanding individuals who believe(d) in enabling students to achieve their dreams of bettering the quality of human life, especially in the areas of mental health, rehabilitative and geriatric medicine, and individuals with disabilities.
The scholarships are one-time scholarships, and non-renewable.
GMiS CA Medical Scholars receive a $5,000 scholarship. Up to ten (10) awards will be granted for the 2023-24 academic year.
Deadline: Friday, August 4, 2023, 11:59 PM PST.
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans
The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans program honors the contributions of immigrants and children of immigrants to the United States. Each year, we invest in the graduate education of 30 New Americans—immigrants and children of immigrants—who are poised to make significant contributions to US society, culture or their academic field. Each Fellow receives up to $90,000 in financial support over two years, and they join a lifelong community of New American Fellows.
Oliver Goldsmith, M.D. Scholarship – Kaiser Permanente
The award celebrates students’ efforts to improve the health care of underserved communities. Awardees receive a $5,000 scholarship funded by KPSC Community Health, mentoring from a Kaiser Permanente clinician, and a clinical rotation at a Kaiser Permanente facility.
National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program
The scholarship pays tuition, fees, other educational costs, and provides a living stipend in return for a commitment to work at least 2 years at an NHSC-approved site in a medically underserved community.
For each year of financial support (up to four years), the student agrees to serve one year (minimum two years) at an NHSC-approved site in a high-need urban, rural, or frontier community across the nation.
Service begins upon graduation (and completion of primary care residency training for doctors and dentists). The NHSC helps scholars find a practice site that’s right for them. When in service, scholars earn a market-rate salary, paid by the employing facility.
Scholarship payments other than the living stipend are federal income tax-free.
The Scholarship Program accepts applications once each year. Applicants chosen to receive the scholarship are notified no later than September 30.
Federal Scholarship and Loan Repayment Opportunities for Health Professionals–HRSA Presentation
CAFP-F Summer Preceptorship
Since 1993, the California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation (CAFP-F) has been funding first-year medical students to explore careers in family medicine through CAFP’s summer Family Medicine Preceptorship Program. Participating students spend four weeks precepting full-time with a family medicine physician. Forty $1,200 scholarships are awarded to students on a competitive basis.
Rural and Urban Sites
Students are placed in a wide range of California locations and practices – from inner city to rural locations, from HMOs to small group or private practices. Because many rural and inner-city communities continue to experience physician shortages and a lack of diversity, the CAFP-F strives to build student interest in serving these communities through this program.
Preceptors at rural sites are matched by staff. All other participants are matched with an urban or suburban family medicine physician by the Predoctoral Coordinator in their school’s family medicine department, in consultation with CAFP.
For students who are not accepted to the rural track, assistance in finding preceptors outside of their school’s local area is not available.
Rural Community Preceptorship
The community preceptorship allows students to rotate between multiple sites within the same rural community. This increases their exposure to the community as a whole, and gives them the opportunity to learn from physicians with different backgrounds and interests. Students selected to precept at rural sites will live in the communities they serve. CAFP will work with students to obtain housing in rural sites, but students will share the responsibility of securing their housing. Additional scholarship money may be available to fund travel and housing for rural preceptorships.
The Experience
Students generally have an observation-only preceptorship and are given the opportunity to see patient interviewing/history taking, physical exams, and procedures; however, practice experiences vary. In addition, students learn about patient-physician interactions and gain a basic knowledge of the scope and nature of family medicine.
For more information, please visit:
https://www.familydocs.org/cpcemrpc/
KECK-USC SCHOLARSHIPS
Contact Monique Abeyta, Scholarship and Grant Coordinate/Financial Aid Liaison at mabeyta@med.usc.edu or call (323) 442-2420
THE PISACANO SCHOLARS LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Award Amount: up to $28,000
Applicants must have declared family medicine as their specialty.
Application Process:
- Complete and submit application online at www.pisacano.org .
- Application due May 1, 2022
- Contact: 888-995-5700