Available Mission Scholarships
"...lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest."
Select one of the items below to discover more about CMDA Scholarships and Grant Opportunities
Please see chart at the bottom of this page to determine which scholarships you qualify for. Also, please note that if you are applying for Westra, Owen, Johnson, Minority, Hood, or Domestic, you only need to fill out ONE application in order to be considered for ALL of these awards. There is no need to fill out multiple applications.
Scholarship | Westra Short Term Missions
The James S. Westra Memorial Fund was established in 1981. It provides scholarships for healthcare students, trainees, and young professionals to serve in healthcare missions.
Scholarship | James P. Owen Mission
James P. Owen had a keen interest in missionary medicine. He died in 1981 while a senior medical student at Southwestern Medical School. The James P. Owen Memorial Endowment Fund was established by his wife in loving memory of her husband.
Scholarship | Johnson Short-Term Mission
Encouraging MD/DO residents and fellows to serve the underserved cross-culturally and in doing so to seek the Lord's will for their lifetime involvement in medical missions.
Scholarship | Tami Fisk Mission Travel Grant
Grants for travel expenses of medically-trained individuals exploring and/or beginning medical service in East Asia with preference to those working with MSI Professional Services or OMF International.
Scholarship | Naomi Kim Medical Missions
Assisting selected healthcare students in participating in their first Global Health Outreach short-term medical missions experience, enabling them to become familiar with the cultural, social, spiritual, medical and dental problems in developing countries while allowing them to serve the
underserved.
Scholarship | FCPA Mission Matching Grant
The Fellowship of Christian Physician Assistants seeks to encourage the sending forth of laborers Matthew 9:37-38 into the fields which are white with harvest. This fund was established to offer financial and prayer support to FCPA members who are called by the Lord to medical mission work around His world.
Scholarship | WPDC Mission Trips with GHO
In partnership with Global Health Outreach, WPDC women are invited to go on mission trips which offer participants an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of refugees, orphans and human trafficking victims around the world.
Scholarship | GHO Dermatology/Nursing Medical Missions
Assisting selected healthcare students in participating in their first Global Health Outreach short-term medical missions experience, enabling them to become familiar with the cultural, social, spiritual, medical and dental problems in developing countries while allowing them to serve the underserved.
Dietz Scholarship
Margaret J. Dietz Scholarship – Provides financial assistance to support the Christian and professional leadership development of physicians and dentists in low and low-middle income countries and regions of the world.
Schindler Scholarship
Dr. Robert and Marian Schindler Scholarship - Provides $1200 to help fund senior medical students, residents and/or fellows to teach on a short term mission trip with CMDA’s Medical Education International mission arm.
Scholarship | Minority Short Term Mission Scholarship
This scholarship seeks to encourage and enable non-white students and trainees to participate in mission rotations outside the United States.
Scholarship | Domestic Short Term Mission Scholarship
This scholarship seeks to encourage and enable students and residents to participate in mission rotations here in the United States, working with marginalized, underserved, and vulnerable populations in a Christian healthcare setting.
Scholarship | Dale Willis Memorial GHO Scholarship
To assist selected dentists in participating in their first Global Health Outreach short-term medical missions experience, enabling them to become familiar with the cultural, social, spiritual, medical and dental problems in developing countries while allowing them to serve the underserved.
Scholarship | Good Samaritan Scholarship
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.
Wayne & Vivian Day Medical Missions Scholarship
To provide financial assistance for future medical, dental and other students to participate on their first Global Health Outreach short-term medical missions experience; enabling them to become familiar with the cultural, social, spiritual, medical and dental needs in developing countries while allowing them to serve the underserved and to train and mentor the next generation of missionaries in the name of Jesus.
Other Scholarships and Grant Opportunities
Scholarship | Baptist Medical Dental Fellowship
Providing assistance to students who are going on mission both domestically and internationally to serve the healthcare needs of unserved or underserved people of the world with the intent to share the love of Christ.
Scholarship | Project Medsend Grant
MedSend awards grants to repay student loans owed by healthcare professionals while they serve as healthcare missionaries in medically underserved areas of the world. Three times each year, the MedSend board reviews completed applications for healthcare professionals headed for career missionary service.
Scholarship | Project Hope Northwest Trip Grant
This fund is for the support of individuals who are exploring a commitment to the medical mission field or those already medical missionaries. Typical grantees include premedical or predental students who have made a commitment to the healing professions, medical or dental students who have a committed Christian faith or physicians in residency who are exploring the possibility of a short term or long term commitment to mission work.
Scholarship | Southwestern Medical Clinic Foundation Medical Students & Resident Program
Do you have a passion for medicine and a calling to help those in need? Southwestern Medical Clinic Foundation offers scholarships to qualified medical students and residents who have a strong interest in gaining valuable clinical experience while serving on an international or domestic Christian medical mission trip.
Scholarship | MAP International Health Fellowship
MAP provides travel scholarships for up to $3,000 to healthcare students from any discipline who are planning to participate a in global health missions experience. Preference is given to those doing a trip or rotation that is at least 4 weeks in duration. For questions, please refer to the website or contact ballison@map.org.
Eligibility for Scholarships
Please download your W-9 form here:
Complete the form, saving it to your computer. Then email Amber Clark at amber.clark@cmda.org with a copy to Misty Carter at misty.carter@cmda.org and attach your completed W-9.