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Giving to Medical School Scholarships

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Support Scholarships, Support the Future of Medicine

We are committed to enabling outstanding individuals to develop their talents and pursue their passions in medicine.

While each of our students has the skills, intelligence, and drive to become an incredible physician, not all of them have the financial means to do so.

Scholarship funds make it possible for learners from all backgrounds to take the next step toward their dream of becoming a doctor. It is the generosity of donors that helps to sustain and grow these funds, and ensure that the next generations of physicians are able to make a difference in an area meaningful to them.

Your contribution can:

Provide critical support for medical student education
Help learners overcome barriers that could force them to choose a different path
Allow students to pursue projects and ideas that can change medicine

A gift to support scholarships can ease financial burdens and leave a lasting legacy, one that will not only impact promising medical students, but also the patients and communities they will serve.

Giving Opportunities

Dean's Scholarship Fund in the Medical School

Help provide vital scholarship awards to offset the high expense of medical education. As state and federal pressures continue to rise, philanthropy is more critical than ever to achieving this important goal.

Give now to the Dean's Scholarship Fund

In the Medical School and in admissions, your generosity allows us to provide scholarships and support students so they can come in and matriculate at Michigan when they may otherwise not be able to. This allows this incredible university to bring in transformative students who will change the face of medicine.

— Deborah Rose Berman, M.D.

Assistant Dean for Admissions and Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of MIchigan Medical School

Philanthropy News

A nurse leans over the bed of a patient who is covered up and wearing a neck brace. They appear to be having a pleasant conversation.

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Giving with gratitude: planned gifts support nursing, research, and patient care

Retired businessman and Detroit Tigers fan Paul Hansen has created three planned gifts to support prostate cancer research, nursing scholarship support, and adult cerebral palsy research at Michigan Medicine.

Portrait of Dr. Crim. He has a grey beard and moustache and is wearing a grey blazer and light blue buttondown shirt.

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Alum reconnects to his roots through Doctors of Tomorrow scholarship fund

Courtney Crim, M.D., has created a scholarship fund for U-M undergraduate students who participated in Doctors of Tommorow, a U-M Medical School program serving students at Detroit's Cass Tech and Marygrove high schools.

Daniel, Emily, Kenneth, and Kimberly Levin all warmly dressed in U-M gear. They appear to be at a football stadium, and the sky is cloudy.

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Scholarship honors love and gratitude

U-M Medical School alum Kenneth Levin has created a scholarship fund in memory of his wife, Kimberly Levin.

Ahmad and Habib Rahbar on Habib's Medical School graduation day. They are smiling and standing together in front of a U-M building, and Habib is wearing a black graduation gown and mortarboard with a green tassel and sash.

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Commitment to medical students bridges generations and continents

Born in Iran in the early 1940s, Ahmad Rahbar's dream of studying medicine brought him to the U-M Medical School. Now, his family continues his tradition of gratitude and support for medical students.

Portrait of Chris and Cindy Harner smiling and turned toward each other. Chris is wearing a light tan suit and Cindy is wearing a blue, black, and tan blouse. They appear to be in an open lobby area.

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Paying it forward for future Wolverines

New scholarship funds in the U-M Medical School and U-M Marsal Family School of Education will support students who face financial barriers.

Black and white photo of Elaine Shafrin smiling and looking up from her work in a laboratory. A table full of lab equipment is in front of her.

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Elaine Shafrin’s life and legacy

Inspired by her passion for education and helping people overcome obstacles, Elain Shafrin has made a planned gift to support U-M student scholarships and movement disorders research.

Partner With Us

We would be pleased to discuss your interests and goals — and the impact your gift can have. We can connect you with faculty and staff, identify where your help is most needed, and share how giving can provide personal satisfaction as well as financial and tax benefits.