Scholarship Opportunities
NAAMA Houston Learner/Trainee Scholarship
We are currently accepting scholarship applications.
Please review the qualification criteria and thoroughly before submitting an inquiry.
The Learner/Trainee Scholarship Program was established in 2005 with the purpose of supporting learners and trainees from an Arab background to pursue educational opportunities in the healthcare field. The number of scholarships every fiscal year will vary based on available funds. There will be an open window to submit the applications at this point. Applications will be reviewed by the Scholarship Committee to determine eligibility and recommend funding, on a rolling basis until all the allocated funds have been used. The scholarship amount is up to $2,500 per recipient.
There are two scholarship categories:
- Houston Scholarship: Electives/rotations in a healthcare-related institution or facility/clinic in the Houston Metro area.
- Home Country Scholarship: Support learners in their home country.
For the Houston scholarships, the funds can be used to pay for lodging, insurance, any elective-related expenses, and travel needed during the elective period or the examination fees at the discretion of the scholarship committee. The rotation/elective needs to be at least a month in duration.
For the home-country scholarships, the funds should be used to pay for tuition, lodging, or attending a health-related conference, on the condition that the candidate will present at that conference.
General Eligibility:
- Arab heritage.
- Learners in medicine (MD or DO), dentistry, physician assistant schools, nursing, pharmacy, social work, psychology (Master’s level), public health, or any other healthcare-related field are welcome to apply. Note that applicants who have not received their degree as well as those who had received them in the prior 3 years are eligible.
- Full-time enrollment in an internationally recognized healthcare profession school (must be an Arab country, if applying for the home country scholarships).
- Undergraduates in a healthcare-related field, if members of their local NextGen chapter.
- Accepted to spend at least one or more months of elective rotation at one of Houston’s medical/health-related institutions or facilities/clinics (applicable only to the Houston scholarships).
- Commitment to attend NAAMA meetings during the training month(s) in Houston (applicable only to the Houston scholarships).
Specific Eligibility Requirements:
Each candidate must submit with their application:
- An up-to-date Curriculum Vita.
- A complete application form (includes essay describing how the proposed training (elective) in Houston will help advance the applicant’s future plans and a brief budget justification (for the Houston scholarships) or demonstrating the financial need (for the home country applicants).
- A letter verifying present or recent enrollment in healthcare related institution or school.
- A letter of acceptance for proposed elective training from the accepting institution/facility (for the Houston scholarships).
- Two letters of recommendation from current or previous supervisors with emphasis on the suitability of the proposed rotation for the applicant’s career advancement (for the Houston scholarships) or on the academic standing of the applicant (for the home country scholarships). The letters need to be written within the last 3 months prior to the application date.
- Endorsement by a current NAAMA member, in the form of a simple written statement. For the home country scholarships, applicants are encouraged to reach out to the executive committee of the National Arab American Association-Houston Chapter.
- If a publication (s) is (are) generated as a result of the rotation, the Learner will include the National Arab American Association-Houston Chapter in the Acknowledgements section of the publication.
- Provide post rotation feedback in the form of a concise essay highlighting the impact of the rotation and improvement suggestions. An exit interview with one of the committee members can substitute the essay, if requested by the Scholarship Committee.