Scholarship Resources

Students are always looking for funds that will replace the loans portion of their financial aid packages. The web has many sources of information about scholarship funds. Do a search using the key words “MD External Scholarships”, “Graduate Scholarships” or “Medical Scholarships.” Click below for helpful EXTERNAL SCHOLARSHIP resources.

It is suggested to start researching for scholarships December – February. Most deadlines to submit completed scholarship applications are between March and May.

Scholarship Availability for MD & PA Students

Scholarship	MD	PA
American Medical Association Physicians of Tomorrow Awards	Yes	No
Association of Physician Assistants in Oncology Student Scholarships	No	Yes
AvaCare Medical Scholarship	Yes	Yes
Charles River District Medical Society (Residents from five Boston suburbs only)	Yes	No
Chinese American Physician Society Scholarships	Yes	No
Dr. Melvin Bacon Scholarship Fund (Maine residents only)	Yes	No
EverSpark Interactive Autism Awareness Scholarship	Yes	Yes
Howard G. Lapsley Memorial Scholarship Fund for Medical Education	Yes	No
Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia	Yes	No
Jewish Federation Metropolitan Chicago Academic Scholarship Program (Chicago area residents only)	Yes	Yes
Joanna F. Reed Medical Scholarship (Alabama and Northwest Florida residents)	Yes	No
Martin Devlin Scholarship (Vermont residents)	No	Yes
National Hispanic Health Foundation (NY, NJ & CA residents)	Yes	No
National Medical Fellowships	Yes	Yes
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans	Yes	Yes
PA Foundation	No	Yes
Pisacano Leadership Foundation	Yes	No
Pride Foundation (LGBTQ)	Yes	Yes
Segal AmeriCorps Education Award	Yes	Yes
The BeMo & SortSmart Diversity Advocacy Scholarship	Yes	No
Wellsford and Mildred Clark Medical Memorial Scholarship (Connecticut residents only)	Yes	No
Women in Medicine LGBTQ Leadership Scholarship	Yes	No
Worcester District Medical Society Scholarship (Central MA residents)	Yes	No

Service Commitment Scholarships	MD	PA
National Health Service Corps Scholarship	Yes	Yes

Scholarship Search Engines

• Minority Student Scholarships 
• Fastweb - Financial Aid Scholarships Search 
• Academic Scholarship Service 
• College Connection Financial Aid Scholarships

If you need assistance with any of the resources on this page, please reach out directly to:

Jennifer Pozika
Senior Administrative Assistant
Office of Financial Aid
Yale Medical School

Telephone: 203.785.3172
Fax: 203.785.2924