Student Resources
The PCOM Alumni Association offers several travel awards throughout the year to students that can be used to attend conferences, present research, attend medical mission trips, or participate in community service projects.
Student Travel Awards provide financial support to help students present research, attend professional conferences, and engage in educational experiences beyond the classroom. These awards empower students to expand their knowledge, share their work, and represent PCOM on regional and national stages.
Students will be notified via their PCOM email when applications periods are open for each award.
All Programs, All Campuses • Mid-September and Early February
The Albert D’Alonzo, DO ’56, Endowed Memorial Award Fund supports student medical mission trips and community service activities through individual grants and student organizations.
 All Programs, All Campuses • Early January
The Alumni Association Endowed Student Travel Award will be utilized to assist and encourage students to attend conferences, present research, or participate in other academic related travel.
DO Program, All Campuses • Mid-September and Early February
Established by the Class of 1956, this award provides funding to DO students participating in original clinical, biomedical, or educational research. Funds are used to support student travel for presenting research work. Candidate(s) will be selected upon the recommendation of the PCOM Research Committee. The amount of the award will be based on travel expenses incurred.
All Programs, All Campuses • Mid-April
The Feldstein Family Fund for Medical Missions was established in 2016 by Jay S. Feldstein, DO ’81, the eighth president of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. The funds are used to provide stipends to eligible students at PCOM who are participating in medical outreach trips. The student must be enrolled as a full-time student in any degree program on any campus of PCOM and be in good academic standing. The student must have been accepted into a medical outreach/mission trip.
3rd Year DO Students, All Campuses • Early May
The Alumni Association Endowed International Endowed Fellowship Award was established by the PCOM Alumni Association to support international clinical rotations for students, offered to one fourth-year student from the Philadelphia, Georgia and South Georgia campuses.
Students will be notified via their PCOM email when application periods open for each award. Emails related to travel awards will come from finny@pcom.edu or alumni@pcom.edu. Award Recipients will also be notified via email a minimum of 30 days after the application period closes.
No, travel awards applications are open at specific times of the year. You will be notified of the open application periods via your PCOM email.
Yes. While there are specific requirements for certain travel awards, you will not have your funding relinquished if your trip falls out of the application period.
