Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS)
The summary for the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) grant is detailed below.
This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants.
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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).
| Federal Grant Title: | Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) |
| Federal Agency Name: | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| Grant Categories: | Health |
| Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | HRSA-12-079 |
| Type of Funding: | Grant |
| CFDA Numbers: | 93.925 |
| CFDA Descriptions: | Scholarships for Health Professions Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds |
| Current Application Deadline: | Jun 22, 2012 |
| Original Application Deadline: | Jun 22, 2012 |
| Posted Date: | May 23, 2012 |
| Creation Date: | May 23, 2012 |
| Archive Date: | Aug 21, 2012 |
| Total Program Funding: | $45,000,000 |
| Maximum Federal Grant Award: | |
| Minimum Federal Grant Award: | |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 246 |
| Cost Sharing or Matching: | No |
- Applicants Eligible for this Grant
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments) - 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 (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.
- Grant Announcement Contact
- [email protected]@HRSA.GOV
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