KCOM Osteopathic Medicine
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Scholarships and Awards
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Institutional
Still-Bright Scholarship
New incoming students are eligible for a Still-Bright Scholarship based on their academic performance and promise. Students who have an MCAT score of 27 along with a GPA of 3.50 or above will automatically be awarded a Still-Bright Scholarship.
If the MCAT score is 27 or higher and cumulative GPA is 3.50-3.74, the Still-Bright Award will be $1,000. If the MCAT score is 27 or higher and cumulative GPA is 3.75-4.00, the Still-Bright Award will be $2,000. This award is only available to incoming students and is non-renewable. Endowments that fund the Still-Bright Scholarship include:
Laura Auwers, D.O., Memorial Scholarship
William Bodenhamer, D.O., Scholarship
Bertha Miller Clough, D.O., Award
Drs. Edith and Mead Cottrell Award
George Davison, D.O., Award
General Scholarship Endowment
Arthur L. Harbarger, D.O., Award
Anne Wright Hazen, D.O., Award
Walter & Nellie Keller Memorial Award
W.S. McClymonds Memorial Award
Dr. Denzil Reid Award
Walter and Carrie Stewart Award
Alamo Hospital Award
Students from Texas who have financial need will be given an Alamo Hospital Award. Assuming that there are sufficient funds in the endowment, the awards are $1,000. If there are more funds available, a student who demonstrates need may be given an additional $1,000.
KCOM Institute of Rural Health (IRH) Forgivable Loan
Third- and fourth-year students may be awarded $10,000 during their third year and $12,500 during their fourth year in exchange for agreeing to practice primary care medicine in a rural community of 25,000 or less. The student must select a town that he/she wishes to practice in and get two letters of support from the community. The purpose is to unite rural communities with KCOM graduates who have the desire to practice in a small town setting.
James Adams, D.O., Memorial Scholarship
Students who express an intent to practice primary care are eligible for this scholarship. Preference may be given to students from Colorado. This award is often given as a Still-Bright Scholarship.
Dr. Florence Alice Covey Memorial Scholarship
This award is given to Kansas students who sign a contract stating their definite intent to return to Kansas to practice medicine. Otherwise, this award becomes a loan and must be repaid. This award may be given as a Still-Bright Scholarship.
Esther Woolf Davidson, D.O., Award
This award is given to a second, third, or fourth year female student who plans to become a family practice physician and shows interest in osteopathic manipulative medicine.
Edith Dovesmith, D.O., Memorial Prize
This award is given to a female student in the graduating class who "has achieved excellence in her studies and has expressed interest in continuing her studies in the field of cranial technique."
Robert C. Fischer, D.O., Memorial Scholarship
This award is given to a Wisconsin student who has a deep understanding of basic osteopathic principles, demonstrated skill in using manipulation, and a great love for his/her fellow man, community, state and nation.
Drs. Isabelle and Josephine Morelock Scholarship
This award is given to a student from the Pacific area, especially Hawaii.
Lola and Elmer Orth Award
This award is given to students from Clark County, Missouri, and Lee County, Iowa.
Preferred Merchants' Scholarship
This award is normally given to students from Northeast Missouri who have demonstrated academic and leadership excellence.
George Rea Memorial Scholarship
This award is often given to a fourth-year student who has a high degree of interest in Radiology.
Michael J. Scott Scholarship
This award is usually presented to KCOM students from the state of Washington who demonstrate academic excellence.
Dr. and Mrs. Walter H. Siehl and Family Scholarship
This award is given to a student from Ohio with preference to someone from either Cincinnati or Dayton who demonstrates family values and financial need.
George Snyder-Pressley Crummy "Living Tribute" Scholarship
This award goes to the student who holds the highest combined weighted average in Anatomy.
Bucky Walter "Living Tribute" Scholarship
This award is given to a senior student who is in the upper 25 percent of the class and is active in student organizations and in assisting students with their problems.
Maxwell D. Warner Scholarship
This award is given to a senior in the upper 15 percent of the class who shows professional promise and has above average skills in osteopathic methods.
Outside Sources
Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) - Army, Navy, and Air Force
- Pays full tuition and fees
- Pays for required books, supplies and equipment, and student health insurance
- Pays a monthly stipend of approximately $1,900
- Year for year obligation-student owes one year of service for each year he/she received benefits
- $20,000 sign on bonus
National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program
- http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov/
- Toll-Free Help Line 1-800-221-9393
- Pays full tuition and fees
- Pays for required books, supplies and equipment, and student health insurance
- Pays monthly stipend of approximately $1,185
- Year for year obligation
- Student MUST practice primary care (family medicine, general internal medicine, general pediatrics, psychiatry, or ob/gyn) AND serve in an underserved area of the country
- Two-year minimum
- 18 KCOM 1st through 4th-year students on NHSC!
- Application deadline last Friday in March
Indian Health Service Scholarship Program
- www.ihs.gov
- Toll-Free Help Line 1-800-221-9393
- Pays full tuition and fees
- Pays for required books, supplies and equipment, and student health insurance
- Pays monthly stipend of approximately $1,185
- Year for year obligation
- Two-year minimum
- Must have tribal papers
National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program
- After student completes medical school and residency (at own expense)
- Repays up to $25,000/year on educational loans for 1st two years of service
- Repays up to $35,000/year on educational loans for additional one-year extensions of service
- Must be practicing family medicine, general pediatrics, general internal medicine, general psychiatry, or ob/gyn AND must be located in an underserved area
- Two-year minimum
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
A.T. Still University of Health Sciences participates in the Professional Student Exchange Program administered by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), under which legal residents of western states without a public professional school in this field may receive preference in admission and reduced tuition at this institution. To be certified as eligible for this program, the student must write to the WICHE Certifying Officer in his/her state of legal residence for the program application form. The number of students to be supported in each state in this field depends upon state appropriations. For addresses of state certifying officers, consult the WICHE Professional Student Exchange Program, P.O. Box 9752, Boulder, Colorado 80301-9752 (telephone: 303/541-0214), or the WICHE website at http://www.wiche.edu.
(For students from Arizona only)
State Specific Scholarship Opportunities
Worcester, Massachusetts District Medical Society Scholarship
Community Foundation of the Ozarks - Smith-Glynn-Callaway Medical School Scholarship
Northwest Osteopathic Medical Foundation
Scholarship applications are available to current first-, second- and third-year students who are residents of the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington), and those who have lived, worked, or attended school in the Pacific Northwest. Applicants must intend to practice in the Pacific Northwest upon completion of their medical education. Please contact the Financial Services Office for an application or begin the application process at www.nwosteo.org.
Arthur E. Dannin Osteopathic Educational Foundation, Inc.
The Auxiliary to the Indiana Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons has established the Arthur E. Dannin Osteopathic Educational Foundation to generate funds for loans to Indiana students in osteopathic medical schools accredited by the American Osteopathic Association.
The Dannin Foundation intends to award “forgivable” loans to Indiana students who are in the FIRST or SECOND years of study. Please note the following eligibility requirements:
- be an Indiana resident;
- be a first or second year student in an osteopathic medical school accredited by the AOA;
- demonstrate an intent to return to Indiana to practice osteopathic medicine;
- demonstrate financial need;
- be of good moral character;
- demonstrate good motivation toward the practice of osteopathic medicine; and
- be available for a personal interview, if requested, by the Foundation.
To receive an application you may call (800) 942-0501. If you desire more information, please call the Office of Student Financial Services at x2529.
USA Funds Access to Education Scholarships
USA Funds will award more than 2,100 new, renewable USA Funds Access to Education Scholarships to qualified students nationwide. In addition to the new scholarships, USA Funds will award renewal scholarships to previous recipients who qualify.
The program offers $1,500 scholarships to qualified full-time graduate and professional students. Applicants for the scholarships must be enrolled or plan to enroll in coursework at accredited two-or four-year colleges, universities or vocational/technical schools. The program assists students from households with annual incomes of $35,000 or less.
For complete eligibility information and to apply online, students should visit www.usafunds.org/scholarships on USA Funds' Website.
Betty Ford Center's 2007 Summer Institute for Medical Students
The Summer Institute for Medical Students is a unique learning experience for students to gain understanding and insight into addictive disease and the recovery process. Mrs. Ford is committed to expanding the awareness of addiction to health and human services professionals by endorsing this program and making it available to medical students across the country.
Successful applicants to this program have the opportunity to spend five days experiencing what it is like to be a patient or a family member at the Betty Ford Center. Placements are available in Inpatient Treatment, in Residential Day Treatment, and in Family Treatment. We do our best to accommodate requests for placement in a particular level of care.
This scholarship includes tuition, travel (limited), lodging, materals, and on-campus meals. Additional information and applications are available on this page, or you can pick up a copy in the Student Financial Services office.
Western New York Osteopathic Medical Society Annual Scholarship
The purpose of the scholarship fund is to promote osteopathic medicine and education in the Western New York area, Western New York being defined as the eight counties of Erie, Niagara, Genesee, Orleans, Wyoming, Allegheny, Chautaugua, and Cattaraugus.
Those eligible for the award would be osteopathic medical students in their fourth year of matriculation that have either resided in Western New York greater than four years, or who have done clincal rotations in Western New York.
Annually, there will be two scholarships available in the amount of $500 each. The Awards will be based on an applicant's academic excellence, community service, and Western New York heritage.
Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association Scholarship and Student Loan
There are several scholarships available to students who were Pennsylvania residents prior to college. Applications and additional details are available below and from the Financial Assistance office.
Archie Feinstein, D.O. Scholarship - Application 
This scholarship is available to Pennsylvania residents who will be entering their third or fourth year of any college of osteopathic medicine in the United States.
Alfred A. Grilli, D.O. Student Loan Fund- Application
This loan is available to Western Pennsylvania residents who will be entering the last year of any college of osteopathic medicine in the United States
District 8 – Scholarship - Application
Scholarships are available to Pennsylvania residents of District 8 of the POMA who will be entering the third or fourth year of any college of osteopathic medicine. District 8 counties are: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Washington, and Westmoreland.
Wellsford and Mildred Clark Medical Scholarship
This scholarship requires that applicants must be residents of Connecticut for five years and be currently enrolled in a non-for-profit medical school accredited by the AMA. Students demonstrating financial need, academic excellence, extracurricular interests and community service, will be strongly considered. Students in a four-year program must apply in their third year of medical school. Applications are available on this page and in the Office of Student Financial Services.
New Jersey Osteopathic Education Foundation Scholarship
A FIRST YEAR scholarship will be awarded to New Jersey residents accepted to the fall class of any approved college of osteopathic medicine. The scholarship sum will be paid directly to the college to cover part of the first year's tuition.
Selections are based on the following criteria:
- Undergraduate academic achievement. Applicant should have a B average or a 3 point grade on a 4 point grading system and be in the upper 25% in class standing.
- Financial Need
- Motivation
- Professional Promise
