About
In 2013, the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine (黑料网 SOM), The William R. Kenan Charitable Trust, and Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC) collaborated to create the Kenan Primary Care Medical Scholars Program (formerly the Rural and Underserved Scholars Program). After several years of success with the Kenan Urban Scholars program being hosted in Charlotte, in 2020, the 黑料网 at Raleigh launched the Kenan Urban Scholars program at their site with six students. Each year, the Kenan Urban Scholars program selects 5 new scholars to participate and gain valuable experience in caring for urban underserved communities.
Benefits/Stipend
The Kenan Urban Scholars program provides funding support to five students per year, who commit to the Raleigh area site for their MS3 year.
The summer program stipend is $2,000, and there is ongoing support for MS2, MS3 and MS4, with the possibility of additional support if the Kenan Urban Scholar matches in a primary care specialty area.
- $5,000 of scholarship support during your second year of medical school
- $10,000 of scholarship support during your third year of medical school
- $10,000 of scholarship support during your fourth year of medical school
- In addition, you are eligible for a final payment of $10000 if you:
- Match in a North Carolina residency in a primary care specialty*, OR
- Match outside of North Carolina but return to the state for a job in a primary care specialty* after residency.*
- Primary Care specialty is defined as Family Medicine, Internal Medicine Generalist, OBGYN Generalist, Pediatric Generalist, General Surgery, or Psychiatry