Financial Aid for Health Professions Students & Practitioners

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http://www.hrsa.gov/help/healthprofessions.htm

Scholarships

* National Health Service Corps competitive program. Must be
enrolled in accredited physician, family nurse practitioner, nurse-
midwifery, physician assistant or dental program.
* Nursing Scholarship Program need-based, competitive program.
Must be enrolled in accredited R.N. training program.
* Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students need-based, competitive
program. Must be enrolled in and apply for aid to participating health
professions program.

Loans

* Loans for Disadvantaged Students need-based, competitive
program. Must be enrolled in and apply for aid to participating school
of allopathic, osteopathic, podiatric or veterinary medicine or
dentistry, optometry, or pharmacy.
* Health Professions Student Loans need-based, competitive
program. Must apply for aid to participating school and pursue degree
in dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, or podiatric or veterinary
medicine.
* Primary Care Loans need-based, competitive program. Must pursue
degree in allopathic or osteopathic medicine and apply for aid to
participating school.
* Nursing Student Loans need-based, competitive program. Must
pursue diploma, associate, baccalaureate or graduate degree in nursing
and apply for aid to participating school.

Loan Repayment

* National Health Service Corps competitive program for primary
care physicians, primary care nurse practitioners, primary care
physician assistants, certified nurse-midwives, dentists, dental
hygienists, mental and behavioral health professionals.
* Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program need-based, competitive
program for R.N.s working in critical shortage facilities.
* Faculty Loan Repayment Program need-based, competitive program
for degree-trained health professionals from disadvantaged backgrounds
serving on the faculty of an accredited health professions college or
university.