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Medical Scholarship Programs

Riverside County Medical Association’s Medical Scholarship Programs, organized under the Riverside County Physicians Memorial Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization, were established to assist students from Riverside County in attending medical school and help residents and early career physicians repay medical education loans. These scholarship programs have enabled many students to attend medical school, with an emphasis on returning to practice medicine in Riverside County to help alleviate the shortage of doctors to care for our citizens. Since 2012, RCMA has awarded $630,500 in scholarships to 152 medical students, residents, and early-career physicians committed to practicing in Riverside County.

Are you interested in supporting the future of medicine?

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2025 Scholarships

Application Cycle Closed
  

Awardee Notifications
July 15, 2025

"Caring for Our Future"
Scholarship Fundraiser Dinner
October 2025

Qualifications:

MEDICAL STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP

  • Accepted or enrolled in U.S. medical school up to MS3
  • Permanent Resident of the United States
  • Riverside County resident for 5+ years
  • Financial need
  • Committed to return to Riverside County to practice

RCPMF LOAN ASSISTANCE SCHOLARSHIP

  • RCMA or IEFMC Active Member
  • Permanent Resident of the United States
  • Within your fifth year of practice in Riverside County following residency/fellowship
  • Currently practicing in Riverside County
  • Working full-time in direct patient care (32+ Hours Per Week)
  • Outstanding education loans
  • Must commit to practicing in the County of Riverside for a minimum of 5 years

RCPMF/HAZEL I. EVENSEN
LOAN ASSISTANCE SCHOLARSHIP

  • RCMA Active Member
  • Permanent Resident of the United States
  • Graduate of UC Riverside (Undergraduate, School of Medicine or Residency Program)
  • Within your fifth year of practice in Riverside County following residency/fellowship
  • Currently practicing in the City of Riverside
  • Working full-time in direct patient care (32+ Hours Per Week)
  • Outstanding education loans
  • Must commit to practice in the City of Riverside for five years

  

For more information email membership@rcmadocs.org

  

Endowments & Named Scholarships

RCMA is honored to be the recipient of endowments which allows us to further grow our Medical Scholarship Program. If you would like to discuss establishing an endowment with RCMA’s 501 (c)3 charitable organization, please contact Dolores Green, Executive Director, at (951) 686-3342 or dgreen@rcmadocs.org

The Dolores L. Green Endowment

The Dolores L. Green Endowment was created in 2021 with donations from Inland Empire Health Plan and Inland Empire Foundation for Medical Care in recognition of RCMA Executive Director, Dolores Green, for her 40 years of service to RCMA and IEFMC. This scholarship fund is awarded annually to a medical student or an early career physician in Riverside County.

The Grewal-DeSantis Endowment

The Grewal-DeSantis Endowment was created in 2022 by Prabhjot Grewal, M.D. and Mark DeSantis, PhD. The scholarship is awarded annually to a female training in surgery.

Anupam Gupta, M.D. & Chandrashekhar Sonwane, PhD.

The Gupta-Sonwane Scholarship

The Gupta-Sonwane Scholarship is a named scholarship established in 2022 by Anupam Gupta, M.D. and Chandrashekhar Sonwane, Ph.D., in honor of their parents and grandparents. The scholarship is awarded annually to a medical student from a UC medical school.

The Hazel I. Evensen Endowment

The Hazel I. Evensen Endowment was established in 2018. These funds are used to award scholarships to medical students, residents and early-career physicians who graduated from UC Riverside and who are committed to returning to practice in the city of Riverside after completion of their medical training.

Hazel Irene Evensen (1922-2016)

Hazel and her husband Andrew moved to Riverside in 1945 seeking a warmer climate. For the next 30 years she worked for the Riverside County Planning Department until her retirement in 1976. Hazel was extremely active in the community serving in leadership of AMC Cancer Research, Zonta Club, Salvation Army, Riverside Community Hospital Health Foundation, Riverside Gage Canal Water Board and Windsor Pumping Company. Hazel was also a member of the Friends of the Mission Inn, The Mission Inn Foundation, Friends of the Riverside County Library, Friends of the Riverside County Museum and was a supporter of the March Field Air Museum.

IEFMC Loan Assistance Scholarship

The IEFMC Loan Assistance Scholarship was established in 2024 by the Inland Empire Foundation for Medical Care (IEFMC). Every year, IEFMC will fund loan assistance scholarships for up to two early-career physicians who are participating providers in the IEFMC PPO Network.

The “Open Mind” Endowment

The “Open Mind” Scholarship is an endowed scholarship established in 2013 by Drs. Joseph and Sou-Lin Lee. This scholarship is awarded annually to a medical student from Riverside County, enrolled at UC Riverside School of Medicine, and who is committed to practicing medicine within our community once their training is complete.

The “We Care” Endowment

The “We Care” Scholarship is an endowed scholarship established in 2018 by Mahesh Gupta, M.D. and Mrs. Usha Gupta. This scholarship is awarded annually to a medical student from Riverside County who is committed to practicing medicine within our community once their training is complete.

The Gupta Family Corona High School Scholarship

The Dr. Mahesh Gupta Family Corona High School Scholarship was established in 2020 by Mahesh Gupta, M.D. and his wife, Usha Gupta. These funds were donated to the Riverside County Physicians’ Memorial Foundation as an endowment to offer scholarships to graduating high school students from Corona who are planning to go into healthcare or law.