Grants and Scholarships
The financial aid office administers several grant and scholarship programs. Additional funds of this type may be available from private sources such as businesses, community groups, medical societies, churches, hospitals, etc. For prospective students, it is a good idea to request information from each school to which you are applying — they may have sources of funds outside of their own institutions. You may want to check with organizations where you live or where you grew up to find other potential funding. There are Web sites that offer database searches, many of which are free. In addition, we routinely send email notices to our students during the academic year regarding upcoming scholarship opportunities.
The Schools of Health at UC Davis offer grants and scholarships to a number of their students. All students are considered for these funds. Information collected through the admissions application, and from the FAFSA and UC Davis' financial aid supplemental application is used to award grant and scholarship funds. Some awards are based solely on academic criteria; others are based on academic and financial-need criteria.
NOTE: An applicant's scholarship offers from other institutions will not influence our merit or need-based scholarship decisions. We will not attempt to match scholarship offers from other institutions.
Current M.D. students and applicants who have been offered admission may qualify for one or more of our restricted endowment funds. Please self-identify via email to the financial aid office (hs-financialaid@ucdavis.edu), and we will follow up with you for additional information later in the academic year.
There are a variety of ways to obtain scholarship information on your own. One way is to check the reference section of college libraries. Typically a library will have scholarship reference books that describe potential scholarship sources. Another way to find scholarships is to check with organizations in the area in which you live or grew up: medical societies, hospitals, hospital foundations, churches, clubs, veteran's organizations, etc. This is a good way to locate funds which might not be on anyone's list and are limited as to whom can apply.
School of Medicine students- We have a publication entitled "Monies For Medicine" which is available to our current medical students and M.D. applicants who have been offered admission. Contact us at 916-734-4120 or email us at hs-financialaid.ucdavis.edu to obtain the password for this secured file.
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing students- The School of Nursing has compiled a list of possible Scholarships and Awards.
There are several online searchable scholarship databases. We recommend that you consider each search engine and use only those that work best for your search. Some examples are:
For our Veteran students- View the California Veteran's Dependents Educational Assistance Program (CDVA) for education benefits.
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