2014
APPLICATION
APPLICATIONS MAY
BE DOWNLOADED AT
The
National Hispanic Health Foundation, affiliated with the Robert F. Wagner
Graduate School of Public Service, New York University, will award 24
scholarships to graduate students in dental, medical, public health, policy,
physician assistant, pharmacy, and podiatry students and BSN or graduate
students in nursing school, who exhibit exceptional academic performance,
documented leadership activities, and commitment to a career providing
healthcare services to the Hispanic community in the US. Eleven recipients will
receive $5,000/year for two years and thirteen recipients will receive $2,000
for 1 year.
The
scholarships will be presented to awardees at the Seventh Annual California
Scholarship Gala in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 20, 2014 or the Eleventh
Annual New York Scholarship Gala in New York City on Thursday, December 4,
2014.
Dear
Scholarship Applicant:
·
Please
complete the second page of this application, writing legibly.
·
Incomplete
applications will not be considered by the review committee.
·
Please
send entire application, along with letters of recommendation all together (via
mail or e-mail)
*Application
Deadline**: Friday, October 3rd, 2014. Recipients will be notified by
October 24th, 2014. *
·
*Applications
must be received either via mail, fax, or e-mail by close of business on due
date.
·
**Note*:
We recommend and prefer that your application be mailed with a return-receipt
requested, in order to verify its submission. We also encourage all *completed*
applications to be mailed in ONE envelope or e-mailed in ONE PDF.
·
Applications
may be downloaded at www.nhmafoundation.org
*REQUIRED
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS: **INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED*
·
Personal
statement or essay, including career goals
·
(double-spaced,
two-page maximum)
·
Current
curriculum vitae (education, employment, extracurricular activities, awards)
·
Letter
of recommendation (one letter only)
·
Unofficial
copy of school transcripts for the CURRENT 2013-2014 school year.
*NOTE:*
if it is your first year and you do not have a current
transcript
of upcoming classes, you need to provide an enrollment verification from your
university to show you are accepted into health professional graduate schools
in addition to past year’s transcript.
*APPLICATION
SUBMISSION*
*MAILING
ADDRESS:*
NHHF
Scholarship 2014
c/o
National Hispanic Medical Association
1920
L Street, N.W., Suite 725
Washington,
DC 20036
E-MAIL:
*scholarship@nhmamd.org
*CONTACT
INFORMATION*
For
scholarship inquiries or information, send message to Dr Rios at nhhf@nhmafoundation.org.
