Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarships
Association of American Medical Colleges
Award: $5000 – $5000
Deadline: January 2.
To support outstanding students entering their third year of medical school who have shown leadership in efforts to eliminate inequities in medical education and health care. Qualifications: Candidates must be U.S. citizen, permanent resident or an individual granted deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) status; entering the third year of study in a LCME-accredited U.S. medical school in Fall 1 year; students enrolled in combined degree programs (such as MD/PhD) are eligible when they are entering their third year of medical school. Selection criteria: Selection will be based on the committee criteria. How to apply: Applicants must be submit a online nomination letter from the medical school’s dean or dean’s designee stating verbatim that the candidate has maintained good academic standing throughout the first two years and discussing the nominee’s; demonstrated leadership efforts in addressing the educational, societal, and healthcare needs of racial and ethnic minorities; research projects, and/or extracurricular activities that demonstrate leadership abilities when describing the nominee’s efforts, indicate their specific role and if these efforts were initiated by the nominee as a new program/initiative or an expanded effort based on existing work; a letter of recommendation from the GSA institutional student diversity affairs representative; should the institution not have a GSA representative, the nominator must be noted in the online contact information section as the replacement; a letter of recommendation from a faculty member; a personal statement by the nominee assessing their leadership efforts in eliminating inequities in medical education and health care for racial and ethnic minorities; a curriculum vitae for the nominee that includes contact information; all letters and personal statements should be double-spaced, have one-inch margins, and be written in times new roman 12-point font; nomination packets should not include hyperlinks; hyperlinks will not be reviewed. Focus: Education, Medical.