Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
The summary for the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students grant is detailed below.
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Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students: This program promotes diversity among health professions students and practitioners by providing scholarships for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Eligible health professions and nursing schools apply for funds to make scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds, whom have financial need for scholarships and are enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, as full-time students at the schools. **This program is not included in the President's budget for FY 2006 at this amount. The President's FY 2006 budget has this program at $9,831,000. Potential applicants for funding should consider the amount in the announcement provisional until final Congressional appropriations action is taken. Updated information on Congressional appropriations action will be update on the HRSA website.
| Federal Grant Title: | Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students |
| Federal Agency Name: | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Grant Categories: | Health |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HRSA-06-023 |
| Type of Funding: | Grant |
| CFDA Numbers: | 93.925 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Scholarships for Health Professions Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds |
| Current Application Deadline: | No deadline provided |
| Original Application Deadline: | Dec 29, 2005 |
| Posted Date: | Nov 23, 2005 |
| Creation Date: | Nov 23, 2005 |
| Archive Date: | Mar 18, 2006 |
| Total Program Funding: | $45,000,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 500 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
- Additional Information on Eligibility
- School/program must have a program for recruiting and retaining disadvantaged students and meet the SDS eligibility criteria described below: Students from disadvantaged backgrounds must comprise the following: 1. At least 10% of the total enrollment (full-time students) of your program (e.g., dentistry, baccalaureate nursing) during AY 2004-1005 (7/1/04-6/30/05). 2. At least 10% of the total graduates (full-time students) of your program during AY 2005-2005 (7/1/04-6/30/05). In addition, in order to be eligible to receive SDS funding, a school must have at least one economically disadvantaged student enrolled and graduated during AY 2004-2005.
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- Information not provided
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Contact HRSA Call Center at 877-Go4-HRSA/877-464-4772;301-998-7373 or email [email protected] [email protected]
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