Grants


The PMSNC Scholarship Awards Program was created in 1986 by Dr. Lourdes Olivares-Agcaoili at the request of PMSNC President Dr. William Candelario. The scholarship awards are granted to three Filipino American students every year. A scholarship committee selects the awardees based on their financial need and scholastic rating. Originally, the society held annual fundraising campaigns to fund the scholarship grants, until 1989 when Dr. Jose Rodriquez established the PMSNC Scholarship Endowment Fund. The goal was to raise and invest $50,000 and use the dividends as the source of the scholarship grants. $27,540 of the initial amount was donated to the Endowment Fund in honor of the late Dr. Felix Agcaoili.

The three scholarship awards today are the "Dr. Felix Agcaoili Memorial Scholarship", the "Dr. Jose Rodriguez Scholarship" and the "Dr. Rodolfo S. Duterte Scholarship".

Requirements

Criteria for eligibility is also based on a student's financial need and scholastic rating.

If you would like to apply for a scholarship grant, fill out an application form online.

2025 Recipients


Melissa Coloma

Dr. Felix Agcaoili Memorial Scholar

University of California, San Francisco
School of Medicine, 2026

University of California, Los Angeles
B.S. Biology, 2021
Cum Laude

Katherine Chua

Dr. Jose A. Rodriguez Memorial Scholar Award

University of California, San Francisco
School of Medicine, 2029
PRIME-US (Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved)

University of California, Los Angeles
B.Sc. Human Biology & Society; Minor Asian American Studies, 2022
Cum Laude