Scholarship, Grant & Fellowship Opportunities
Admitted Students: Institutional Scholarship & Grant Opportunities
Applicants to the MD program at the Feinberg School of Medicine may be eligible for merit scholarships through the Admissions Office and/or need-based grant funding through the Chicago Office of Financial Aid. All students admitted to the MD program are automatically considered for merit scholarships; no application is required.
Admitted students that complete financial aid applications by the deadline will be considered for need-based grants. The Office of Admissions will send out notifications of merit scholarships in mid to late March. The Chicago Financial Aid Office will send out financial aid offer letter showing eligibility for need based grant funds and student loans on a rolling basis in mid-March.
Fellowship Opportunities
The Northwestern University Office of Fellowships can help current students with the following:
- Provide support and mentorship through fellowship application process
- Help you search for fellowships that match your interests and qualifications by using the Fellowship find
- Match you with mentors who have won fellowships that you are pursuing
- Provide writing help, interview prep and access to essays written by previous winners
Outside Scholarships Opportunities
See the Applying Grant and Scholarship Aid to Your Account page for information on that process.
- AAUW Educational Foundation (deadline Jan. 10)
- Abbott & Fenner Business Consultant Scholarship (deadline June 10)
- Air Force Health Professions Scholarship
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (deadline August 15)
- American Medical Association Excellence in Medicine Award (deadline March 4)
- American Medical Association Underrepresented in Medicine Award (deadline Feb. 28)
- American Society of Hematology Minority Medical Student Award Program (deadline Jan. 11)
- Army Health Professions Scholarship
- Auxiliary of Good Shepherd Hospital Scholarship (deadline April 17)
- Baltimore City Medical Society Foundation (deadline June 1)
- Blair County Medical Society Scholarship (deadline Sept. 30)
- Chinese American Physicians Society (deadline April 1)
- Dr. Charles E. Gavin Memorial Foundation Scholarship (deadline April 28)
- The DuPage Medical Society Foundation (deadline April 30)
- Dr. U. R. Plante Medical Scholarship (deadline April 15)
- The Expert Institute's 2017 Annual Healthcare and Life Sciences Scholarship (deadline Dec. 31)
- The Foundation of the Pennsylvania Medical Society
- Herbert W. Nickens Award (deadline April 7)
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund (deadline April 26)
- Howard Lapsley Memorial Scholarship Fund for Medical Education (deadline May 1)
- Indian Health Service Scholarship Program (deadline March 28)
- Jackson County Medical Society
c/o Kim Balsano
115 Steven Dr.
Murphysboro, IL 62966
Phone: 618-457-0404, ext. 231 - Japanese Medical Society Scholarship (deadline July 8)
- Jewish Vocational Service (deadline Feb. 1)
- Joanna F. Reed Medical Scholarship Trust
c/o South Alabama Trust Company Inc.
Ms. Elaine Catoe
P.O. Box 469
Brewton, AL 36427-0469 - Kaiser Permanente Northern California Medical Student Scholarship (deadline March 1)
- Kaiser Permanente Oliver Goldsmith MD, Scholarship (deadline Feb. 5)
- Korean American Scholarship Foundation (deadline July 8)
- LaPorte Hospital Foundation (deadline March 19)
- LaSalle County Medical Society Special Education Fund
Janet Beck Jakupcak
151 Washington St.
Marseilles, IL 61341
Phone: 815-795-2171
Email: docbeck523@hotmail.com - League of Unite Latin American Citizens (LULAC) National Scholarship Fund
- National Medical Fellowships
- Morris Hospital Foundation-Hugo Avalos Endowed Scholarship (deadline April 4)
- National Health Service Corps
- National Medical Fellowships
- National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (deadline Feb. 10)
- Navajo Nation Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program (deadline June 25)
- Navy Health Professions Scholarship
- NIH Medical Research Scholar's Program (deadline Jan. 11)
- Nesbitt Medical Student Foundation (deadline June 1)
- Oliver Goldsmith, M.D. Scholarship (deadline Jan. 20)
- Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans (deadline Nov. 1)
- Peter V. Westhaysen Medical Education Trust
First Midwest Bank Trust Division
10322 Indianapolis Blvd.
Highland, IN 46322
Phone: 219-853-3534
Deadline June 15 - Pisacano Leadership Foundation (deadline March 1)
- Polish-American Medical Society (deadline Feb. 28)
- Richard Allen Williams Scholarship (deadline Aug. 15)
- Rotary Club of Miami (deadline Jan. 25)
- Ruth G. White Scholarship Fund and the Dorothy C. Wisner Scholarship Fund
5332 Brookside Court
Pleasanton, CA 94588
Phone: 925-462-4720
Email: daisybaer@aol.com - Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara (deadline Jan. 31)
- The Dr. Max Thorek Student Loan Fund
- Turkish American Doctors Association of Midwest (deadline Feb. 29)
- TYLENOL Future Care Scholarship (deadline June 30)
- Vietnamese American Medical Association VAMA Scholarship Program (deadline Sept. 15)
- Wellsford and Mildred Clark Memorial Scholarship (deadline April 30)
- Worchester District Medical Society (deadline July 31)