Outside Resources
BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
- AAMC FIRST Program: financial literacy and loan management information
- Annual Credit Report: obtain a free annual copy of your credit history from the three major US credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion)
- Budget Worksheet: compare your estimated monthly expenses with your actual expenditures to better manage your resources
- Cost of Living Calculator: find estimated costs for rent, living and other expenses to help you establish a monthly budget while in school
- Wall Street Journal Personal Finance: helpful personal financial information for M4 students and residents
FEDERAL SERVICE SCHOLARSHIPS
- Army Health Professions Scholarship
- Air Force Health Professions Scholarship
- Navy Health Professions Scholarship
- National Health Service Corps
LOAN MANAGEMENT AND REPAYMENT CALCULATORS
- Income-Based Loan Repayment: information and loan repayment calculator for the IBR program
- Loan Consolidation: information on combining all of your federal student loans (pre-med and medical school) into the federal loan consolidation program
- Loan Forgiveness and Repayment Programs: information on student loan repayment programs by state
- Medloans Organizer and Calculator: this AAMC service allows you to enter and track your student loans and calculate estimated monthly repayment amounts
- National Student Loan Data System: find information on all of your federal student loans (both pre-med and medical school loans)
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness: information on the newest federal loan cancellation program
OUTSIDE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP WEB SITES
- AMA Scholarships: a comprehensive listing of AMA financial aid resources for medical students
- Chinese American Physicians Society: scholarship awards for medical students who wish to serve in an Asian-American community of need
- Illinois Hospital Association: scholarships for medical students who are residents of Illinois
- Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago: scholarship programs for Jewish medical students who are residents of the greater Chicago area
- Joanna F Reed Medical Scholarship: available to students who are residents of Alabama or NW Florida
- National Medical Fellowships: scholarship programs for underrepresented minority medical students
- Orazio DiMauro Foundation Inc. : medical school scholarships for students who are residents of greater Bridgeport, CT
- Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships: scholarships for M1 and M2 students who are “New Americans” (permanent residents, naturalized citizens and children of naturalized citizen parents)
- Pisacano Leadership Foundation: scholarships for rising M4 students who will enter Family Medicine (students must apply during M3)
- Thomas Brown McClelland Trust Scholarship : available through the Rotary Club of Miami for students who are residents of Miami, FL
- Turkish American Doctors Association of the Midwest: scholarship funding to medical students of Turkish-American ancestry
- Wellsford and Mildred Clark Memorial Scholarship : available through the Waterbury Medical Association to M4 students who are residents of Connecticut
NOTE: The Financial Aid Office provides this scholarship listing to assist students with their search for funding outside of the School of Medicine; for information on scholarship programs that do not have a dedicated web site, please contact our office. This is not an inclusive listing of all outside scholarship programs, and sponsoring organizations can change eligibility requirements for scholarship funding at their discretion. We also recommend that students utilize the general scholarship web sites listed below to expand their search for outside scholarships.