* There will be eight Physicians of Tomorrow scholarships funded by the AMA Foundation.
* The recipient of the one Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship funded by the Audio-Digest Foundation should have an interest in "the communication of science." Activities such as mentoring and/or teaching are examples of "communication of science."
* The recipient of the one Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship funded by the Johnson F. Hammond, MD Fund should have an interest in and commitment to a career in medical journalism.
* The recipient of the one Physicians of Tomorrow Scholarship funded by the Rock Sleyster, MD, Fund should have an interest in and commitment to a career in psychiatry.
Each medical school may submit one nomination for each of these scholarship opportunities. Thus, each school may submit up to four nominations in total.
Applications available: February
Nominations due: May 31

AMA Foundation Scholars Fund - The AMA Alliance - the largest volunteer arm of the AMA raises money each year for medical schools to distribute to deserving students of their choice. The AMA Foundation tracks these donations for medical schools independently in separate accounts. Medical schools receive notification of funds available in March 2007. Each dean or dean's designate chooses scholarship recipients based on the funds available. Each Scholars Fund award must be at least $1,000. If a school does not have $1,000 in their account, the AMA Foundation will let funds accumulate until one full scholarship can be fulfilled.
Medical School submits recipients to Foundation: July 2

The Arthur N. Wilson, MD, Scholarship - One $5000 scholarship is awarded to a medical student who grew up in Southeast Alaska . Students may apply directly to the Foundation for this scholarship opportunity. View the submission materials for this scholarship (PDF, 96KB, requires Adobe® Reader® )
Submission deadline: June 15

If you have questions about these scholarship opportunities, please contact:
Dina Lindenberg
Program Officer
(312) 464-4193
dina.lindenberg@ama-assn.org

Additional information on financial is available on the following AMA Web sites:

AMA Medical Student Section Resources for Financing Medical School Web site

AMA Minority Affairs Consortium Funding, Grants & Educational Programs Web site

This information is reposted with thanks to The American Medical Association.

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