IAAP is pleased to announce the 2021 cycle of its flagship Scholarship Program. Award selection criteria will solely be based on academic achievements and services to the Iranian and Iranian American communities. The scholarships will include an IAAP certificate of outstanding achievements and a monetary award of $500 or $1000. Each degree (BSc, MSc/MSE, PhD, and MD) will have a dedicated number of awards. Since 2020, IAAP has also established the Dr. Farideh Toorany Memorial Scholarship, which will be awarded each year based on the aforementioned selection criteria to students in medical and health-related fields. Dr. Toorany was a surgeon and a member of the IAAP Board of Directors who tragically passed away in 2020.

The exact amount available for awards is currently unknown. The IAAP Fundraising Committee will make every effort to maximize the funds available for awards this year. IAAP invites businesses, legal entities, and individuals to make charitable donations to its tax-exempt funds to establish an IAAP scholarship in their name. Interests should be emailed to admin@iaapdc.org.

IAAP may be able to match some of the awardees with local IAAP members who are willing to provide lodging for out-of-town guests to make their travel to the awards ceremony more affordable.

 

Application Deadline

Applications will be accepted until January 29, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. ET or until nominally 75 applications are received, whichever comes first.

 

Eligibility

Only BSc, MSc/MA, PhD, and MD students of Iranian descent who are enrolled full-time at learning institutions within the following US states on November 30, 2021, are eligible to apply. Non-certified MD holders who are yet to take the USMLE are also eligible.

• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Vermont
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• and Washington, DC

 

The following applications will NOT be considered:

• Applications from Postdoctoral Associates, MD fellows or MD residents,
• From geographical regions outside Washington, DC, and the states listed above,
• Previous recipients of IAAP scholarships in the same degree program,
• Previous recipients of the IAAP Penn State University Chapter scholarships, and
• Part-time students.

Tentative Schedule

Scholarship announcement:              December 9, 2021

Applications deadline:                        January 22, 2022

Awards announcement:                     February 25, 2022

Awards ceremony:                             March 26, 2022

 

Contact Information
Please address any questions via email to Dr. Hessam Yazdani, Chair of the Scholarship Committee, at hessam.yazdani@howard.edu. Please use “Query on IAAP 2021 scholarship” in the subject line to avoid having your email inadvertently overlooked.