Scholarship Program

We Have Reached Our Historic Goal of 40 Scholarships!
UCF has made medical college history. Every member of our Charter class will receive a full scholarship, including tuition and modest living expenses for his or her entire four years at the school. The Charter Scholarship program will empower UCF to admit an entering class of true distinction.

The Challenge Continues
The College of Medicine is looking to maintain this momentum. For succeeding classes, we will still need to compete with nationally recognized medical schools for the best and the brightest students. In addition to offering excellence in academic medicine, we must maintain strong incentives for students to choose UCF.

The prospect of graduating from medical school with little or no debt means our students will be able to focus all of their energy in pursuit of their career goals. Unburdened by large debts, our students will be free to dream big and turn those dreams into outstanding medical practice and research.

The Need
We are encouraging contributions from donors who wish to continue our culture of providing scholarships for deserving students into the second class of the M.D. Program. You can make the important commitment to support a single student for one to four years—tuition only or tuition and living expenses. There is also the option of endowing a scholarship that can live on in perpetuity, helping an untold number of students and their future patients.

We have planned for 60 students for the class graduating in 2014. We continue to seek donors who are willing to contribute all or part of the anticipated $25,000 for tuition and fees and $25,000 for expenses toward a complete year’s support. Your contributions to this historic effort will have direct impact on the student’s achievement, the College of Medicine’s success and our region’s quality of health care.

Donor Involvement
As a donor to the scholarship program, you will have many opportunities to be involved in the major events in the students’ lives as they progress through medical school. A few examples of involvement include the inaugural celebrations of the college’s new life, convocation ceremonies and informal meetings with students.

Another prominent event is the White Coat Ceremony—where the class is reminded of the privilege and responsibility that comes with the goal they have before them. Students are presented with a white coat as a symbol both of their journey to become a physician and of the trust that the community has in them. Each donor of a named or full scholarship will have the honor of “Coating” his or her student at the ceremony.

Giving Options

Non-Endowed Gifts:
• Tuition and fees plus living expenses for 4 years - $200,000
• Tuition-only for 4 years - $100,000
• Tuition and fees plus living expenses for 1 year - $50,000
• Tuition- only for 1 year - $25,000

Endowed Gifts:
These gifts exist in perpetuity in support of our UCF College of Medicine scholarship program. Donors may also take advantage of the State of Florida’s endowment-matching gift program by committing to establishing an endowed scholarship fund.

Endowed Tuition:
$187,500 per year for 2 years
$375,000 + $187,500 state match = $562,500 endowment.
Annual amount available for student support is $25,312*

$93,750 per year for 5 years
The first $93,750 will fund four consecutive years of an annual scholarship.
The remaining four payments establish a $375,000 endowment eligible for a $187,500 state match = $562,500 endowment.
Annual amount available for student support is $25,312*

Endowed Tuition and Living Expenses:
$335,000 per year for 2 years
$670,000 + $469,000 state match = $1,139,000 endowment
Annual amount available for student support is $51,255*

*Annual amount for student support is based on the UCF Foundation, Inc. rate currently 4.5 percent.

Your Support
Offering full four-year scholarships to highly qualified students in any subsequent class will reward and inspire those willing to follow in the footsteps of the Charter Class.

Our prospective students need your support. Your generous scholarship contributions will help these students become exemplary physicians – leaders in medicine, scholars in discovery and innovators in technology.

Donate Now

Your support will change the students’ lives and the lives of thousands of their future patients. If you are interested in joining the scholarship program for the UCF College of Medicine, please contact:

Chip Roberts
Assistant Vice President for Development
College of Medicine

12201 Research Parkway, 3rd Floor
P.O. Box 160116
Orlando, Florida 32816-0116
407-823-4539
407-823-1856 FAX
407-670-8835 Cell
chip@mail.ucf.edu

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