Scholarships

School of Medicine Admissions Scholarships

The UGA School of Medicine considers all incoming M1 students for scholarships through a review of their admissions applications. Additional information is collected after the offer of admission for final determination. Admission Scholarships are screened and awarded by the School of Medicine Financial Aid Office. Review the Financial Aid Timelines for deadlines and details.

Admission Scholarships Available:

Merit: Based on the Admission Committee score, taking into account academic achievement as well as MMI and Interview scores, among other criteria.
Financial Need: Based on a review of information provided on your AMCAS, FAFSA, supplemental admission questions, among other criteria. To be considered for financial need-based scholarships, incoming students must submit a FAFSA to UGA by March 1st, 2027.

Incoming students will be notified by April 1st, 2027, if they will receive an admissions scholarship. Unless otherwise noted, admissions scholarship recipients will receive their scholarship award for all four years of enrollment.

Admission Scholarship Renewal Criteria

1. Remain in good academic standing with the UGA School of Medicine.

2. Be enrolled full-time (at least 12 credit hours) each semester.

3. Uphold the School of Medicine’s professionalism standards and codes of conduct.

Scholarship Universe

Scholarship Universe is a state-of-the-art scholarship matching system that maximizes opportunities for students and was developed to help students connect to as many relevant and legitimate scholarship opportunities as possible, all in one mobile-friendly site. ScholarshipUniverse allows students to create an academic profile that enables them to be connected with various scholarship opportunities from scholarship organizations. Students must be admitted to the UGA School of Medicine and have an official UGA email address before they can access this platform.

External Scholarships for Medical Students

These types of scholarships are awarded by non-UGA School of Medicine entities. Students must apply on their own for these individual scholarships through the scholarship/donor organization.scholarship/donor organization. For a tailored list of external scholarships available for medical students, please email [email protected].

Student Responsibility to Inform OSFA

Students who have been awarded Outside Scholarships and Other Resources by someone other than OSFA or the UGA School of Medicine must immediately notify OSFA by logging in to Athena and clicking on the Add/View Resources button at the bottom of the Award Offer tab.

Where to Send External Scholarship Checks

All money from a private donor needs to be processed through the University of Georgia. This is for your benefit as well as for your donors’ benefit.

If the check is made payable to the student only, we still recommend that it be processed through UGA. Instead of the student depositing/ cashing the check, the student should send the check to the Office of Student Financial Aid and be sure to sign the back of the check before submitting it to the office.

All external scholarship checks awarded to UGA students should be mailed to:

The Office of Student Financial Aid (OSFA)
University of Georgia
Holmes-Hunter Academic Building, Room 312
101 Herty Drive
Athens, GA 30602

Make all scholarship checks payable to the University of Georgia. If a check is made co-payable to UGA and the student, the student will be required to sign the check, which may delay the application of the funds to the student’s account.

The external scholarship check(s) and/or documentation sent to OSFA must reflect:

Student’s name
UGA student ID number
Directions on how the funds are to be disbursed, i.e. fall only, spring only, or for the full academic year
Any restrictions of the fund, i.e. tuition only, tuition and fees only, or toward the total cost of attendance, if applicable

Scholarship Disbursement

All scholarships $1,000 or greater will be divided evenly between the fall and spring semesters unless the donor directs OSFA to do otherwise.

Scholarship funds first pay a student’s outstanding UGA charges. After a student’s current charges are paid, any resulting credit balance is refunded to the student by the Bursar & Treasury Services.

When to Send Scholarship Checks

For a scholarship to credit a student’s account before their charges are due, we recommend that checks be submitted to UGA by the dates below:

July 15 for fall semester
December 1 for spring semester
May 1 for summer sessions

Timely processing requires the assistance of students. Students must let their donor know of University of Georgia’s tuition and fee payment deadlines (see the Bursar & Treasury Services webpage). All checks received after the dates above will still be processed, but we cannot guarantee that it will be on the award for the payment deadline. The student is responsible for their account balance on the payment deadline.

The typical processing time for private scholarship checks ready for deposit is 5-7 business days. At peak times (middle of July through the end of September, and middle of December through the end of February), students should allow up to 10-14 business days for the processing of private scholarship checks.

Out-of-date or expired checks will not be accepted and will be returned to the awarding organization for reissue.

Where to Send Checks from Educational Savings Accounts or Plans (Ex. 529 Plans)

All Educational Savings Accounts or Plans (529 Plans) should be mailed to:

Bursar and Treasury Services
University of Georgia
424 E. Broad Street
Business Services Bldg.
Athens, GA 30602-4227

For additional information, please visit the Bursar & Treasury Services website.

School of Medicine Admissions Scholarships

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External Scholarships for Medical Students

Student Responsibility to Inform OSFA

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