Massachusetts Medical Society: Massachusetts Medical Society Scholarships and Grants

Massachusetts Medical Society Scholarships and Grants

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State and District Scholarships

Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) Annual Scholars Program

  • Amount: $10,000 to two students from each of the four Massachusetts Medical Schools.
  • Eligibility/Requirements: Fourth-year medical students expected to graduate each year from one of the following schools: Boston University School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Tufts University School of Medicine and the UMass Chan Medical School.

  • Each nominee must be a member of the Massachusetts Medical Society.
  • Applications are available at the office of student affairs in October at each of the schools listed above
  • For more information, contact:
    Program Coordinator, Massachusetts Medical Society
    Lisa Smith, lsmith@mms.org (781) 434-7759.

MMS Medical Information Technology Awards

  • Amount: $5,000 annually to one medical student and one resident physician.
  • Eligibility: MMS member. Medical students, residents, or fellows enrolled in one of the four Massachusetts Medical Schools or a Massachusetts hospital or training program.
  • Application Deadline: January of each year
  • For More Information:
    MMS Technical Program Portfolio Director
    Leon Q. Barzin, lbarzin@mms.org  
  • For further information and application

History of Medicine Essay Award

  • Amount: $1,000 annually
  • Students are encouraged to consider the history behind topics of current interest, such as: the role of race in health, health care, and training of health care providers; topics in reproductive health, discrimination of any kind; stigma of any kind.
  • Eligibility: MMS medical students.
  • One Paragraph Abstract Deadline: November 24, 2024
  • Final Essay Deadline: January 19, 2025
  • For further information and application

Massachusetts Medical Society International Health Studies Grant Program

  • Amount: Five to seven grants up to $2,000 each to defray the costs of study abroad.
  • Eligibility: MMS medical student or resident. Preference given to applicants planning a career serving underprivileged populations.
  • Application Deadline: November 15
  • For More Information:
    MMS and Alliance Charitable Foundation Director
    Jennifer Day, jday@mms.org (781) 434-7044
    Lean about applying for a grant
    Read more about grant programs

MMS Student Section Community Service Grants

  • Amount: Up to $250 of funding for each of two service projects per medical school chapter of the Section, per calendar year.
  • Eligibility: Current medical student members of the MMS whose projects meet objectives in community and social service, public health activism and education, or volunteer mentorship activities
  • For More Information: Academic Administrator, Massachusetts Medical Society - Colleen Hennessey, chennessey@mms.org, (781) 434-7315
  • Download Application (Word Doc, 2 pages)

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