OUT Together! Fundraiser

MSPA is excited to announce our 2023 OUT Together fundraiser! Proceeds support our premed and medical student members.

 
 

Do you want to support LGBTQIA+ medical students and help them succeed?

AWESOME! So, do we! We are seeking your help so we can all be OUT Together! and continue training LGBTQIA+ folks in healthcare.

Medical Student Pride Alliance (MSPA) is a national organization that aims to provide education and advocacy for LGBTQ+ issues in healthcare, and give a place for LGBTQ+ identifying medical students to unite and collaborate.

Donate to OUT Together!
 

With your generous donations, we hope to support the MSPA community by making medical school applications more accessible and supporting our chapters.

Your support helps MSPA provide grants to our members in many ways:

  • $40 helps a premedical student add a medical school to their application.

  • $99 helps a 4th year medical student apply to up to 10 residency programs

  • $200 helps fund an MSPA Chapter’s social or educational event

  • $320 covers the cost of a premedical student sitting for the MCAT

  • $479 covers the cost of applying to 30 residency programs

  • $1000 covers all of the above and more!

We greatly appreciate any and all donation amounts. Thank you for supporting our community of LGBTQ+ medical trainees!

 

Pre-Med Scholarships:

to help overcome application costs

Why pre-medical students?

  1. Medical school applications can present barriers to LGBTQIA+ students pursuing medical education with and without familial support.

  2. LGBT identifying individuals make up 40% of homeless youth (3).

  3. 1 in 4 teens are forced out of their homes after coming out (3).

  4. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) asks for parental income even in these situations which disproportionately impacts LGBTQIA+ students

  5. The cost of the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) for primary applications to the recommended 16 schools for students is $700 before adding in costs for secondary applications and travel expenses (1,2). The cost of the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOMAS) is roughly $900 in costs for primary applications (6).

 

Medical Student Scholarships:

for LGBTQIA+ students to help with tuition and living expenses

Why medical students?

    1. Medical schools often do not have the infrastructure and resources to support LGBTQIA+ students.

    2. 43.5% of LGBTQIA+ students report harassment and discrimination during medical school (4).

    3. Tuition costs are on the rise. The median tuition for the 2019-2020 year was 63k (5).

 

MSPA Chapter Grants:

To ensure all chapters have funds to organize events and activities for their students

Why chapters?

  1. Some of our chapters do not receive support from their institutions or communities due to anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric. 

  2. The needs of our chapters are unique and vary depending on their institutions and regions. We want to be able to support our chapters in programming, leadership development, and improving the LGBTQ+ experience as a student and in healthcare.

OUT Together! will take place from October 11th - October 31.

Contributions made during OUT! Together, unless specified otherwise, will fund student scholarships and grants mentioned above as well as operating costs for MSPA.

If you would like to support MSPA, please click here and remember to include your affiliated chapter because we will be highlighting the chapter who has the highest contributions!