Student Scholarships

The Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants is pleased to offer scholarship awards to first and second year Physician Assistant Students. Scholarships to first year students are $1000 and scholarships to second year students are $1500. Awards are made to those who are student members of the AFPPA, demonstrate a special interest in primary care medicine, and are in good academic standing. To apply for this scholarship: Please submit an essay (750 words or less) that describes your commitment to primary care medicine and how your current and past community involvement demonstrates this commitment. Also describe efforts to support and promote the PA profession. Complete the registration form and forward it to a faculty member along with your statement. The faculty member then completes the faculty form and forwards the registration form, statement and faculty form from an official school email address. Your application is scored based on your essay and faculty recommendation. Please give us a full understanding of why YOU deserve this award. ONLY COMPLETE EMAIL APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED. Applicants are to advise their faculty member to submit the complete application to: Rene McCarty, PA-C AFPPA Scholarship Committee Chair scholarshipchair@afppa.org Deadline for receipt of your scholarship application is Monday, September 1, 2008 Tuesday, September 30, 2008. (Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.) Copy and paste into an email below this line: AFPPA Student Scholarship Applicant Information: Name: __________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Phone: ________________ Email: __________________________ Name of PA Program: _____________________________________ (must be an accredited program) AFPPA Membership Number: _______________ Are there special circumstances that you would like the scholarship committee to take into consideration? Please describe them briefly below. Please have faculty email the below information in a separate email to scholarshipchair@afppa.org Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants This page is to be completed by PA Program Faculty Student´s Name: __________________________________________ PA Faculty Member´s Name: _______________________________ Faculty Phone/Contact Number: _____________________________ Name of Program/University: _____________________________ As of July 1, 2008, this applicant has been a physician assistant student _____ less than 12 months _____ more than 12 months Is this student in good academic standing? ___Yes ___ No What specific characteristics make this student outstanding in some way? How do you describe this applicant´s potential for being successful in a primary care setting?