Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
The summary for the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students grant is detailed below.
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Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students: The 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, who have financial need for scholarships and are enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, as full-time students at the schools.
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-10-111 |
Type of Funding: | Grant |
CFDA Numbers: | 93.925 |
CFDA Descriptions: | Scholarships for Health Professions Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds |
Current Application Deadline: | Jun 01, 2010 |
Original Application Deadline: | Jun 01, 2010 |
Posted Date: | Apr 16, 2010 |
Creation Date: | Apr 16, 2010 |
Archive Date: | Jul 31, 2010 |
Total Program Funding: | $52,000,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | |
Expected Number of Awards: | 350 |
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
- Eligible applicants are accredited schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, nursing, 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. To be eligible, applicants must also be carrying out a program to recruit and retain students from disadvantaged backgrounds, including students who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups. Applicants must demonstrate that the program has achieved success based on the percentage of disadvantaged students who are enrolled and have graduated from the school. Instructions for newly established schools are on page 11.
- Link to Full Grant Announcement
- Information not provided
- Grant Announcement Contact
- [email protected]@HRSA.GOV
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