Medical Student Funding Opportunities Overview
Explore various funding sources available to medical student chapters such as TMA/AMA funding, travel accounts, discretionary funds, executive council funding, and other sources. Each fund serves specific purposes like meeting expenses, travel costs, outreach efforts, and chapter involvement grants. Take advantage of these opportunities to support your chapter activities and initiatives.
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TMA/AMA Funding TMA Leadership Training, Jan. 25, 2020
Chapter Programming Account Funds used for meeting expenses, such as speaker fees or lunch expenses. A&M Baylor Dell Foster McGovern TCOM TCU TX Tech UIW UTMB UTRGV UTSA UTSW $550 $550 $550 $550 $550 $550 $550 $550 $550 $550 $550 $550 $550 Discretionary funding is available to Chapters with satellite campuses. Use it or Lose it! Funds must be used by Dec 15th, 2019.
TMA Travel Account Funds available for TMA Meeting expenses Hotel Airfare Mileage Cab/Uber Fare Discretionary funding is available to Chapters with a significant distance to travel to TMA meetings. Use it or Lose it! Funds must be used by Dec 15. A&M Baylor Dell Foster McGovern $800 TCOM TCU TX Tech UIW UTSW UTSA UTMB UTRGV $1,400 $800 $800 $800 $800 $800 $1,200 $800 $800 $800 $1,000 $800
AMA Travel Account Awarded as part of the AMA Outreach Award Program for medical student recruitment: More AMA members = More money for you! For AMA Travel Purposes Only Hotel Airfare Mileage Cab/Uber ROLLS OVER YEAR TO YEAR! TMA also provides $500 per year for AMA delegate travel. (These funds are separate from your AMA Outreach Funds and DO NOT Roll over year to year.)
Discretionary Funds These funds are provided on an as needed bases. Extra funds are allocated to help offset travel expenses for: Student members who sit on a BCC. Student members traveling from areas where a flight AND overnight hotel are necessary to attend a TMA meeting. Satellite campuses that need money for programing events.
Executive Council Funding Each EC position receives $500/year for the purposes of traveling to and from TMA/AMA meetings Fund is split between outgoing and incoming EC members
Other Funding Sources Individual Medical Schools County Medical Society TMA Brown Bag Lunches TMA/AMA Chapter Involvement Grants Fundraisers
Other Funding Sources TMA Brown Bag Lunch Series TMA will find your chapter a speaker, send him/her to your school and pay for your chapter s lunch meeting on a legislative topic of your choice One per semester $300 per event food allowance Contact: Karen Kollar, MSSInfo@texmed.org
Other Funding Sources TMA/AMA Chapter Involvement Grants Chapters are eligible to receive up to $1,000 per academic year for their chapter s activities, with a maximum of $250 or $500 available for each event, depending on the type of event. Grant awards generally range from $150 to $500 per event, so we encourage you to organize several projects throughout the year. Please remember that funding is not guaranteed; each event will be evaluated on an individual basis.
Other Funding Sources Fundraisers Used Book Sale Dissection Kits Scrubs T-Shirts or Fleeces Residency Fair
Contact Information Texas Medical Association Medical Student Section 401 West 15th Street Austin, Texas 78701 www.texmed.org/students MSSinfo@texmed.org (800) 880-1300, ext. 1448
