PURPOSE

To introduce diverse health care students to Christian medical missions allowing them to not only become familiar with the cultural, social, spiritual, medical and dental problems in developing countries, but also to obtain the skills to participate, in training and mentoring the next generation of missionaries in the name of Jesus.

ELIGIBILITY
The applicant must be:

1. A college graduate student in a professional medical training program in the medical or dental fields. This includes students currently enrolled in training programs leading to a degree or certification in the following fields of study: Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO); Dentist (DDS & DMD); Registered Nurse (RN); Physical Therapist (PT); Occupational Therapist (OT); Physician Assistant (PA); Nurse Practitioner (NP); Pharmacist (RPh & Pharm D); and Master of Public Health (MPH). NOTE: college students enrolled in a Bachelor degree program are excluded)
2. A first-time Global Health Outreach short-term medical missions participant.

METHOD OF APPLICATION

1. Using the form on this page, applicants must complete the form and submit to Global Health Outreach. Applications will be reviewed in the order they are submitted. The application must be submitted at least one month prior to the trip departure, and the applicant must be accepted as a Global Health Outreachtrip participant before applying for the scholarship. Applicants are encouraged to read the parable of the Good Samaritan in Luke 10:25-37.
2. There is a maximum of one scholarship per Global Health Outreach trip, pending available funds.

AWARDS

Awards will be announced by email as they are granted. The amount of the award will be no more than the maximum of 50% of the established GHO trip fees including *airfare and is limited to GHO trips in Central & Latin America, as well as the Caribbean.

(*calculated on the projected costs listed for individual trips on Service Reef)