The Financial Aid Office at Samuel Merritt University encourages all students to research scholarship opportunities. For assistance in the scholarship application process and for scholarship websites, please refer to the two documents below:
| Scholarship Flyer | Scholarship Guide |
Please refer below for specific Samuel Merritt University scholarships.
- Tylenol Scholarships
- Giving Golden Opportunities
- Podatric Scholarships for Entering Class of 2010
- APMA Scholarship
- SchoolSoup
- National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment
The $250,000 Tylenol Scholarship
For the 18th year, the makers of Tylenol are helping to educate tomorrow's medical professionals with $5,000 and $10,000 scholarships.
Visit Tylenol.com/Scholarship for more information.
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Giving Golden Opportunities
For more information on the Golden Giving Opportunities scholarships, please view the information flyer or visit the Health Professions Education Foundation website.
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Podiatric Scholarships for Entering Class 2010
Presidential Scholarship
There are eight renewable $12500 scholarships available to the entering CSPM class of 2010. To be considered for the President's Scholarship, an applicant must have an overall college GPA of 3.5 or higher, all science GPA of 3.0 or higher (at the time of application) and a MCAT score of 25 or higher. This scholarship is renewable based on satisfactory academic progress.
Deans Scholarship
There are 20 renewable $7500 scholarships available to the entering CSPM class of 2010. To be considered for the Dean's Scholarship, an applicant must have an overall college GPA of 3.3 or higher, an all science GPA of 3.0 or higher (at the time of application) and a MCAT score of 22 or higher. This scholarship is renewable based on satisfactory academic progress.
Entrance Scholarship
Students entering the CSPM 2010 class not receiving the Presidential or Dean's scholarship will receive a onetime $5000 Entrance Scholarship.
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The APMA Foundation provides a number of scholarships to third and fourth year podiatric medical students. The scholarship application deadline is Friday, April 23rd at 5pm. Students applying for a scholarship must submit a complete application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
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SchoolSoup
SchoolSoup is a scholarship database that finds scholarships that match your interests and profile. Scholarships with the best matches are listed first. Click here to go to directly to the scholarship search.
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National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program
The National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program provides $50,000 (or the outstanding balance of qualifying student loans if it is less than $50,000), tax free, to primary care medical, dental and mental health clinicians in exchange for two years of service at an approved site in a Health Professional Shortage Area. Upon completion of the service commitment, clinicians may be eligible to apply for additional support for extended service.
http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/
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