2026 Teaching for an Inclusive Tomorrow Scholarship Program
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**Applications are now closed for the 2026 Teaching for an Inclusive Tomorrow Program. Please check back in May for information on the 2027 program**
Deadline for applications: April 6, 2026
Submission site will open March 3, 2026
The Pediatric GI Teaching for an Inclusive Tomorrow (TFIT) Scholarship Program is sponsored by the NASPGHAN Foundation for Children’s Digestive Health & Nutrition and are provided through educational grants from Nutricia and Takeda Pharmaceuticals.
TFIT aims to encourage exceptional residents to consider subspecialty training in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition. All participants in Teaching and Tomorrow attend three tailored career panel discussions/sessions in addition to a very popular social networking reception, where they are invited as a group to meet with current fellows, as well as program director representatives from across GI fellowship programs in North America. Through these tailored and one-on-one meetings, we share our enthusiasm and guidance for careers in pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology, and nutrition.
The NASPGHAN Foundation is also committed to being intentionally inclusive of all races, ethnicities, genders, abilities, and socioeconomic backgrounds from across North America. We recognize that different perspectives are crucial to our ability to advance Pediatric Gastroenterology as a noble profession, which aligns with our mission. As such, we have expanded the Teaching and Tomorrow Program to name up to 25 Teaching for an Inclusive Tomorrow scholars among interested 1st- 2nd-3rd -year pediatric residents and 4th-year medical students. Scholars will be chosen based on their unique qualities, including but not limited to significant personal achievements, first-generation student status, low-income backgrounds, commitment to work with underserved communities, or having overcome other hardships.
In addition to networking with other participants while attending the program’s scheduled sessions, scholarship awardees will be matched with a NASPGHAN fellow and/or attending physician (often themselves a Teaching and Tomorrow Program alumnus) who will serve as an additional professional contact and NASPGHAN ambassador.
WHAT: Attend NASPGHAN Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course
WHERE: San Diego, CA
PROGRAM BEGINS: October 22, 2026 (arrival October 21)
PROGRAM ENDS: October 24, 2026
Recipients of the Teaching for an Inclusive Tomorrow Scholarship receive travel, lodging, registration (including Annual Meeting and Postgraduate Course) and meals with programming.
TFIT Scholarship Applications will be awarded in August, 2026.
