Scott A. Gunder, MD, DCMS Presidential Scholarship
Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society
Award: $1500 – $1500
Deadline: September 30.
To provide second-year medical student at Penn State College of Medicine. Qualifications: Applicant must be a United States citizen; applicant must be a bona fide resident of Pennsylvania for at least 12 months before registering as a medical student (not including time spent attending an undergraduate/graduate school in Pennsylvania); applicant must be a second-year medical student; applicant must be enrolled full time at Penn State College of Medicine; member of the Pennsylvania Medical Society and county medical society. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on committee criteria. How to apply: Applicants must be submit online application; two reference letters, from persons other than family members, documenting the applicant's integrity, interpersonal skills, and potential as a future physician; a letter, on school letterhead, from Penn State College of Medicine verifying that he/she is enrolled full time and is a second-year medical student; an essay (within the application) describing the person or event that most influenced applicants to become a physician and how applicant see applicant self leading others into medicine (750 words or less). Focus: Medicine.