Graduate Aid
College of Medicine | Aid by Category
Contact: Eileen Parris, Box 100216, UFHSC; www.med.ufl.edu
The amounts of the following scholarships vary each year. All accepted and current UF medical students who show need and have a completed financial aid file will be considered.
Need-Based Scholarships and Fellowships
The amounts of the following scholarships vary each year. All accepted and current UF medical students who show need and have a completed financial aid file will be considered.
UF Endowed Scholarships and Fellowships
The following endowed scholarships and fellowships are administered by the UF Foundation. For information, check with the departmental contact person or the Foundation Web site.
Endowed Scholarships
- Fred B. Bear Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: medical students who demonstrate financial need and academic excellence; preference to students who have expressed an interest in pulmonary medicine. - Jean Lester Bennett, M.D., Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: senior medical students who have decided on a career in pediatrics. - Ralph G. Blodgett Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: worthy medical students; based on financial need. - Dr. Mark David Buehler Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: Honors Program juniors; preference to students with expressed interest in emergency room medicine. - Jules B. Chapman Scholarship
Eligibility: academic achievement and financial need; renewable. - Dr. Denny M. Cook Memorial Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: medical students; preference to graduates of public high schools in Plant City, Mt. Dora, or Clermont. - Hilda W. Dobbins Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: medical students; preference to students from the eastern section of Palm Beach County. - Leon Gibbs, M.D., Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: financially impaired medical students; granted without regard to applicant's religion, age, gender, or ethnic background. - Maurice H. Givens Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: medical students. - Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Godron Medical Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: medical students; financial need. - Gold Family Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: medical students; financial need. - Lawrence M. Goodman Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: deserving COM students with an interest in research. - Ruth and Gerry Hartman Scholarship
Eligibility: students pursuing a degree in the Physician Assistant Program; preference to students with a health science degree from the College of Public Health and Health Professions. - Hugh Hill Scholarship Endowment Fund
Eligibility: medical students in financial need; U.S. citizens at the time of admission. - George Graham Hunter Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: medical students with an interest in orthopedics. - Cammie Greene Ross Scholarship
Eligibility: medical students, with first priority to students from Thomas County, Georgia; remaining funding may support qualified applicants from other areas. - Kenneth H. Leathers Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: second-, third-, or fourth-year medical students in the upper half of their class; preference to those involved in outside activities and who are in financial need. - Joyce Lindy Levin Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: incoming medical students; need with merit also considered; preference to students from Florida's Panhandle; renewable. - C. J. Miller Scholarship
Eligibility: junior and senior medical students in good academic standing. - Nell C. Miller Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: medical students interested in cardiovascular physiology or diseases, or related problems. - Avonelle C. Noah Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: medical students. - Helen Aubrey Pratt Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: medical students. - William R. Rambo, Sr., Scholarship in Medicine Fund
Eligibility: medical students in need. - Susan O. Rasmussen Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: COM students; needy and qualified individuals irrespective of race, color, origin or religion, who desire to further their education in their profession of becoming a medical doctor. - Cammie Greene Ross Scholarship
Eligibility: medical students; first priority to students from Thomas County, GA; remaining funding may support qualified applicants from other areas. - William W. and Marie C. Wolff Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: medical students dedicated to the science of medicine who otherwise could not receive such education. - Suzanne M. Wester, M.D., Scholarship
Eligibility: academic achievement and commitment of study in OB/Gyn. - Hugh and Mabel Wilford Scholarship
Eligibility: COM students with need. - George W. Wirtanen Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: COM students; financial need.
Endowed Fellowships
- Alpha One Foundation Graduate Fellowship
Award supports research and specialized patient care for those suffering from Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.
Eligibility: biomedical engineering program graduate students. - Robert L. Batey, M.D., Cardiology Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: worthy fellows in the college specializing in cardiology. - Marc Desidero Pediatric Oncology Fellowship Fund
Eligibility: fellows in the UF Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Division. - Jerome C. Faber, Jr., Memorial Scholarship for Pediatric Cardiology Fund
Eligibility: fellows in pediatric cardiology. - Drs. Orman/Rhoton Fellowship Exchange
Eligibility: fellows in neurological studies in fellowship exchanges between the UF Department of Neurological Surgery and the Ain Shams University Department of Neurological Surgery.
Non-Endowed Scholarships
- Dr. James E. Harbin, Jr., Medical Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: COM students; financial need. - Medical College General Scholarship
Eligibility: COM students. - Michael A. Rosin Scholarship
Eligibility: medical students; financial need. - Christopher M. Powell and Stuart D. Hall Physician Assistant Scholarship
Eligibility: physician assistant students in the college. - Robert T. Watson, M.D., Medical Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: COM medical students. - Wheat Medical Fund
Eligibility: COM students with need.
Non-Endowed Fellowships
- Robert L. Batey, M.D., Cardiology Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: COM worthy fellows specializing in cardiology. - Heart Failure Fellowship
Eligibility: residents accepted as fellows in the cardiology training program and approved by the program director. - Laura McClamma Research Fellowship Fund
Eligibility: residents researching pediatric immune disorders. - Jacquelyn B. Meade Memorial Fellowship
Eligibility: fellows in pediatric cardiology. - A. F. Wentworth Fellowship in Forensic Medicine Fund
Eligibility: fellows in forensic medicine.
Non-Endowed Scholastic Awards
- H. H. Donegan Scholarship
Eligibility: medical students; based on academic excellence and financial need. - Grass Fellowship Urologic Oncology
Eligibility: surgery residents studying urologic oncology. - Samuel D. Harris Scholarship
Eligibility: students who are a direct relative of a U.S. citizen who died in Vietnam; preference to disadvantaged and married students. - Mark W. Herrbold Memorial Fund
Eligibility: third-year medical students who demonstrate determination and perseverance; consideration to students who have overcome significant adversity during their first three years of medical school. - Deanne Barlow Romrell Memorial Fund
Eligibility: senior medical students showing attributes of professionalism, compassion, empathy, warmth, and sincere concern for patients they serve. - J. C. Spencer Memorial Fund
Eligibility: COMstudents who demonstrate academic excellence, compassion, and caring. - Haufler Psychiatry Fund
Eligibility: fourth-year medical student demonstrating excellence and planning a career in psychiatry.
Loans
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COM loan funds provide long- and short-term
loans to COM students in good academic
standing who can show sufficient evidence of
financial need. These loans have been made
possible by grants from the AMA-Educational
Research Fund, Alumni Association, D.A.R.,
Dudley Beaumont Memorial Loan, Eifert Loan
Fund, George Green Memorial Loan, Ronald
Julian Memorial Loan, W. K. Kellogg
Foundation, Barbara Michael Loan, Dr. P.
Phillips Foundation, Publix Supermarkets
Charities, Maude H. Rhodes Loan, Selby
Foundation, Helen Stargardt Memorial Loan
Fund, Carmen Valicenti Trust, Hugh and
Mabel Wilford Fund. Loans are administered
by the COM Financial Aid Office.
Scholastic Achievement Awards
- Cullen W. Banks, M.D. Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: COMstudents with: commitment to making a pluralistic community and the continuation of a diverse student body; sensitivity and understanding of racial and ethnic issues in society, particularly the doctor/patient relationship; commitment to learning to better communicate across lines of gender, race, generation, geography, and class; ability to overcome educational, social, or family disadvantages; academic merit and leadership potential. - Barbara Bourne Bennett Memorial Fund
Eligibility: rising fourth-year medical students who exemplify Dr. Bennett's devotion to teaching in the area of women's health. - Caroline Annette Cody Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: rising fourth-year students. - Eugene C. Haufler Award
Eligibility: graduating seniors demonstrating excellence and planning a career in pediatrics. - Palm Beach County Medical Society Auxillary Scholarship Fund
Eligibility: third-year medical students; Palm Beach County high school graduates. - Gerold L. Schiebler, M. D., Children's Advocacy Award in Pediatrics
Eligibility: resident, fellow, or fourth-year medical student preparing for a career in pediatrics who most closely exemplify Dr. Schiebler's commitment and dedication to community service and public good.