Scholarship Programs
Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship
Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarships are provided by the Army, Navy and Air Force to students in health services. Applications are obtained directly from the service of choice. Students receive a specified monthly stipend supplemented during annual 45-day active duty tours. Tuition and fees are paid directly to the school by the military. Students are reimbursed for required textbooks and other specified educational expenses. Recipients are selected by each individual service committee. Students incur an obligation of one year of active commissioned service for each year or fraction of a year of program participation. All participants incur a minimum tour of three years. For further information, write one of the following or contact your local recruiting office:
U.S. Army, Department of Army
DASG-PTP
Washington, D.C. 20314
(Local Recruiting Office - Telephone 801-355-0494, Salt Lake City)
U.S. Navy
HMC Kevin Reid, Medical Programs Recruiter
2830 S Redwood Rd, Suite A
Salt Lake City, UT 84119
(Local Recruiting Office - Telephone 801-977-1101, Salt Lake City)
Air Force Institute of Technology
Health Care Education Division (CIMJ)
Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433
(Local Recruiting Office - Telephone 801-698-7239, Salt Lake City)
National Health Service Corps (NHSC)
National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Priority is given to those applicants who have previously received NHSC scholarships, who participated in the Federal "Scholarship Program for Students of Exceptional Financial Need", or who come from disadvantaged backgrounds and possess characteristics that increase the probability they will continue to practice in a health professional shortage area after they complete their service obligations. Payment includes tuition and required fees paid directly to the school. The student receives 12 monthly stipends ($1,233/mo) and a lump sum payment to cover other reasonable educational expenses as determined by the school. For each year of award, the student incurs one year of obligated full-time primary health care service in a Health Professional Shortage Area to which the resident is assigned by the NHSC and/or specialty. The minimum service obligation is two years. The deadline for applications is July 11, 2008. To obtain an application, write or call:
National Health Service Corps
Scholarship Program
2070 Chain Bridge Road
Suite 450
Vienna, VA 22182-2536
(800)221-9393
www.nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov
National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program
For each postgraduate year serviced in a Health Professional Shortage Area, a percentage of educational loans are repaid. For more information contact:
National Health Service Corps
LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
2070 Chain Bridge Road, Suite 450
Vienna, VA 22182
(800)221-9393
http://www.nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov
Indian Health Service (IHS) Scholarship Program
The IHS, an agency of the U.S. Public Health Service, provides comprehensive health care to over one million American Indians and Alaska Natives. Only students of American Indian or Alaska Native descent are eligible. Payment includes tuition and required fees paid directly to the school. For more information, contact:
Wesley Picciotti
Scholarship Branch
12300 Twinbrook Parkway
Suite 100
Rockville, MD 20852
Telephone (301) 443-6197
Indian Health Service (IHS) Physician Loan Repayment
For each postgraduate year served in a designated IHS Retention/Recruitment Priority Site in the United States, a percentage of educational loans are repaid. For more information contact:
Loan Repayment Program
Indian Health Service
Suite 100
Twinbrook Metro Plaza Building
12300 Twinbrook Parkway
Rockville, MD 20857
Telephone (301)443-6197
Utah Rural Physician Loan Repayment Program
This program is designed to repay a percentage of educational loans based upon an agreement from the applicant to serve a minimum two year commitment in a medically underserved area of Utah. All applicants must be United States citizens or permanent residents, be eligible to obtain an unrestricted license to practice medicine in the State of Utah, exhibit a strong commitment to serve Utah's medically underserved, and be available to begin practice within one year of application. For more information click on the following: