National Medical Fellowships, Inc. (NMF)

NMF is a national organization, dedicated to diversity in medicine and the health professions.

Founded in 1946, NMF has provided scholarships and support for more than 30,000 students. Today we have a network of over 16,500 diverse physicians and healthcare providers. We also have an active and engaged Alumni Alliance.

NMF’s mission is to provide scholarships for underrepresented minorities in medicine. Our primary goal is to achieve equity of opportunity in medicine and equity of access to quality health care for all groups in American society by increasing the number of minority physicians and changing the face of medicine to better reflect–and serve--our diverse nation.

NMF programs fund need-based and merit scholarships during the first years of medical study and experience-based opportunities for more senior students, increasing the number of culturally competent providers and addressing some of the cultural barriers that ultimately contribute to disparities.

NMF adheres to the Association of American Medical Colleges’ definition that underrepresented minorities in medicine are “those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population.”