The National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program gives scholarships to students pursuing eligible primary care health professions training while in return, scholars will provide primary care health services in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
The organization provides financial support for full-time enrollment for up to four school years and the money can be used for the payment of tuition and eligible fees, other educational costs and living expenses while pursuing your health professions degree educational training program.
If you are wondering whether you are eligible for the NHSC Scholarship Program or not, here is the eligibility requirements that you need to meet in order to be able to get the award.
The eligible applicants are students pursuing primary care health professions training, being that the awarded scholars will provide primary care health services in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs).
Furthermore, you need to be a United States (U.S.) citizen and this should be proved by:
The following forms of proof will not be acceptable:
Also, you need to be a full-time student enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, or be attending—or accepted to attend—an accredited school or program in one of the 50 states, the District of Columbia (D.C.), or a United States territory.
U.S. Territories include:
Due to the fact that you will need an amount of time to collect all required and supplemental documentation, start gathering them on time.
You must submit a complete online application—including all supporting documents—by the application deadline, being that the foundation does not permit you to submit materials after the deadline.
A complete application consists of:
The application process is done within the BHW Customer Service Portal, so you must first create a profile.