Service for Support Scholarships
Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Plan
All branches of the Armed Forces -- Air Force, Army and Navy --
offer this program. Full tuition and all authorized fees payments, as
well as reimbursement for all required books and instruments, and
required health insurance are provided. In addition, students receive a
$1907 per month stipend (before taxes) throughout the time they are in
medical school (this includes the summer months and those months in
which you are not in school) and over $3,400 for the 45 days of the
require active
duty (clerkship) time you would serve during the summer months. Since
many students attend school the entire year, the active duty
(clerkship) status is often spent at the individual's school of medicine
rather than at the branch of service involved. In return, students
agree to practice medicine in the particular branch of the military
based on the length of time they receive support in medical school. Some
of the services are also funding a $20,000 sign on bonus for no
additional active duty service time.
Further information about these scholarship programs can be obtained
by contacting the individual listed below for each branch of the
military:
- AIR FORCE
USAF Health Professions Recruited
USAF Recruiting Office
Master Sgt. James Pryan
800 S.Wells Ste.130
Chicago, IL. 60606
Office: (312) 922-2923
- ARMY
Staff Sargent Cedric Crumbley
2900 100th St., Ste. 105
Urbandale, IA. 50322
Office: (515) 253-9637
Cell: (877) 798-1982
cedric.crumbley@usarec.army.mil
- NAVY
LT Jennifer M. Bagnell
Navy Reserve Officer Recruiter for Iowa and Nebraska
Cell: (515) 954-9402
Office: (515) 285-6201
Fax: (515)251-8960
jennifer.bagnell@navy.mil
Navy Operational Support Center
47 Dickman Road
Des Moines, IA 50315
- NATIONAL GUARD
7105 NW 70th Ave
Johnston, IA 50131
Fax: (515) 252-4504
www.1-800-GO-GUARD.com
1-800-GO-GUARD
David L. Messerli MAJ, MS, Iowa ARNG
Special Branch Officer Recruiting
david.messerli@us.army.mil
office (515) 252-4307
Iowa National Guard: Medical students commissioned as officers
will earn over $5673 for one weekend per month and 15 days of required
training per year. Additional benefits are CME credits, insurance, and
retirement benefits. Members are required to attend one paid weekend of
training each month and 15 days of training each year. Upon graduation
from medical school, the officer earns a guaranteed promotion in rank
and must fulfill their service obligation.
National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program
The National Health Service Corps
Scholarship Program is a competitive U.S. Government program that awards
scholarships to students in training to be allopathic and osteopathic
physician, physician assistants and other healthcare professions.
The scholarship consists of payment for tuition, fees, other
reasonable educational costs, and a monthly support stipend. In return,
the students agree to provide one (1) year of service in the Health
Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) of greatest need to which they are
assigned for each school year or partial school year of scholarship
support received, with a minimum 2-year service commitment and a maximum
4-year commitment. The application deadline for receipt of application
is usually mid-March of each year. Further information can be obtained
by contacting:
- NHSC
Division of National Health Service Corps
NHSC Scholarship Program
c/o Discovery Logic
1375 Piccard Drive, Suite 350
Rockville, Maryland 20850
All questions should be directed to the HRSA Call Center at: CallCenter@hrsa.gov or phone 1-800-221-9393, weekdays 9 am to 5:30 pm ET
Indian Health Service Scholarship Program
Native American medical students can apply for support through this
program for tuition, books, fees, tutorial services and equipment.
Stipends of about $1,100 per month are also provided. In return for each
year of support, recipients incur a one-year period of obligated
service in the Indian Health Service. The minimum service obligation is
two years. The application deadline is usually in mid-April. Further
information may be obtained by contacting:
General Community Scholarship Programs
A few students have been able to identify communities which are
interested in providing scholarship support in exchange for agreeing to
return to that community to practice (usually primary care medicine)
after completion of residency. A program available since 1994 is the Iowa PRIMECARRE Community Scholarship Program. This
program can provide scholarships for eligible students of up to $30,000
for third or fourth year medical students for each year of support in
exchange for providing full-time primary care service in a community of
the state that is a federally designated or governor’s designated health
professional shortage area. The student must be a resident of the
community or region. Funding for this program is provided with a
combination of federal, state and community support.