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The application for the 2008-2009 academic year is expected to be available by the end of May. The on-line application and supplemental forms will be due 30 days after they are published.
This Applicant Information Bulletin is provided for information only and will be updated for the 2008-2009 application cycle. |
Notice
regarding status of scholarship interview process for 2007-2008
cycle:
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) has decided that
the scholarship interview fairs will not be conducted for
the 2007 scholarship award cycle. This decision was
reached after consultation with NHSC staff and HRSA personnel. The cancellation of the interview fairs will not impact
on the number of NHSC scholarships that will be awarded
during this cycle.
In terms
of selection, the only change affecting applicants will
be the absence of the interview. Eligibility requirements,
funding priorities, deadlines, etc., remain the same. Applications from individuals who meet the eligibility criteria
will be scored numerically. The highest scoring applicants
will be selected for an award.
The National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program is For
Students in Training to Become:
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Allopathic Physicians
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Osteopathic Physicians
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Dentists
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Nurse Practitioners
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Physician Assistants
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Nurse Midwives
December
2006
DISCRIMINATION
PROHIBITED
Title
VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 states: “No person in
the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or
national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied
the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination, under
any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”
Title
IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and its implementing
regulations (45 Code of Federal Regulations Part 86) provide
that no person in the United States shall, based on his/her
sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits
of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any educational
program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, provides
that no otherwise qualified handicapped individual in the
United States shall, solely by reason of his/her handicap,
be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits
of, or be subject to discrimination under any program or
activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
Notice
PLEASE
KEEP THIS BULLETIN
Applicants
selected to participate in the National Health Service
Corps Scholarship Program should retain this Applicant
Information Bulletin as a reference guide to the scholarship
award.
The
Applicant Information Bulletin describes the National
Health Service Corps Scholarship Program authorized
by Sections 331 through 338A and 338C through 338H
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S. Code 254d-l
and 254m-q), as amended by Public Law 101-251 on October
26, 2002, and implemented by Federal Regulations (Title
42 Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 23 and 62) and
administrative guidelines in effect as of December
2006. Future changes in the governing statute, the
implementing regulations, and Program guidelines may
also be applicable to your participation in this Program.
The National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program
is listed as number 93.288 in the Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance. |
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