Providing Tuition assistance and grants
Building on Dr. Sutherland’s vision, quality continuing medical education is a high priority for the Foundation. Each year Tuition Assistance awards are available to eligible applicants to attend courses in Traditional Osteopathy, especially in the Cranial Field. The purpose of these awards is to support students, residents and young physicians in their educational journey towards excellence in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine by providing financial assistance based on merit, financial need, and other qualifying criteria.
How to Apply
This application is for SCTF’s 2026 Osteopathy in the Cranial Field: A Basic Course from May 29, 2026 – June 2, 2026.
You MUST register for the course here if you have not already done so, and be approved BEFORE you submit your application for Tuition Assistance of $1,100.
The Tuition Assistance and Grants Committee will notify awardees as early as possible.
If your application is approved, the Foundation will grant your Tuition Assistance directly to SCTF.
PLEASE NOTE: You MUST complete the course in order to have your Tuition Assistance granted.
Eligible to Apply
- Applicants must have completed their first year and are currently enrolled as Osteopathic or Allopathic Medical Students, and are undergraduate Osteopathic Fellows or Scholars, or Dental Students. Enrollment Status: Applicants must be enrolled as full-time students in an accredited Osteopathic Medicine, Allopathic Medicine or Dental program. Academic Standing: Applicants must be in good standing with their institution. Good Conduct: Applicants are being admitted to an Osteopathic program as responsible professional individuals in order to help cultivate knowledge and understanding of medicine’s highest art. While there, they are to conduct themselves as such. (A “Fellow” or “Scholar” is defined as a current DO student in an accredited Osteopathic college who has not yet graduated, and is recognized by their school as participating in an undergraduate fellowship/scholar program through their Osteopathic Principles, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine or Osteopathic Medicine, or Osteopathic Principles and Practice department/section. The Foundation Board of Directors’ policy is to limit the number of Tuition Assistance grants to two doctoral Fellows per year, per college.)
- Residents in training, and post residency Fellows (in Osteopathic/Medical specialties relevant to Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine practice). Enrollment Status: Applicants must be employed as full-time Residents or Fellows in an accredited Osteopathic or Allopathic Medicine or Dental program. Good Conduct: Applicants are being admitted to an Osteopathic program as responsible professional individuals in order to help cultivate knowledge and understanding of medicine’s highest art. While there, they are to conduct themselves as such.
- Early career Physicians. Enrollment Status: Applicants must be fully licensed in a state of good standing. Good Conduct: Applicants are being admitted to an Osteopathic program as responsible professional individuals in order to help cultivate knowledge and understanding of medicine’s highest art. While there, they are to conduct themselves as such. (Early career Physicians is defined as “a licensed physician who has from the time of graduation obtaining a DO/M.D. degree, been in practice for ten years or less.”)
If funds allow, a Tuition Assistance applicant may be awarded only one Tuition Assistance grant per course level: introductory, intermediate, advanced.
If funds allow, a Tuition Assistance applicant may be awarded a second Tuition Assistance grant to retake the same level course from a different course provider if more than 5 years have passed since taking the same level course.
All Applicants will be notified of their application outcome. We attempt to approve Tuition Assistance for all qualified applicants if funds allow.