Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. Medical Diversity Scholarship Program

The Buckfire Law Scholarship Committee is currently accepting applications for the 2027 Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. Medical School Diversity Scholarship.

The scholarship, established in 2014, is part of the law firm’s initiative to recognize medical school students who do outstanding work to promote diversity of all kinds in their community.

The funds are to be used toward their continued education in medical school. The scholarship is available to all medical school students in the United States who work hard to promote diversity in their communities.

Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. does not limit “diversity” to any one experience, characteristic, or circumstance. Diversity includes all the various ways that make individuals unique. We recognize that students of all backgrounds can be committed to diversity. When assessing applications and selecting winners, Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. does not give preference to students based on race, sex, ethnicity, or any other immutable characteristic.

The scholarship will award $2,000 to one student selected by our scholarship selection committee.

Medical Diversity Scholarship Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

Applicant is any individual who demonstrates a defined commitment to issues of diversity of all kinds within their community.
Applicant is a U.S. citizen currently attending an accredited medical school within the United States.
Academic achievement as reflected by a minimum 3.0 GPA and completion of at least one semester of classes at an accredited medical school.

Medical Diversity Scholarship Application Requirements

In order to apply for the Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. 2027 Medical School Diversity Scholarship Program, an applicant must submit the following items no later than 11:59 p.m. EDT on Oct. 1, 2027:

A completed scholarship application form. (Located at the bottom of this page).
A one-page typed essay describing how you have utilized your time promoting diversity within your community. Alternatively, you may write about how you will use your medical degree to promote diversity in the future.
An official or unofficial medical school transcript that includes your most recent semester.

Applications submitted between 12:00 a.m. EDT on October 2, 2026, and 11:59 p.m. EDT on October 1, 2027, will be accepted and reviewed. Incomplete applications or submissions missing required documents will not be considered.

2026 Medical Diversity Scholarship Winner: Abdalrahman Elakcher, University of New Mexico School of Medicine

Elakcher is currently a second-year medical student at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. He previously received his undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from New Mexico State University.

As a bilingual student who grew up moving between cultures, Elakcher understands how alienating health care can feel when it does not reflect people’s experiences. During a regional Point-in-Time count in Albuquerque, he met an unhoused man with a frostbitten foot who had avoided medical care for days. Elakcher listened without judgment and provided clean socks and dry bandages.

Elakcher plans to become a future physician, building a career that combines clinical medicine, psychiatry, and street-based outreach.

Past Buckfire & Buckfire, P.C. Medical Diversity Scholarship Winners

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1. Describe how you contribute to the diversity of your medical school’s student body:

2.Highlight honors or awards that you have received:

3.Please list any other relevant information you want us to consider when reviewing your application:

4.Please tell us how you learned about our Scholarship Program

Essay

Please submit a one-page typed essay describing how you have utilized your time promoting diversity within your community. Alternatively, you may write about how you will use your medical degree to promote diversity.

Documentation

Please submit an official transcript including your most recent semester at an accredited medical school within the United States.

Certification

I hereby certify that the information I have provided on this application form and in any attached materials is true and complete.

By checking the box below I certify that the information I am submitted is true and complete. I understand my personal information may be reviewed by individuals on the scholarship committee who are not employed by Buckfire & Buckfire P.C. and hereby give the law firm my full consent and permission to share my personal information and documents with those individuals and entities. I further understand that Buckfire Law cannot guarantee the privacy of any information or documentation submitted through its website and I hereby waive my rights to privacy with respect to all information submitted. I agree to hold the law firm and its agents harmless for any and all potential injury and claims related to my personal information in the past, present, and future. I hereby give the law firm permission to share my personal information with public if I am awarded the scholarship and I understand that that the awarded funds will be paid directly to my school towards my tuition if I am the recipient of the scholarship.

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