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:
- Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program
- National Health Service Corps
- Pisacano Scholars
- Rock Sleyster Memorial
- Springfield Noon Lions Club
Area of Residence:
- Raena Brown Trust
- Chinese American Physicians Society
Marla Jean Hunter-1514 S. 10 1/2 Street, Springfield, IL 62703 Phone: 217-528-8153 - Iroquois County Memorial Hospital
- LaSalle County Medical Society Special Education Fund-contact Janet Jakupeat @ 815-795-2171, docbeck523@hotmail.com
- Nesbit Medical Student Foundation
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
- William E. McElroy Charitable Foundation
- Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
- 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
- National IMAGE Latino Scholarship Fund
Miscellaneous:
Professional Degrees, Memberships, Associations:
Race/Ethnicity:
- American Indian Graduate Center Award
- Armenian Students' Association
- Association of Black Cardiologists - Richard A. Williams Scholarship
- Chinese American Physicians Society
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute
- Hispanic Scholarship
- Japanese Medical Society
- Turkish American Doctors Association of Midwest
- Vietnamese American Medical Association
Religious Affiliation:
Scholarships with a Service Obligation:
- Armed Forces Health Professions
- Belleville Memorial Hospital Medical Student Grant Program
- McFarland Medical Trust Grant-contact Havana National Bank, McFarland Medical Trust Grant, 112 South Orange, Havana, IL 62644 Phone: 309-543-3361, Ext. 215
- 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
- Illinois Hospital Association Grant
- Pisacano Scholars
- 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
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Illinois Student Assistance Commission Scholarship search service