Ho Din Award
Funding Amount
$10,000
Deadline
Rolling / Open
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
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Can we apply?
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Eligible organizations
- Graduating medical students at UT Southwestern Medical School
Other requirements
- In special circumstances, may be presented to faculty members or administrators who exemplify the spirit of Ho Din through service to humanity
Overview
Geographic Scope: UT Southwestern Medical School (Dallas, Texas)
Award Focus: Recognizes graduating medical students who exemplify the ideal physician envisioned by the founders, demonstrating genuine desire to help others, academic excellence, leadership, and service to community.
Eligibility:
- Graduating medical students at UT Southwestern Medical School
- In special circumstances, may be presented to faculty members or administrators who exemplify the spirit of Ho Din through service to humanity
Award Components:
- Ho Din medal
- Commemorative certificate
- $10,000 scholarship
History: The award has been given for 75+ years. The Ho Din represents "the spirit of medical wisdom and human understanding" and is the foremost honor bestowed on outstanding seniors at UT Southwestern. Notable recipients include Dr. Joseph L. Goldstein (1966), who later received the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine.
What Southwestern Medical Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 61
- Total given
- $47.31M
- Median grant
- $53K
- Range
- $5,250–$17.48M
- By dollars: Texas >99%, Oklahoma <1%, North Carolina <1%. Top recipient cities: Dallas, TX; McKinney, TX; Broken Arrow, OK.
- 2% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 46% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
UT Southwestern · Dallas, TX
Summer 2024 semi-annual 4.5% distributions
$17.48M
Cancer Prevention Initiative Inc · Dallas, TX
Cancer prevention initiative
$1.59M
Parkland Foundation · Dallas, TX
Community event
$253K
Collin County Health Care Foundation · McKinney, TX
To support the programs of the collin county health department
$98K
Dallas County Medical Society · Dallas, TX
To support the dallas county medical society
$80K
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