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When you apply for financial aid, you will automatically be considered for all the types of assistance for which you are eligible, including both loans and scholarships. The Financial Aid Office creates a financial award for you with various different sources, the majority of which are loans and some of which are scholarships. Loans are the primary source of your financial award.

Scholarships are awarded from the Scholarship Committee based on review of your scholarship application, which is provided to you directly upon acceptance to UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine. Both merit and need are considered when the Scholarship Committee evaluates applicants. The number of scholarships awarded as well as the amount of each individual award depends on the funds available, the need of the applicants, the qualifications of the applicants, and the number of applicants qualifying for financial assistance.



In addition to School of Medicine Scholarships; specialty scholarships, external and armed forces scholarships, service programs, and loans make up your financial aid options. Click the links below to learn more about these additional sources of funding:

Some of the endowed scholarships available to our students through the Medical Foundation of North Carolina, Inc. include:

Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Barrett Scholarship

Scholarships for residents of North Carolina on the basis of academic standing first and need second; preference to be given to residents of Fayetteville and Cumberland County, NC.

W. Reece Berryhill Medical Scholarship

Scholarship based on merit given to a rising senior student and based on excellence of academic performance.

Berryhill-Mecklenburg Scholarship

The scholarship will commemorate Dr. W. Reece Berryhill’s birthplace in Mecklenburg County with first priority going to students who are Mecklenberg area residents.

Dr. Mark R. Braswell Scholarship

Scholarships to be awarded annually based on financial need.

Carter Braxton Scholarship

Scholarships based on need only

A. Pat and Kathryne L. Brown Scholarship

To aid students entering or attending the UNC-CH School of Medicine.

Charles H. Burnett Medical Scholarship

Scholarships for students of the UNC-CH School of Medicine.

Class of 1932 Scholarship

Scholarship based on academic merit and/or financial need

Class of 1972 Scholarship Fund

Scholarship based on need only.

Grover C. Dale Scholarship Fund

Scholarships based on academic merit and/or financial need

Starkey, Willie, Watson and Sudie Daniel Scholarship

Scholarships based on academic merit and/or financial need.

Thomas J. Dark Medical Student Scholarship Fund

Supports scholarships for students in the UNC-CH School of Medicine.

K. R. Edwards and A. L. Hobgood, Jr. Scholarships

Scholarships based on academic merit and/or financial need for students enrolled in the UNC-CH School of Medicine.

Clyde Eubanks Medical Scholarship

Scholarships based on academic merit and/or financial need

Edgar A. Farrell, M.D. Memorial Scholarship

Provide need-based scholarship with preference to qualified students from the following geographical areas in the order listed: Mebane, NC; Alamance County, NC and the state of North Carolina.

Fleishman Scholarship

Scholarship based on need only.

Dennis L. Fox Memorial Scholarship

Scholarship for residents of North Carolina of good character and demonstrated academic merit.

Jean McCoy Graham Scholarship

For incoming students to be renewed for four years of their study based on above average scholastic ability in undergraduate school, a genuine desire to personally serve the sick and improve public health, possess compassion and deep sensitivity to the needs of his or her fellow man, demonstrated qualities of leadership in extracurricular activities and interests outside of scientific fields of studyacademic merit and demonstrated leadership and compassion.

Guilford Sanitorium Scholarship Fund

To provide scholarships to UNC School of Medicine.

Dr. William Hunt Hall Medical Scholarship

Scholarships based on academic merit and/or financial need

John F. Hartness Medical Scholarship

Scholarships based on need only

John D. Idol Memorial Scholarship

Scholarships based on academic merit and/or financial need

Mrs. Augustus H. Jones Scholarship

Scholarships based on academic merit and/or financial need

James Craig Joyner Foundation Scholarship

Scholarships based on need only

Lock Medical Scholarship

Provide scholarships to School of Medicine students who demonstrate need and academic merit. Preference to Guilford County residents, North Carolina residents, with an interest in pediatrics.

William Lunsford Long, Jr. Memorial Scholarship

Scholarships based on academic merit and/or financial need

John A. Lowder Memorial Scholarship

An annual scholarship to a deserving and needy student in the School of Medicine.

Charles Mangum, Jr. and Charles Mangum, Sr. Medical Scholarship

Scholarships based on need only

Isaac Hall Manning Award

Awarded annually to a student in the School of Medicine of the University of North Carolina on consideration of academic merit and financial need.

Lewis M. McKee Medical Scholarship

Scholarships based on academic merit and/or financial need; preferably NC resident

L. P. McLendon Medical Scholarship

The scholarship will be awarded annually to a UNC-CH medical student, preferably from the Counties of Durham, Guilford, Orange, or Anson.

George Holliday McLeod Medical Scholarship

To award scholarships in the UNC School of Medicine.

Medical Foundation Scholarship Fund

Scholarships based on academic merit and/or financial need

Lorimer W. Midgett Scholarship Fund

Scholarships based on academic merit and/or financial need

William Jenning Bry Orr Medical Scholarship

Scholarships based on need only; preferably from Eastern NC

Henry and Pauline Privette Medical Scholarship/Privette Memorial Fund

To sponsor a fourth year medical student’s study in a third world country.

Eli R. Saleeby Medical Scholarship

The income from the fund may be used at the discretion of the Dean for student aid.

R.H. Speight and Mary P. Speight Scholarship

Scholarships based on scholastic ability and demonstrated financial need.

Sigmund Sternberger Foundation Scholarship

The scholarships are awarded to deserving students who are residents of North Carolina and who are genuinely interested in practicing medicine in the State.

Dr. Thomas Woodfin Sumner Memorial Scholarship

Scholarships based on academic merit and/or financial need

John Cotten Tayloe Medical Scholarship

Scholarships based on academic merit and/or financial need

G. Adam Thorpe Memorial Scholarship

The scholarship is awarded to medical students based on financial need.

William T. Turlington, Sr., M.D. Scholarship

Provide full tuition scholarships for one year to medical students in good academic standing based on financial need.

Louis Nelson West and Betsy John Haywood West Scholarship

For scholarships for a person or persons attending the UNC School of Medicine or for a person or persons who shall be majoring in the field of Mathematics at UNC-CH. Recipients are chosen by a committee, originally including Howard E. Manning, Raleigh, NC, Dr. Alfred T. Hamilton, Raleigh, NC and Dr. W. Howard Wilson, Raleigh, NC.

Clifford R. Wheeless Medical Scholarship

Scholarships based on need only

Whitehead Medical Scholarship

Scholarships based on need

Dr. Hillory M. Wilder Memorial Scholarship

Scholarships are awarded to UNC-CH School of Medicine students based on financial need.

Raymond V. and Maude Sink Yokeley Medical Scholarship

Scholarships based on academic merit and/or financial need