Write their next chapter The 75 by 75 Scholarship Challenge Starts Now
Be part of something transformative. In celebration of our 75th anniversary, we aim to establish 75 new scholarships by 2031 — ensuring MD, PA and PhD students have the support they need to focus on what matters most: becoming the physicians, physician assistants, scientists and leaders of tomorrow.
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Create a Scholarship
Create a new named scholarship with a gift of $100,000 or more, one of the most meaningful and enduring ways to support the UF College of Medicine. Endowed scholarships can be either need- or merit-based and are critical to the College of Medicine because they generate predictable (4% annually), growing streams of income in perpetuity.
Help us reach our goal of 75 scholarships by 2031.
Facts and Figures
While UF awards an average amount of scholarship funding compared to other public medical schools nationwide, we are not — and have never aspired to be —average. Yet our current level of scholarship support does not reflect the excellence, ambition and innovation that define the College of Medicine and its students.
MD Tuition
Florida Resident: $37,312
Out-of-State: $49,390
PA Tuition
Florida Resident: $27,200
Out-of-State: $63,388
PhD Tuition
Florida Resident: $10,770
Out-of-State: $18,222
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Help us make 75 by 75 possible
Gifts of all sizes help us expand opportunity, reduce student debt and shape the future of medicine.
Medical Alumni Legacy Fund Opened in 2024, the Medical Alumni Legacy Endowment Fund was created thanks to the generosity of many UF College of Medicine alumni who have given through class reunion programming. This fund allows the College of Medicine to award funds to deserving students more quickly, greatly boosting our ability to recruit the best future Gator Docs across the country and world. It also gives our alumni more opportunities to meet the students they support.
Wayne D. Bottom PA Scholarship Fund Make a gift in support of physician assistant student scholarships to help create a lasting source of funding to meet the needs of students who might not otherwise make it to our door and to reward current students for academic excellence and achievement.
Graduate Program Alumni Legacy Fund Make a gift to graduate student scholarships to help them establish themselves in the field of their passion and to support travel grants to attend scientific meetings, scholarships to help with educational expenses, awards for outstanding scholarly achievements and assistance in preventing financial barriers.
scholarship student spotlights
Dr. R. Dean and elizabeth F. hautamaki endowed medical scholarship
Jennifer Wen
“It means someone believed in me enough to invest in my potential as a future physician and me as a student right now.”
Dr. Angelo and alberta anaclerio scholarship
Anna Walls
The strong sense of support and connection here at the UF College of Medicine is one of the things that drew me to this school in the first place, and receiving this scholarship has deepened that feeling.”
Tomothy C. Flynn, M.D., and marian C. Limacher, M.D., medical scholarship
Michael Lafferty
“Being able to share what I’ve learned and offer guidance and encouragement feels like a meaningful way to pay it forward, especially given how much support I’ve received along the way.”
Dr. Richard t. smith and jean w. smith scholarship
Arielle Ayotte
“When I was offered this scholarship, I felt incredibly honored and blessed that someone thought I would be a good doctor and wanted to help me reach that goal.”
medical alumni legacy endowment scholarship
Eliana Pollay
“It helped ease some of my self-doubts and reassured me that I deserve to be here. It feels like a vote of confidence in my success.”
j. stephen waters, m.d., scholarship
Connor Schepke
“There have been so many moments that confirm I made the right decision.”
hugh m. “smiley” Hill, m.d., scholarship
Anika Heuberger
“This scholarship helps me get closer to the goal of working in primary care and building those long-term relationships with patients.”
