Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO): Scholarship Program to Study Medicine
IFCO is proud to be the sole facilitator in the US of the Scholarship Program to Study Medicine at the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM) in Havana, Cuba for US Citizens interested in becoming physicians of conscience.
Listing Details
Organization Name
Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO)
Organization Mandate
The Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) is a multi-issue national ecumenical agency, which was founded in 1967 by progressive church leaders and activists. For more than four decades, the Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO) has assisted hundreds of community organizations and public policy groups – by providing technical assistance, training organizers, making and administering grants, and using our global network of grassroots organizers, clergy, and other professionals to advance the struggles of oppressed people for justice and self-determination.
Countries
Regions
Subcategory
Subject - funding opportunities
Medicine
Application deadline
March of each year
Amount of the award
Full tuition.
Dormitory housing.
Three meals per day at the campus cafeteria.
Textbooks in Spanish for all courses.
Bedding.
Small monthly stipend in Cuban pesos.
School uniform.
Dormitory housing.
Three meals per day at the campus cafeteria.
Textbooks in Spanish for all courses.
Bedding.
Small monthly stipend in Cuban pesos.
School uniform.
Eligibility - nationality
United States
Eligibility
Between the ages of 18 and 25 by the time of application.
Completed the following college-level, pre-med science courses:
One year of biology with lab (Biology I and II with labs)
One year of chemistry with lab (General Chemistry I and II with labs)
One year of organic chemistry with lab (Organic Chemistry I and II with labs)
One year of physics with lab (Physics I and II with labs).
Physically and mentally fit.
Come from the humblest and neediest communities in the USA.
Committed to practice medicine in poor and underserved USA communities after graduation.
Completed the following college-level, pre-med science courses:
One year of biology with lab (Biology I and II with labs)
One year of chemistry with lab (General Chemistry I and II with labs)
One year of organic chemistry with lab (Organic Chemistry I and II with labs)
One year of physics with lab (Physics I and II with labs).
Physically and mentally fit.
Come from the humblest and neediest communities in the USA.
Committed to practice medicine in poor and underserved USA communities after graduation.