GENERAL INFORMATION AND ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Scholarships are granted upon application to those students who seem best to satisfy the requirements of the Welsford and Mildred Clark Medical Memorial Trust Fund within the limits of the funds available. Review of applications and the selection of recipients have been assigned by the Trust Fund to the Waterbury Medical Association.
The eligibility requirements for this scholarship award are:
1.You must, at any time during the twelve years preceding your application, have maintained continuous residence in Connecticut for a period of at least five years. Please explain how you meet this criteria.
2. M.D & D.O. medical student applicants must apply the year BEFORE graduation. The Scholarship will be applied to the last year of medical school.
3. Enrollment in a medical school accredited by the LCME, COCA and/or the World Health Organization.
4. Financial need.
5. Academic excellence determined by a copy of the applicant’s transcript and the results of participation in Part I of the National Boards.
6. Extracurricular interests and community service.
7. Letters of recommendation from two faculty members and your Dean submitted directly to the Committee.
8. Statement of the applicant’s method of financial support during the previous years of medical school including a personal income statement of the applicant and spouse, if married.
9. A written statement concerning the applicant’s plan for his or her medical career.