CMS now accepting applications for the Foundation Rural Track Scholarship

Each year, the Colorado Medical Society Foundation (CMSF) awards medical school scholarships to students who are in good academic standing finishing their first or second year of a rural medicine track or program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine or the Rocky Vista University School of Osteopathic Medicine. Awards in the past few years have ranged from $2,000-$5,000 and are submitted to the medical schools to apply to the awardee’s account.

Interested students who meet eligibility requirements should submit an essay that addresses the criteria below. It is not expected that eligible candidates will meet all of the criteria. Successful candidates will have written the best essays as determined by an awards committee of the Foundation.

Complete the application and submit your essay, CV and headshot (optional) below. Deadline: April 1. Questions? Contact membership@cms.org.

Scholarship Eligibility and Criteria

• Eligibility: A medical student in good academic standing finishing their first or second year of a rural medicine track or program at the University of Colorado School of Medicine or Rocky Vista University School of Osteopathic Medicine – Colorado.
• Students may not receive the award more than once.
• An application that includes an essay (limited to 500 words) and CV are to be received by CMSEF in April of each year with scholarships to be awarded by June 1. Favorable elements of that essay shall best include:
  1. Establishment of reasons for entering the rural track or program. 
  2. Establishment of why rural medicine is the best choice for the applicant. 
  3. Reasons convincing the committee the applicant will practice in rural Colorado.
• Additional evaluation criteria and other tangible assets for consideration by the committee.
  1. Graduated from high school in a rural county in Colorado.
  2. Currently a legal resident of Colorado.
  3. Has clear intent to practice in a specific rural community in Colorado. 
  4. Has social or family ties to a specific rural community in Colorado.
  5. Demonstrated experience of engagement in humanitarian service.

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By signing this form, I am certifying that all the information I have provided is correct to the best of my knowledge. I authorize my medical school to furnish copies of my academic records, the application, faculty and/or personal letters of recommendation, and a statement of my financial need, when appropriate, to scholarship donors and any scholarship committees for review in considering my application for this scholarship. I hereby give approval to the Foundation and the Colorado Medical Society to issue a news release or social media post if I am awarded a scholarship, listing my name, hometown, the name and amount of the scholarship and an excerpt of my personal statement (student review/approval honored).

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