Guidelines and Tips for NHSC Scholars and Students to Service Loan Repayment Program Participants

National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program scholars and Students to Service Loan Repayment Program (S2S LRP) participants must:

•  Begin employment at an NHSC-approved site within six months of graduation from school or training.
• Be sure the site matches the HPSA requirement for your respective discipline.

Important topics to meet your service requirements

Check out these topics for information you need to meet your service requirements.  

Understand your HPSA score

• Scholarship Program HPSA score information
• S2S LRP HPSA score information

Comply with program requirements

• Scholarship Program requirements
• S2S LRP program requirements

When to notify us about personal or financial changes

Report personal changes to your status. Learn what documents you'll need to submit.

Intend to pursue postgraduate training? Notify us!

• Scholarship Program postgraduate training requirements
• S2S LRP postgraduate training requirements

Need to delay your service obligation?

• Delaying your Scholarship Program service obligation
• Delaying your S2S LRP service obligation

Search for employment

Get help searching for jobs at NHSC-approved sites. Learn to use the Health Workforce Connector or attend a virtual job fair.

Fulfill your service commitment

• Fulfilling your Scholarship Program service commitment
• Fulfilling your S2S LRP service commitment

Convert from full-time to half-time service commitment

• Converting your Scholarship service commitment to half time
• Converting your S2S LRP service commitment to half time

Contact us

Call 1-800-221-9393
(TTY: 1-877-897-9910) M – F, 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. ET
(except federal holidays)
Email us or GetHelp@hrsa.gov
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