Scholarships

Dear LMSA Members,

As National LMSA AMA Liaison, I wanted to pass on information about a scholarship opportunity from the AMA specifically for underrepresented minority medical students. This scholarship is called the AMA Foundation Minority Scholars Award – In collaboration with the Minority Affairs Consortium (MAC), with support from the Pfizer Medical Humanities Initiative, the AMA Foundation offers the Minority Scholars Award.

Ten Minority Scholars Awards are awarded annually, each in the amount of a $10,000 scholarship. You must be a current first or second-year student and a permanent resident or citizen of the U.S. Eligible students of minority background include African American/Black, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, Alaska Native and Hispanic/Latino. Each medical school is invited to submit up to two nominees.

Talk to your dean’s office and be sure that they are aware of this award and are nominating up to 2 students a year for this award.

Please read more about this award opportunity and others from the AMA at http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/14772.html

Other Scholarship Opportunities can be found at:

    A. Hispanic Scholarship Fund $1000-5000 http://www.hsf.net/scholarships/programs/co-programs/College/

    B. Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Scholarship
    $5000 http://www.chci.org/chciyouth/scholarship/scholarship.htm

    C. NAACP Scholarships for underrepresented minorities
    http://www.naacp.org/youth/scholarships/information/index.htm
    http://www.naacp.org/about/resources/brochures/education_scholarships_minorities.pdf
    (a plethora of awards!)

    D. For any students that have Native American or Native Alaskan background. Be sure to check out the http://www.ihs.gov/
    They have scholarships and loan repayment opportunities.

    E. National Medical Fellowships http://www.nmf-online.org

    F. Chicana/ Latina Scholarship for Northern California Residents www.chicanalatina.org/ $1500

Dr. Flowers MCAT

Dr. Flowers MCAT and NNLAMS Team Up to Offer Discounted MCAT Program and Scholarship

Dr. Flowers MCAT and NNLAMS are teaming up to bring the Dr. Flowers MCAT review course to NNLAMS pre-medical student members, at a discounted rate. Dr. Flowers MCAT has over 30 years of experience in test preparation for the MCAT. Dr. Flowers offers a highly individualized and completely self-paced online review course for meticulously preparing students for the MCAT. NNLAMS is proud to partner with Dr. Flowers to bring this critical test taking review course to its members. NNLAMS recognizes how important the MCAT course is and we are excited that this individualized review course will be offered to our members at lower than most other in class review courses. Please visit our website to learn more about how to become an NNLAMS member and take advantage of the NNLAMS Dr. Flowers MCAT review course discount.

In addition to offering all NNLAMS pre-med students a discounted rate for the DFM online review course, NNLAMS will also be awarding 10 Dr. Flowers MCAT online review course scholarships. Two scholarships will be awarded to pre-medical student members nominated from each NNLAMS region. If you are interested in applying for a MCAT scholarship please contact fundraising@nnlams.com. The scholarships applications will be accepted online.

Please register online for a chance to win by going to the NNLAMS Official Website and viewing the Scholarships section.

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