APPLICATIONS OPEN FEBRUARY 1 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2025 FOR TRIPS OCCURRING THROUGH MARCH 31, 2026

Established in 2009, the American Osteopathic Foundation’s (AOF) international medical outreach travel grant provides funding to Osteopathic medical students who plan to travel internationally to an underserved, underdeveloped or disaster-stricken area on an international humanitarian medical outreach trip. 

Thanks to a fund established by the Rossnick Family in honor of Joni B. Rossnick, the AOF anticipates up to 50 grants of up to $1,500 each will be distributed to Osteopathic medical students who are traveling on a COM/SOM-approved medical outreach trip through March 31, 2026. An additional fund, established by DOCARE International, will provide up to 6 grants of up to $1,500 each to Osteopathic medical students or residents who are traveling on a DOCARE medical outreach trip through March 31, 2026.

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General Information & Conditions

• Requests must be submitted at least 60 days prior to the anticipated travel date. Applications are reviewed monthly on a rolling basis until available funds have been expended.
• Travel grants are distributed in two installments: 75% upon submission of required paperwork, and the balance paid upon submission of a post-trip report within 30 days of return. Grantees who do not submit a report within 30 days will forfeit the remaining balance of their grant, and those funds will be reallocated to another student who wishes to travel internationally.
• By submitting a travel grant request, applicants understand and accept the risk of international travel. Applicants are encouraged to check the U.S. State Department’s Travel Advisory page for information on your destination. Note: the AOF does not fund applications to destinations with a Travel Advisory Level of 4 (Do Not Travel).
• Funds must be used to cover reasonable expenses of the individual participating in the humanitarian trip and may not be used for food, supplies or housing for the people in the affected area.
• The recipient must not be financially compensated in any way for participating in the humanitarian trip.
• The recipient is responsible for obtaining any licenses or approvals necessary to perform medical services in the desired location.
• The recipient must secure and provide proof of medical and evacuation insurance prior to departure.
• If the recipient is not able to participate in or complete the trip specified on the application, funds must be returned to the AOF.
• Grant recipients are required to submit a post-trip report, including a personal story about the experience, and high-resolution photographs within 30 days of trip completion. Failure to provide a post-trip report will prevent the recipient from receiving future awards from the AOF.
• Information about the recipient and the trip may be published on the AOF’s website, social media, publications, annual reports, press releases, and other news vehicles.

The AOF reserves the right to limit the number of grants per individual or destination/area and may reject one or more applications for a single initiative. Applicants who are not selected may resubmit a new request for a trip occurring on a different date if funding is available.