Massachusetts Medical Society: Massachusetts Medical Society Scholarships and Grants

Massachusetts Medical Society Scholarships and Grants

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 Jennifer Day at jday@mms.org or (781) 434-7044

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, contact Leon Barzin at 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

  • More 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, contact Jennifer Day at jday@mms.org or (781) 434-7044

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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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