Scholarships – College of Osteopathic Medicine

Most students finance their medical school education with scholarships and student loans.

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The Office of Financial Aid at KCUMB can help you learn more about the various scholarships available to you.

Recruitment Scholarships
Military Scholarships

Recruitment Scholarships

Incoming students are eligible for the following KCUMB College of Osteopathic Medicine recruitment scholarships based on their academic performance and promise. All scholarships, with the exception of the diversity scholarship, are one-time awards.

Note: The receipt of any full-tuition scholarship from any source (i.e., National Health Services, Military, etc.) will negate an applicant's eligibility for any KCUMB Recruitment Scholarship.

Presidential Scholarship
Amount: $10,000
Awarded to: Incoming College of Osteopathic Medicine students with a score of 30 or higher on the MCAT and a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.95
Applied toward: Tuition costs
Application: Not required.
Selection: Awarded automatically based on confirmation of final scores.
Renewable: No (first-year only)

Dean's Scholarship
Amount: $5,000
Awarded to: Incoming College of Osteopathic Medicine students with a score of 29 or higher on the MCAT and a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.90
Applied toward: Tuition costs
Application: Not required.
Selection: Awarded automatically based on confirmation of final scores.
Renewable: No (first-year only)

University Scholarship
Amount: $1,500
Awarded to: Incoming College of Osteopathic Medicine students with a score of 28 or higher on the MCAT and a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.75
Applied toward: Tuition costs
Application: Not required.
Selection: Awarded automatically based on confirmation of final scores.
Renewable: No (first-year only)

Diversity Scholarship
Amount: $20,000
Awarded to: Three (3) incoming College of Osteopathic Medicine students, who are under-represented minorities in medical education, with a score of 28 or higher on the MCAT and a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.65
Applied toward: Tuition costs
Application: Not required.
Selection: Awarded automatically based on confirmation of final scores.
Renewable: Yes. This award would be renewable for three additional years and would require the students to maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 and earn a minimum satisfactory grade on all courses/clerkships. In the event that there are more than three candidates that qualify, scholarship recipients would be determined by a selection committee.

Note: Under-represented minorities include all students who indentify their ethnicity as Alaskan Native, American Indian, Black, Hispanic, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. In medical education, Caucasian and Asian populations are not considered under-represented minorities.

Service Leadership Award
Amount: $10,000
Awarded to: One (1) male and one (1) female incoming College of Osteopathic Medicine student, who has:

• Demonstrated outstanding service and/or leadership in a health-care related field (excluding shadowing experiences)
• Shown significant financial need (qualified as $0-$6,000 expected family contribution on the incoming students FAFSA and total resources — outside scholarships, parental support, etc. — no greater than $5,000)

Applied toward: Tuition costs.
Application: Required. (Download application - coming soon)
Selection: Scholarship recipients determined by a selection committee
Renewable: No

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Service Obligation Scholarships

To be eligible for the military scholarship, you must be a U.S. citizen. Recipients are provided full tuition, fees, books, equipment and a monthly stipend. For each year of scholarship support, the student must serve one year in the designated service branch. The minimum obligation is two years. KCUMB traditionally has a high number of students receiving military scholarships.

Military and National Health Service Programs
For military programs, students should contact their recruiter or the recruiters on the list that follows:

U.S. Army U.S.
Army Health Care Recruiter
7500 College Blvd., Ste. 720
Overland Park, KS 66210
(913) 469-1795

U.S. Navy
Medical Programs Recruiter
10306 N.W. Prairie View Rd.
Kansas City, MO 64153-1350
(816) 880-1134;
(800) 222-9597

U.S. Air Force
Air Force Recruiting Office
4600 SE 29th St., Ste. 356
Del City, OK 73115
(405) 677-1703

National Health Service Corps
Health Resources and Services Administration
Bureau of Primary Health Care
Division of Scholarships and Loan Repayments
(800) 221-9393
http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov

Veteran's Information
Matters pertaining to the Veteran's Administration should be directed to the Director of Financial Aid.