Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
The Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has posted a grant announcement for the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS). The Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program promotes diversity among health profession students and practitioners by providing scholarships to full-time students with financial need from disadvantaged backgrounds, enrolled in health professions and nursing programs. Participating schools are responsible for selecting scholarship recipients, making reasonable determinations of need, and providing scholarships that do not exceed the allowable costs (i.e., tuition, reasonable educational expenses and reasonable living expenses with a cap for the total scholarship award of $15,000). Eligible applicants are accredited schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, nursing (as defined by section 801 of the PHS Act), pharmacy, podiatric medicine, optometry, veterinary medicine, public health, chiropractic, allied health, a school offering a graduate program in behavioral and mental health practice, or an entity providing programs for the training of physician assistants. For further information refer to the Public Health Service Act, Sections 737 and 799B. Faith-based and community-based organizations, Tribes, and tribal organizations are eligible to apply if all other eligibility requirements are met.
Total funding for the program is $45 million and HRSA expects to award 246 grants.
Applications are due by June 22nd.
To learn more, please visit:
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=n57XP98ZV9FHTgQm7Tww8p fRLLGTjyC8ytbbwjPFgQrjTGxC8b9v !-1021879135?oppId=172534&mode=VIEW
