Scholarship Fund

All nine colleges of podiatric medicine offer scholarship, grant, and loan programs to their students. For more information regarding these individual college programs, contact each college directly. APMA also offers a scholarship program for students through the APMA Educational Foundation.

APMA Educational Foundation Scholarship Fund

The APMA Educational Foundation Scholarship Fund is the only national funding resource devoted to students at the colleges of podiatric medicine. See this year's scholarship recipients.

The APMA Educational Foundation gratefully acknowledges all of its scholarship benefactors. See who supports the foundation's scholarship fund with named endowments.

Quick Facts

Scholarship applicants must be members of APMA. All students are offered complimentary student membership with APMA. If you are not yet a member, contact the APMA Membership department, or complete the student membership form.
The scholarship fund awards scholarships to third- and fourth-year students from the nine colleges of podiatric medicine.
Annually, the scholarship fund assists approximately 200 students, and this number continues to grow.
The minimum level of scholarship support is $1,000.
The scholarship fund distributes about $200,000 each year.
The scholarship fund has distributed more than $4 million in scholarship dollars to more than 2,800 students.

Eligibility

All third- and fourth-year students from the nine colleges of podiatric medicine are eligible: Arizona College of Podiatric Medicine at Midwestern University; Barry University School of Podiatric Medicine; California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University; Des Moines University College of Podiatric Medicine; Kent State University College of Podiatric Medicine; New York College of Podiatric Medicine; Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at the Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science; Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine; and Western University of Health Sciences College of Podiatric Medicine.

Candidates for Educational Foundation scholarships are selected by the College Scholarship and Student Loan Committee based on the following criteria:

Financial need
Grade point average
Podiatric community/school service
Leadership involvement
APMA membership

Application and Deadlines

The Educational Foundation scholarship application form is made available online in the fall and through the financial aid office of each college of podiatric medicine. The deadline for application submission is in April of each year. Funds will be disbursed in late summer. Checks will be sent directly to your school's financial aid office.