Empowered Resident Scholarship

Since 1990, PracticeMatch has empowered physicians with education and career opportunities to help them meet their personal and professional goals. In 2017, PracticeMatch started a new tradition to assist residents and fellows in their passion and drive to care for others. The PracticeMatch Empowered Resident Scholarship has been founded to award students who exhibit community involvement and dedication to caring for others.

This scholarship will help offset the high cost of education for current residents and fellows. To enter, submit your CV and an essay (minimum of 500 words) about your inspiration for pursuing a medical career and how you plan to use your education to better your community and make a difference in the lives of others. The winner will receive $2000 to be put toward their education.

Submissions are due by the December due date. A winner will be announced on January 8, 2027 on our website. The winning essay will be published on our website and our social media pages.

CRITERIA

Scholarship essays will be judged on the student's ability to express and validate his or her view, rather than on whether PracticeMatch agrees with the student's view. Judges will look for writing that is clear, articulate, and logically organized. Winning essays must demonstrate an outstanding grasp of the value of caring for others through a medical career.

JUDGES

PracticeMatch executive team and departmental directors who have a close appreciation of the value and impact of healthcare providers in their community and across the nation.

Financial Need No

Selection Criteria Essay Contest

Grade Level Current medical students, residents, or fellows

PracticeMatch Empowered Physician Scholarship RULES

• No application is required. Contest is open to medical school students located in the United States, except where void or prohibited by law.
• Essays must be written in English only.
• Entrant must be a student enrolled in a medical school, residency program or fellowship at the time of the contest deadline. Verification of enrollment will be required for all winning entrants.
• To avoid disqualification, mailed-in essays must include a stapled cover sheet with the following information:
  • Your name, address, email address, and phone number.
  • The name of your program or medical school.
  • Mailed-in submissions (CV & Essay) must be stapled.
• Essay must be no fewer than 500 words in length, double-spaced. Spelling errors and/or written corrections (by anyone) found on the essay will count against the final grade and should be omitted before submission.
• One entry per student per contest.
• Essay must be submitted online or postmarked by no later than 11:59 PM, Pacific Standard Time on the due date.
• Judges have the right to provide contest deadline extensions when deemed appropriate.
• Essay must be solely the work of the entrant. Plagiarism will result in disqualification. Essays must not infringe on any third-party rights or intellectual property of any person, company, or organization. By submitting an essay to this contest, the entrant agrees to indemnify PracticeMatch for any claim, demand, judgment, or other allegation arising from possible violation of someone's trademark, copyright or other legally protected interest in any way in the entrant's essay.