Description
Health Professions Preparatory Scholarship Program
provides financial assistance for American Indian and Alaska Native
(Federally or State recognized) students only to enroll in courses
that will prepare them for acceptance into health professions schools,
i.e., nursing, pharmacy, etc. Courses may be either compensatory (required
to improve science, mathematics, or other basic skills and knowledge)
or preprofessional (required in order to qualify for admission into
a health professions program).
Priority Health Career Category
The selection of health career categories that are considered and given
priority for award or scholarship depends upon the health staffing
needs of the IHS and of the Indian people. Since staffing needs change
from year to year, priority categories also change. In order for an
applicant to be considered for scholarship support during the
2000-2001
scholarship cycle, he/she must be accepted by or enrolled in a college
or university beginning in Fall 2001 for the following priority
career categories:
- Prenursingpreparatory for entry into a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program. If an applicant is enrolled for preparatory courses at a non-approved school, he/she must transfer to an approved and accredited program before being considered for award of a scholarship to a professional nursing program. Contact your IHS Scholarship Coordinator to confirm approval of the selected schools and program.
- Pre Medical Technologypreparatory to entry into a Bachelor of Science degree program in Medical Technology.
- Prepharmacypreparatory to entry into a Bachelor of Science degree program for Pharmacy.
- Predieteticspreparatory to entry into a Bachelor of Science degree program in Dietetics.
- Pre Social Workpreparatory to entry into a Masters degree program in Social Work.
- Pre Physical Therapypreparatory to entry into a Bachelor of Science degree program in Physical Therapy.
- Pre Engineering - preparatory to entry into a Bachelor of Science degree
program in Engineering
Specific Requirements
The applicant must:
- be an American
Indian or Alaska Native (Federally or State recognized);
- be a high school
graduate or equivalent;
- have the capacity
to complete a health professions course of study;
- be enrolled, or
accepted for enrollment, in a compensatory/ preprofessional general education course or
curriculum; and
- intend to serve Indian people upon completion of professional health care education and training as a health care provider in the descipline/speciality for which he/she is taking preparatory courses and for which the application is submitted.
Applicants must provide a course curriculum outline, approved and signed by your advisor, for your chosen health program:
- Courses are required to meet the applicant's educational deficiency and compensatory needs at the preprofessional level or are preparatory to enrollment in the applicant's chosen health professional program and
- represent at least 12 credit hours per semester/quarter full-time or 611 credit hours for part-time in relation to the applicant's needs.
Limitation of Support
This program makes scholarship support available for up to two academic years full-time or up to
four academic years part-time of
compensatory or preprofessional education, which, upon completion, will enable the student to qualify for
enrollment or reenrollment in a health professions school. Only those students who meet the continued eligibility requirements and have been recommended for continuation will be given priority consideration for additional periods of scholarship support. Scholarship support to preprofessional students will be paid for 10 months each academic year.
Continued Eligibility
Recipients of scholarship
support must apply annually to continue funds beyond the
initial funding period and meet specific
eligibility criteria for consideration. The criteria are:
- recipient must be
in good academic standing;
- must be
enrolled for the next semester in at least 12 credit hours or the equivalent which is considered full-time or 611 credit hours which is considered part-time; and
- must remain full-time or
part-time during this current academic year.
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
12300 TWINBROOK PARKWAY, SUITE 100
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852
PHONE: 301/443-6197
FAX: 301/443-6048
Please e-mail questions and comments
to Cahhaitt@hqe.ihs.gov
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