Louis Ling Resident Scholarship Award

Louis Ling Resident Scholarship Award

Created to honor Dr. Louis Ling, this CORD scholarship is to go to a resident who demonstrates a strong interest in EM education and who also comes from an underrepresented background. The resident will need to have a significant commitment to diversity and inclusion as outlined in their personal statement on their award application. This award may be self-nominated. 

Eligibility for the award will be:

• Current CORD resident representative membership.
• The nominee must have shown significant previous interest and activity in Education.
• Applicant must have shown previous interest in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) with activity in this area. 
• Nominees cannot have CME or other funding available to them to attend Academic Assembly.

The Scholarship Provides

• Registration Fees for the Academic Assembly conference.
• Roundtrip Airfare to the event (up to $400).
• Five nights Hotel at the event (reserved by CORD in the CORD room block).

Nominations must include:

• Letter of Recommendation
• Curriculum Vitae
• Letter of Interest
• Photo of Nominee

Any questions should be directed to the CORD office at cord@cordem.org.

To highlight the importance with which CORD regards the development of excellence in the emergency medicine community, the recipient will personally be presented with a plaque during the CORD Academic Assembly.

The deadline for nominations is 5:00 PM EST, Saturday, September 30, 2023.

To nominate someone for the Louis Ling Resident Scholarship Award, please click the link below:

Award Nomination Form