Occupational Physicians Scholarship Fund

The Occupational Physicians Scholarship Fund has been established to help alleviate the shortage of properly trained and skilled occupational physicians. OPSF will assist qualified individuals, capable of making a significant contribution in their field, to pursue a well-rounded residency education in occupational medicine. It is the goal of OPSF to provide financial support to residents in occupational medicine, in order that they become certified specialists able to practice in a broad range of settings.

The OPSF stipend support is structured to help defray costs of tuition, books, other academic expenses and a modest living allowance. Indirect costs to the institution the resident is attending are not covered under the scholarship.

Applicants to any occupational and environmental medicine residency-training program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) within the United States are eligible to apply for scholarship funding.

Applicants are required to submit to OPSF the following:

A completed OPSF application downloaded from this web site
All undergraduate college transcripts
Records of previous medical and post-medical school performance
Copies of any publications that the applicant has authored
Three letters of recommendation, including letters from the directors of any previous training programs
A letter of support from the applicant's current program director, if accepted in an occupational medicine program

Applications may be downloaded using the links below. If you have any questions regarding the OPSF program, please call (847) 818-1800 ext. 383 during normal office hours (8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday - Friday). Written requests for applications should be sent to the OPSF Program Director, 25 Northwest Point Blvd., #700, Elk Grove Village, Illinois, 60007-1030.

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THE APPLICATION DEADLINE FOR 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR
IS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2009