Fund: David W. and Nina P. Mitchell School of Medicine Scholarship Fund Department: SOM Gifts Endow Schol Dept D02008 Purpose: Graduate Student Support Amendment to fund agreement (eff. 02/08/18) This fund shall be used to provide a student award for a student in the UCR School of Medicine beginning September 2013. The award will become part of the School of Medicine Loan-to-Scholarship Program. The scholarship will be awarded to students from educationally and/or socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds, based on a holistic profile that takes into account academic accomplishments, cultural competencies and a commitment to practice Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Pediatrics or Emergency Medicine in Riverside County. General Purpose: This fund shall be used to provide a student scholarship for two incoming students in the UCR School of Medicine beginning August 2015. The scholarship will be disbursed in equal amoounts over four years and will become part of the School of Medicine repayable scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to a student from educationally and/or socioeconomically disadvantaged background, based on a holistic profile that takes into account academic accomplishments, culturaly competency and a commitment to practice medicine in Riverside or San Bernardino Counties in one of the following shortage areas: Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Obstetrics/Gynecology or Pediatrics. Criteria and Selection: Student awardees are selected by a committee of medical school faculty. The scholarship is renewable for four years upon review of the student's standing by the aforementioned committee. Should the student not continue, another student will be chosen. In accepting this scholarship, the student agrees to practice in Riverside or San Bernardino County for five years upon completion of their residency and understands that the scholarship is part of the School of Medicine repayable scholarship.