September 21, 2023
The MMA Foundation (MMAF) will accept applications through October 26 for its Friedman-Bowen Primary Care Scholarship Fund and Reuter-Lien Well-being & Health Equity Scholarship Fund grants. The MMAF’s Indihar Advocacy Scholarship Fund and MCAT® Fee Relief Fund grants are also open.
The MMAF awards Friedman-Bowen Primary Care Scholarship Fund grants each year to spark interest in primary care as a career. The grants also provide support for medical student-initiated and medical student-designed projects that show promise to improve the knowledge or practice of primary care or raise awareness of particular health issues. Medical students studying at a medical school in Minnesota who intend to pursue primary care, are eligible to apply. The MMAF expects to award approximately $10,000 in Friedman-Bowen grants in 2023.
The MMAF’s Reuter-Lien Well-being and Health Equity Fund grants offer opportunities for Minnesota medical students, residents, and fellows to pursue research or projects to create positive change for health equity and/or student/trainee/patient well-being. The MMAF expects to award $2,300 in Reuter-Lien grants in 2023.
Ongoing grant programs available throughout the year include the Indihar Advocacy Scholarship Fund grants that are intended to empower Minnesota medical students to be part of the next generation of advocacy leaders by supporting their work to drive meaningful policy and structural changes that produce equity and justice. The MMAF expects to award $3,000 in Indihar grants in 2023.
The MMAF also offers MCAT grants to help pay the MCAT® fees for undergraduates from racial and ethnic populations underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population.
Click here for more information on all of the MMAF grants and to download RFP and application materials.
For more information, contact Kristen Gloege.
August 28, 2025
The apparent removal of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, Susan Monarez, PhD, after just weeks on the job, further imperils the work of the CDC and the health of Americans. Her removal was followed by the resignations of other senior leaders at the CDC, who have accused HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. of undermining scientific recommendations for vaccines.
August 26, 2025
University of Minnesota President Rebecca Cunningham, MD, will speak at the Empowering Physicians: A Night of Learning & Connection event on Friday, September 26, from 4 to 9 pm, at the historic Hewing Hotel in downtown Minneapolis.
August 26, 2025
America's physicians are seeing a rise in misinformation and disinformation from patients these days, and it’s impacting patient care, according to a new study from the Physicians Foundation.