Scholarships
The VMA proudly offers scholarships to IU School of Medicine – Evansville and Medical Professional Academy students.
The VMA proudly offers scholarships to IU School of Medicine – Evansville and Medical Professional Academy students.
In the late summer of 2013, the Vanderburgh Medical Alliance accepted a challenge from the Indiana University School of Medicine – Evansville to raise $100,000 over five years to obtain a dollar-for-dollar match from the IU Foundation to provide scholarships to two Southern Indiana students attending IUSM-Evansville. With the help of Deaconess Health System, St. Vincent Medical Center (Formerly St. Mary’s Medical Center), VMA members, VMA friends and two successful fundraisers, the $100,000 pledge goal was met in the spring of 2014. The endowment was fully funded in August of 2018 to coincide with the opening of the new medical school in downtown Evansville. It is our hope that the two annual scholarship recipients will remain in southwest Indiana to practice medicine.
For those wishing to continue to donate to the principal of this scholarship, direct your giving to IU Foundation via the IUSM-Evansville and designate your donation to the Vanderburgh Medical Alliance Medical Student Scholarship, account number: 0370007031.
Two $1,000 scholarships have been given annually since 2002 to first and second-year medical students at the IUSM-Evansville Center. The first-year recipient also receives the second-year award.
2024 will be the tenth year the VMA has presented scholarships to high school Medical Professional Academy graduates. This program is open to all students in the public and parochial school systems and is taught by EVSC, University of Evansville and USI faculty. It is a half-day program for college-bound students and integrates science, English & technology and pairs hands-on learning, internships and shadowing experiences in various fields of medicine. At the 2021 graduation ceremony at Central High School, three $1,000 scholarships were awarded.