This year's NHSC Scholarship application deadline has passed.
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The National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program accepts applications once a year from students who are enrolled or accepted for enrollment at an accredited health professions training program in an eligible primary care discipline: medicine (MD or DO), dentistry, family nurse practitioner, certified nurse midwife or physician assistant. You can apply before your first year or after you have finished one or more years of school.
The application is submitted on-line, with supplemental forms and documentation that must be submitted on paper. You will need to submit
- proof of U.S. citizenship
- transcript
- resume detailing volunteer and work experience (no more than five pages)
- verifications and evaluations from your school
- essays in response to prompts
Applications submitted after the deadline are not reviewed.
How are Scholars Chosen?
If you meet the eligibility requirements and are dedicated to working where you are needed most, we encourage you to apply to the National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program.
Because the NHSC does not usually have enough funding to award scholarships to every worthy applicant, scholars are selected according to the following priorities:
- Former NHSC scholars in need of additional years of support
- Scholarship for Students of Exceptional Financial Need recipients enrolled in medical or dental school
- Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
When Will I Know?
If you are selected to receive the National Health Service Corps Scholarship, you will be notified by e-mail or postal letter by September 30 and must respond promptly that you accept. If you do not accept by the deadline specified in your notification, your offer expires.
If you are selected as an alternate, you will be notified by e-mail by September 30 that you are an alternate. If a scholarship becomes available, you will be notified immediately.
If you are not selected as a scholarship recipient or alternate, you will be notified by October 31.
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