Scholarships
The scholarship programs included here are for students and applicants
at SIU School of Medicine. This information is not intended to be a
comprehensive list but to supplement other financial aid information
available from our office.
Numerous scholarships are available, but you must be willing to make
the effort to search for them. Students interested in seeking a private
grant or scholarship should check as many sources as possible, including
high school guidance offices, local clubs and civic organizations, businesses,
employers, church groups, alumni organizations, public libraries and
financial institutions. If you have been a hospital volunteer, contact
the hospital auxiliary to inquire if any scholarships are available
for volunteers.
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Academic Background/Career Plans:
Belleville Memorial Hospital Medical Student Grant Program
Illinois Department of Public Health
Medical Student Program (Link to
2007-2008 IDPHS Application)
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation
Graduate Scholarship Program
Marlene Rotbart Matten Academic
Excellence for Nurses
National Health Service Corps
Pisacano Scholars
Rock Sleyster Memorial
Springfield Noon Lions Club
Age:
E. Craig Brandenburg Graduate
Awards
Business and Professional
Women's Career Advancement
Area of Residence:
Raena Brown Trust
Chinese American Physicians
Society
Marla Jean Hunter
Illinois General Assembly
Illinois Hospital Association
Grant
Iroquois County
Iroquois County Memorial Hospital
Jackson County Medical
Society
Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Chicago
LaSalle County Medical
Society Special Education Fund
Latino Fund
William E. McElroy Charitable
Foundation
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale Auxiliary
Nesbit Medical Student Foundation
Skelton Fund
Zonta Club of Lincoln
Electives:
Norma A. Wylie Palliative Care
Program
Norma A. Wylie Third World Study Award
Rayna Wissbroecker Fund
Gender:
American Association of University
Women Educational Foundation
Business and Professional
Women's Career Advancement
Marlene Rotbart Matten Academic
Excellence for Nurses
William E. McElroy Charitable
Foundation
Nesbit Medical Student Foundation
P.E.O. Scholars Awards
Wilhelm-Frankowski
Community Service
Military:
Air National Guard - Wings
of Medicine
Armed Forces Health Professions
Illinois Army National
Guard
Illinois Veteran's Grant
Minorities Underrepresented in Medicine:
American Association of University
Women Educational Foundation
American Indian Graduate
Center Award
Association of Black
Cardiologists - Richard A. Williams Scholarship
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Crusade Program
Hispanic Scholarship
Indian Fellowship Program
Latino Fund
Professional Degrees, Memberships, Associations:
American Medical Women's
Assoc. Foundation - Wilhelm-Frankowski
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Foundation
Marlene Rotbart Matten Academic
Excellence for Nurses
P.E.O. Scholars Award
Phi Kappa Phi
Race/Ethnicity:
American Indian Graduate
Center Award
Armenian Students' Association
Association of Black
Cardiologists - Richard A. Williams Scholarship
Dr. Leonard J. Cerullo Medical
Chinese American Physicians
Society
Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
Crusade Program
Hispanic Scholarship
Hellenic Medical Societies
Indian Fellowship Program
Japanese Medical Society
Stephen Knezevich Trust
Kosciuszko Foundation
Latino Fund
USA Funds Program
Vietnamese American
Medical Association
Religious Affiliation:
E. Craig Brandenburg Graduate
Awards
Crusade Program
Jewish Federation
of Metropolitan Chicago
Scholarships with a Service Obligation:
Armed Forces Health Professions
Belleville Memorial Hospital Medical Student Grant Program
Illinois Department of Public
Health Medical Student Program (Link to
2007-2008 IDPHS Application)
McFarland Medical Trust Grant
National Health Service Corps
Repayment and Loan Forgiveness Programs:
Information is available via a searchable database that provides detailed profiles of many of the state and federal programs available to allopathic medicine and other health professions students at the AAMC's Repayment and Loan Forgiveness/Scholarship (RALFS) web site.
Year of Medical School:
American Association of University
Women Educational Foundation
American Medical Women's
Assoc. Foundation - Wilhelm-Frankowski
Illinois Hospital Association
Grant
International
Order of the King's Daughters and Sons Health Career
Jackson County Medical
Society
LaSalle County Medical
Society Special Education Fund
MAP International Fellowships
Pisacano Scholars
Rock Sleyster Memorial
Vietnamese American
Medical Association
Perform free scholarship searches via the Internet. Some scholarships
may be very specific to a certain type of student, field of interest
or program of study; others have more general requirements but may require
a certain level of academic excellence. You'll never know what you might
qualify for unless you do a search! Click on the following links to
access FREE scholarship search services.
FastWeb Scholarship search service
FinAid Scholarship search service
and a comprehensive collection of financial aid information
Illinois Student Assistance Commission Scholarship search service
NCAA Scholarships for student athletes
Last updated
February 27, 2008
