TMA Diversity in Medicine Scholarship

TMA Diversity in Medicine Scholarship (Formerly TMA Minority Scholarship)

One $10,000 scholarship is available at each Texas medical school.

• Eligible applicants must be underrepresented in Texas medical schools and the state's physician workforce. (Including DACA status medical students.)
• Students already attending medical school are not eligible.  (Scholarship is for those who have been accepted for admission in the fall of the award year.)
• Must complete an application.  
• Provide a letter or email confirming acceptance offer and intent to attend.
• Write an essay, not to exceed 750 words, explaining how as a physician you would improve the health of all Texans”.
• Fundraising efforts handled by TMA Foundation.
• Funds will be disbursed directly to the school in increments of $2,500 annually during the first four consecutive years of a student's normal matriculation schedule. Students who withdraw, take leaves of absence, or repeat years will automatically forfeit the remainder of their disbursement.
• This scholarship is per school and does not transfer with a student should they decide to matriculate elsewhere.

[TMA’s 2024 Diversity in Medicine Scholarship Program is funded by TMA Foundation with generous support from its Bayardo Trust and Patrick Y. Leung, MD, Endowment, and annual gifts from H-E-B, Baldemar Covarrubias, MD; TMA-affiliated county medical societies; and gifts from physicians and their families. To make a tax-deductible donation to the TMA Diversity in Medicine Scholarship Program, you may do so on the TMA Foundation Web site,  www.tmaf.org, or contact Lisa Stark Walsh of the TMA Foundation at (800) 880-1300, ext. 1666, or (512) 370-1666, or email lisa.walsh@texmed.org.]