HELP SHAPE THE MEDICAL STUDENT EXPERIENCE

Who We Are

In our nearly 75-year history, the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA (DGSOM) has had a remarkable trajectory of breakthrough discoveries that have changed the practice of medicine. As we look toward the future, we remain committed to creating world leaders in health and biosciences, discovering the basis for health and cures for diseases, and optimizing health through community partnerships. Here at DGSOM, we are preparing skilled, compassionate healthcare leaders who will solve the challenges of tomorrow.

UCLA med students learning CPR at the UCLA Simulation Center

Why Your Support Matters

With the cost of a medical education rapidly rising to more than $300,000, many talented and highly qualified students struggle to afford a medical degree. At DGSOM, we envision a world where individuals can pursue a career in medicine, regardless of their financial means. Scholarships are essential in making that a reality. 

Additionally, gifts to the Medical Education - Greatest Needs fund or the DGSOM Dean's Highest Priorities provide our students with the resources and much needed support that they need during their journey to becoming physicians. 

Our graduates are tomorrow's leaders, and with 65% of our Bruin M.D. alumni residing in California, your generosity is a gift not only to our students, but to the communities and patients they will go on to serve.

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Should this fund reach the campus minimum required for the establishment of an endowment or quasi-endowment, The UCLA Foundation reserves the right to convert this fund to an endowment or quasi-endowment. Please click here to learn more about how the UCLA Foundation invests and manages its endowments. 

Gifts are managed and invested in accordance with UCLA’s endowment investment policies. The total return earned in excess of the amount approved annually for payout will be retained in the endowment principal to protect from the effects of inflation and to allow for growth. At the discretion of the appropriate campus office, when the payout is not needed for purposes of the fund, the return of payout may be added to the endowment fund principal. In the event the fund does not reach endowment minimum; or the program ceases to exist at UCLA, proceeds from the fund will be utilized in an area and manner as closely related as possible to the original intent and purposes for which the fund was established.

Although the Endowment is intended to exist in perpetuity, unforeseen circumstances may alter or remove the subject area from the campus academic plan or it may become impossible, impracticable or wasteful to administer. In such an event, the Chancellor is authorized to redesignate the purpose of the Endowment, after taking into consideration the designated endowment purpose.