Scholarships

The 2026 FFMRE Scholarship Application period will open in mid-April. Please check back and we will also notify the Stanford and UCSF Medical Schools when applications are open.

Each year, the San Francisco-based French-American Foundation for Medical Research and Education awards a limited number of scholarships to medical students at Stanford University and University of California San Francisco (UCSF). We have been consistently amazed at the skills and backgrounds of our recipients, as well as their vision of the profession. We are deeply honored to provide modest help to furthering their promising careers.

Applicants who ultimately are selected for a scholarship award are expected to attend the annual Scholarship Award Dinner in San Francisco. Notice of the award will be given at least two weeks in advance so as to avoid a conflict in schedule. If the applicant decides not to attend, he/she will forfeit the award.

The scholarship amount is determined by the Board of Directors on a yearly basis. Past award amounts have been $5,000-$6,000. The scholarship is not a loan and does not need to be repaid. Scholarships are open to students enrolled and in good standing in the medical schools of the San Francisco Bay Area and who have not previously been awarded a scholarship from the Foundation. There are no other restrictions. Students can decide how they want to use the grant, e.g. to support costs for tuition, books and/or related education expenses.

Interested students should apply online below. Scholarships are awarded solely on the basis of financial need, achievement and promise. It is helpful, though not obligatory, to include the student’s ethnicity, since the Foundation is interested in the diversity of the application pool.

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