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Financial Aid and Scholarship Opportunities - the following do not require repayment

The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Merit-Based Scholarships - students are nominated and no application is required.

The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Need-Based Scholarships – applied for using the Financial Aid Application; parent information is required on the application to determine eligibility.  

Outside Scholarships – applied for by the student directly to the agency; funds come to the school and then disbursed to the student. See our publication of outside scholarship agencies.

Financial Aid and Scholarship Opportunities - the following do require repayment

University (Regents’) Loans (Need-Based) – applied for using the Financial Aid Application and parent information is required on the application to determine eligibility; subsidized with a fixed interest rate of  5%.

Loans for Disadvantaged Students (LDS), Title VII - HHS Funding – applied for using the Financial Aid Application and parent information is mandated on the application to determine eligibility for LDS; subsidized with a fixed interest rate of 5%, and deferment of repayment through medical residency.

Federal Direct Unsubsidized Loan – applied for using the Financial Aid Application; unsubsidized with a fixed interest rate of 5.31% (interest rate is set every July 1st)

Federal Direct Graduate Plus Loan – applied for using the Financial Aid Application; unsubsidized with a fixed interest rate of 6.31% (interest rate is set every July 1st).

Private Loans (from a lender) – a resource when eligibility for federal loans has been exhausted; some are school certified and others are applied for directly with the lender; unsubsidized with variable interest rates; cosigner’s are recommended.


David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA Philanthropic Scholarships

The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, UCLA campus, and their affiliates have more than 100 scholarships for medical students made possible through the generous support of alumni and friends. Criteria for each award varies; many are based on students' financial needs. We encourage you to apply for financial aid by completing the online FAFSA at fafsa.ed.gov (UCLA's school code is E00374) and the Need Access Application at needaccess.org. Shortly after submitting these applications you will receive an e-mailed financial aid estimate for your first year in medical school.

Victor Amira, M.D., Memorial Medical Student Scholarship
Kathryn H. Axel-Klein, M.D., Scholarship Fund
Julius Bamberger and Emma Bamberger Scholarship Research Fund
Ann Bauman Emergency Memorial Scholarship
Albert Behrstock Medical Scholarship Fund
Marilyn Mayer Bersch Medical Scientist Scholarship
Sara A. Bicknell and Margaret I. Witts Fellowship Fund
Bing Scholarship Fund
June and Max Block Memorial Trust Fund
Rosemary and Wallace Booth Scholarship
Harry and Anna Borun Memorial Scholarship Fund
Irwin E. Brill and Ruth Brill Scholarship Fund in memory of Dorothy Canfield Fisher, John Fisher, and Flora E. Brill
David M. Brotman, M.D. Scholarships and Lectureships Fund
Nora and Dr. Herschel Burston Scholarship
California Medical Association Scholarship
Senator Thomas C. Carrell Endowment Fund
Jacob Chacko Scholarship
Jacqueline A. Clark Scholarship Fund
Class of 1955 Scholarship
Class of 1961 Scholarship
Class of 1962 Scholarship
Class of 1975 Scholarship
Class of 1976 Scholarship
Class of 1979 Scholarship
Class of 1981 Scholarship
Class of 1998 Medical Student Scholarship in International Health
Arthur M. Cohen and Florence Brawer Cohen Scholarship Fund
Dr. Roman Colbert Medical Student Scholarship
M. Scott Cooper and Debra Ann Colletti Scholarship
Martin B. Covel, M.D./UCLA Medical Center Auxiliary Endowment Fund
The Susan G. Covel and Mitchell D. Covel, M.D., Scholarship Fund
Hetty Cox Scholarship in Medicine Fund
Carolyn Lyle Davis Scholarship Fund
Dean’s Leadership in Health and Science Scholarship
Dean’s Society for Medical Student Scholarships
Dear Abby Scholarship
William Adams Dongray, Eileen Dongray, David Baxter Scholarship Fund
Hy Doyle, Ed.D. Endowed Medical Student Scholarship Fund
The Dream Scholarship
Education for the New Millennium Fund
Michael and Inez Eicher Endowed Scholarship Fund
Lewis E. Eldridge Medical Scholarship Fund
William G. Figueroa, M.D., Memorial Medical Student Scholarship Fund
Kathryn F. Fink Medical Scholarship
William C. Fink Scholarship Fund
Eric W. Fonkalsrud, M.D., and Margaret Z. Fonkalsrud Endowed Scholarship
Bobbe Frankenberg Scholarship Fund
Robert C. Fraser Scholarship Fund
The David Geffen Medical Scholarships
Samuel Goldwyn Medical Scholarship Fund
Leslie and Susan Gonda/ILFC Fellowship Fund
Gordy Foundation Medical Student Scholarship Fund
Dr. and Mrs. William A. Gore Fund
Maud Cady Guthman Scholarship Fund
Stanton G. Hale UCLA Medical Student Scholarship Fund
Hiatus and Active Learning (HAL) Scholarship
Hollywood Canteen Foundation Pledge Fund
Augusta G. Huber Scholarship Fund
Milton Tilman and Ann Goodhue Hunt Endowed Fund
Viola G. Hyde Scholarship Fund
Barney and Minnie Katz Family Scholarship Fund
Nathaniel M. Kirshner Scholarship Fund
Olga C. Lamerdin Scholarship Fund
Ormie and Baldwin Lamson Scholarship
Edward A. Langdon, M.D., Memorial Fund
Helen Pierce Latta Scholarship
Mary and Irving Lazar Scholarship Fund
Nat R. Lazar Medical Scholarship Fund
Lillian Shufen Lee Medical Student Scholarship
Barbara A. Levey, M.D., and Gerald S. Levey, M.D., Scholarship Fund
Gerald S. Levey, M.D., Medical Scientist Scholars Fund

Israel Levin Scholarship Fund
John and Gail Liebes Family Scholarship
Forest and Rachel Linden Scholarship
Anne Rosenthal Lothar Fellowship
MacKenzie Foundation Scholarship
Sylvan Mallinson Scholarship Fund
Dr. Ursula Mandel Scholarship
Robert C. Marshall, M.D., Scholarship Fund
Robert Mazet Scholarship
Louis L. Meitus and Ivan S. Meitus Medical Student Scholarship Fund
Dr. Sherman Mellinkoff Scholarship
June and Sherman M. Mellinkoff, M.D., Medical Alumni Scholarship Fund
Elsie May Miller Scholarship Fund
Mae Mitzenmacher Scholarship Fund
Reiso and Shizuka Miyamoto Scholarship Fund
Dr. Donald and Barbara Mulder Scholarship Fund
James A. Musich Scholarship
Victor D. Newcomer, M.D., Medical Student Scholarship
Helga K. and Walter Oppenheimer Educational Trust
Anne B. Payton Memorial Scholarship Fund
Oris E. Payton Memorial Scholarship Fund
Physicians Aid Association Fund
John Jack Pick Scholarship Fund
Gerald Kevin Pines and Jerome Dean Shaw Scholarship Fund
Barbara and Martin Pops Scholarship
Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Scholarship Fund
Lily and Albert Quon Scholarship Fund
The Raymond Family Scholarship Fund
Leon D. and Leah E. Rivenburg Fund
R.W. Rissé Family Medical Student Scholarship
Dr. Alan G. and Beverly A. Robinson Scholarship Fund
Barbara M. Rodgers Endowment Fund
Ilse Roth Scholarship Fund
Nancy Lynne Schultze Memorial Fund
Lillian Paula Seitsive, M.D., Scholarship
Lynn F. Shafer, M.D., Scholarship
Shirley and Ralph Shapiro Family Scholarship
Dr. Joseph F. and Phyllis M. Shea Memorial Scholarship
Bell Shephard Medical Student Scholarship Fund
Murray and Clifford Silsby Scholarship Fund
Jim Slotnick Fellowship in Medicine
Inez Smith Scholarship Fund
Marianne and Norman F. Sprague, III, M.D., Medical Student Scholarship
Emil J. Stache Endowed Scholarship Fund
Dr. Robert L. Stern Memorial Scholarship Fund
Neil F. Strassburg Memorial Scholarship
Neil, Lorraine and Leo Strassburg Memorial Scholarship Fund
Roslyn Holt Swartz Scholarship, in Memory of Major C.B. Slack, U.S. Air Force
Randall A. Tamura Family Scholarship Endowment
Tchekmedyian Family Scholarship
Ray E. and Louise T. Teal Fund
Paul and Hisako Terasaki Endowed Medical Scientist Scholarship
UCLA Affiliates Scholarship
UCLA Alumni Association Medical Student Scholarship
UCLA Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship
UCLA Medical Alumni Association Scholarship
UCLA Medical Center Auxiliary Scholarships
UniHealth Foundation Medical Student Scholarship
The U.S. Trust Company Medical Student Scholarship Fund
Marietta Voge Memorial Fund in Tropical Medicine
Nathan and Zara Volen Scholarship Fund
Charles Wacker Memorial Scholarship
Wadsworth VA Medical Alumni Scholarship Fund, in honor of Leo Fred, M.D.
Marvin Weiner, M.D., Medical Student Scholarship Fund
The Caryl F. and Eileen Williams Medical Scholarship Fund
Norman R. Willis, M.D., Scholarship
Evelyn M. Wilson Scholarship
Hannah S. and Stanley D. Winderman Memorial Scholarship
Winnick Family Scholarship
Mauro Melachi Wolinsky, M.D., Memorial Scholarship Fund
Donald, Jason and Stefan Wong Memorial Scholarship Fund

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