Medical Education Scholarships
Need-Based, Merit-Based and Other Scholarships
The UK College of Medicine Scholarship Committee administers a scholarship program with a variety of awards. Scholarships are awarded based on an expansive list of criteria. Matriculating students are evaluated using collected data from the admission application, so no individual scholarship applications are needed to be considered.
- Need-based: Awarded to students who demonstrate a moderate to extreme financial need.
- Merit-based: Awarded to students who demonstrate outstanding academic merit. Students must score at least 517 on the MCAT with a minimum BCPM GPA of 3.5 to be considered.
- Enhancement-based: Awarded to students who demonstrate a commitment to underserved communities and can bring a unique perspective to the class.
The Financial Aid Office will notify individual students in writing if they are awarded one of these scholarship types.
The UK College of Medicine would like to acknowledge the generosity of alumni, friends, corporations and foundations that contribute to endowed/non-endowed accounts which provides the funding for these scholarship types.
For the full list of scholarship opportunities, contact finaidcom@uky.edu.
Academic Excellence Medicine Scholarship
Awarded to fourth-year students for excellence in third-year clinical performance. Based on data compiled from evaluations across all clinical clerkships and scores from OSCE stations throughout third year. No application required
Academic Excellence Medicine Scholarship
Awarded to fourth-year students for excellence in third-year clinical performance. Based on data compiled from evaluations across all clinical clerkships and scores from OSCE stations throughout third year. No application required
Health Professions Scholarship Program
Health Professions Scholarship Program
Students are responsible for reporting any outside scholarships, fellowship or grants to the Office of Student Financial Aid.
Medical students receiving the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship or National Health Service Corps Scholarship are not eligible for UK College of Medicine scholarships, because these programs cover tuition, fees and, in some cases, living expenses.