Medical Education and Financial Aid

The Warren Alpert Medical School educates students to serve not only as excellent clinicians and researchers, but also as health care leaders and agents of change.

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A Distinct Approach to Medical Education

Brown’s medical students move seamlessly between classrooms, labs, and our partner hospitals. Before they even finish their medical degree, our students are already making tremendous contributions to research and the community. The world needs what they have to offer and, because of philanthropic support, Brown can help meet that need.

Financial aid is often the deciding factor for students when comparing prospective schools. Increased scholarship funding is essential for Brown to remain competitive in attracting the highest caliber candidates.

A gift to financial aid for Brown medical students will:

  • Support a pipeline of physicians prepared for the future of health care.
  • Mitigate physician shortages by giving new graduates greater financial freedom to choose the best specialty for them, regardless of compensation.
  • Diversify the physician workforce by making a career in medicine more accessible to the most gifted students, regardless of financial status.

66 %

of medical students receive financial aid

$ 54.3K

average annual need-based scholarship for eligible medical students

49 %

of medical students receive scholarship aid from The Warren Alpert Medical School

* Statistics from Fiscal Year 2024


During their time at Brown, students are encouraged to pursue important and rigorous study beyond their regular medical coursework—experiences explicitly designed to prepare them to address the complexities of modern medicine. These experiences, supported by medical student research funds, are a vital part of the educational experience. But under our current financial constraints, Brown is only able to fund 76% of medical student requests for stipends to conduct research or present their work at national and international conferences.

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Opening Doors

 

Krissia Rivera Perla ’15 MD’21 discusses her Brown experience to date and her plans to parlay her education and skills into better care for patients.

Ways You Can Support Medical Education

Full Ride Medical Scholarship

Full ride scholarships exist in perpetuity and provide tuition and living expenses for a deserving student for their four years of medical school.

Endowed Medical Scholarship

Medical scholarships exist in perpetuity and provide financial aid to deserving students with demonstrated financial need.

Physician-Scientist Training (MD/PhD) Program Fund

Support for students participating in Brown's robust joint graduate program in medicine (MD) and biological science (PhD) will allow us to markedly increase the number of training slots, enhance the programmatic offerings with a particular focus on career trajectories and, most importantly, matriculate the strongest students.

Medical Student Research Fund

These funds exist in perpetuity and allow our future physicians to engage in biomedical or basic science research, clinical service and community health outreach programs, and global health projects.

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Brown's MD/PhD Program

 

Through the MD/PhD and Advanced Training Program, we are training the next generation of physician-scientists who will advance translational research.

For information about specific giving opportunities, please contact:

Cailie Burns
Senior Associate Dean and Strategic Advisor for Advancement, Division of Biology and Medicine
+1 (401) 863-1635
cailie_burns@brown.edu

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