Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group (PAFMG) Annual Pre-Med Scholarship Awards

About the Scholarship

Did you know that our doctors award annual scholarships to deserving high school students as part of our long-term commitment to supporting future generations of doctors?

Each year, the Palo Alto Foundation Medical Group (PAFMG) awards Pre-Med Scholarships to local high school seniors who will attend a four-year college and plan to pursue careers as doctors. The scholarship was started by Richard Babb, M.D., who was a gastroenterologist at PAMF’s Palo Alto Clinic, and is funded in full by our doctors. Since Dr. Babb started the program in 1993, PAFMG doctors have awarded more than 60 scholarships to local students.

Scholarships are a total of $25,000, paid out over five years: four years of an undergraduate university and the first year of medical school.

Requirements

To be considered for this scholarship, you must meet the following qualifications:

1. Anticipate a career as a medical doctor and plan to take pre-medicine courses to prepare for medical school.
2. Live in a geographic region served by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties
3. Be in the top 20% of your senior class (verified by transcript)
4. Demonstrate financial need (verified by supporting financial documentation)
5. Complete the online application including a 1,000-word personal statement that explains why you are interested in medicine, including any relevant background and life experiences, and your need for financial assistance.
6. Upload the following supporting documents postmarked no later than the scholarship deadline:
   1. 1 letter of recommendation from a teacher or school guidance counselor
   2. High school grade transcript
   3. SAT and/or ACT transcripts
   4. Copy of Student Aid Report (SAR)
   5. Copy of Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
   6. Copy of parents’ tax return documents

If you prefer to mail supplemental documents such as financial documents, you can mail to the address below. All financial documents will be deleted or shredded upon selection of this year’s scholarship recipients.

Incomplete applications will not be considered for the scholarship.

Mail all information to:

PAFMG Pre-Medicine Scholarship
c/o Audrey Spitler 
325 Distel Circle
Los Altos, CA 94022

Questions

Please contact Dr. Diana Nguyen at nguyend7@sutterhealth.org