APMA Educational Foundation Scholarship Fund
APMA Educational Foundation Scholarships
The 2024–2025 APMA Educational Foundation is accepting applications for the 2025-2026 school year. Submit your application today!
The APMA Educational Foundation Scholarship Fund is the only national funding resource devoted to students at the colleges of podiatric medicine. With a mission to strengthen and expand the field of podiatric medicine, the Foundation provides critical scholarships while boosting nationwide awareness of foot and ankle health. View last year’s deserving scholarship recipients here!
We extend our deepest gratitude to all the endowment benefactors whose generosity makes these scholarship awards possible each year. Their unwavering commitment to advancing the profession empowers the foundation to offer essential financial support to outstanding students. The APMA Educational Foundation gratefully acknowledges all of its scholarship benefactors. See who supports the foundation’s scholarship fund with named endowments.
Eligibility
The APMA Educational Foundation awards scholarships to qualified students enrolled at the 11 schools of podiatric medicine across the country. You must meet all of the following requirements:
- Podiatric medical student in good standing, as determined by the academic institution
- Rising third- or fourth-year student
- Grade Point Average of 2.5 or above
- APMA student member
- Demonstrated commitment to APMA's mission through podiatric community/school service, school leadership, or other student involvement
Quick Facts
- Scholarship applicants must be members of APMA. All students are offered complimentary student membership with APMA. If you are not yet a member, visit apma.org/join and complete the student opt-in form.
- $437,500 in aid was awarded in 2025 to podiatric medical students
- 236 students received scholarship funding
- Scholarships are awarded from over 70 named endowed funds and other initiatives
- The minimum level of scholarship support is $1,000.
- The scholarship fund has distributed more than $6 million in scholarship dollars to more than 5,000 students.
Application and Deadlines
Scholarship applications open March 1 and close May 1. It is important to note that late, incomplete, or applications not meeting the minimum eligibility requirements will not be considered. Funds will be disbursed in early fall. Funds will be sent directly to your school’s financial aid office and applied to your student account in accordance with each institution's policies.
APMA Educational Foundation Annual Scientific Meeting (The National) Travel Scholarship
The APMA Educational Foundation provided travel scholarships for the APMA 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting (The National) to eligible students and residents. Contest winners were granted a $500 award to be used toward travel expenses at the conclusion of the meeting. Congratulations to the 2024 travel scholarship recipients.
The application period for the National 2025 Scholarship Video Contest will open in May 2025.
The American Podiatric Medical Writers Association (APMWA) Annual Student Writing Competition
APMWA has announced its 39th Annual Student Writing Competition sponsored by an APMA Educational Foundation endowment from Dr. and Mrs. Steven Berlin.
Eligibility
- The writing competition is open to all currently enrolled podiatric medical students.
Topic Requirements
- All papers MUST be non-technical in nature and original, NOT AI generated. Appropriate subjects include practice management, ethics, law, education, healthcare, or any topic that would be suitable for a lay publication.
Submission Guidelines
- There is no word limitation. Papers will be graded for content, style, grammar, neatness, and overall impact.
Prizes
- 1st Place: $1,000
- 2nd Place: $750
- 3rd Place: $500
Winner will be featured in APMA News Magazine and the APMWA Newsletter. Honorable Mention Certificates may also be awarded.
Entries must be received by 4/1/25 via e-mail to bblock@podiatrym.com and become the property of APMWA, which may arrange publication of the entry.
SAWC Spring 2025 Difference Maker Scholarship
Applications for the Difference Maker Scholarship at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care(SAWC)/WHS Spring 2025 conference are now closed. Good luck to everyone who applied. The winner will be notified via email by March 15.
The SAWC Difference Makers is a group of inspiring individuals who actively seek to advance the practice of wound care for their patients, value being a part of an interdisciplinary care team, and most importantly, disseminate their wound care knowledge with colleagues. Selected by leaders within the Wound Healing Society, the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA), and the APTA’s Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology & Wound Management - Special Interest Group (APTA ACEWM-SIG), the SAWC Difference Maker Scholarship recipients positively impact their community and will share their professional practice achievements and professional practice goals during the Difference Maker Scholarship Awards session at the conference.
