FEDERAL ALTERNATIVES

LOAN AND SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
FEDERAL ALTERNATIVES

National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship Program

Certified nurse-midwives, nurse practitioners, and physician’s assistants who are U.S. citizens are eligible to apply. The benefits of the NHSC program include payment of tuition, required fees, and a monthly stipend. Because this is a service program, a student is obliged to practice in a federally mandated, high-priority Health Manpower Shortage Area of the United States; the focus is on rural health in undeserved areas. For each year of support, a student is obliged to serve one year with a minimum service obligation of two years. The application deadline is March 26th. Applications are usually available in late February in the Office of Student Financial Services. You may also write or call the Bureau of Primary Health Care, Scholarship Programs Branch, Division of Scholarships and Loan Repayment, 4350 East West Highway, 10th Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 594-4400 or visit their website at http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov. To request applications call 1-800-638-0824 or 1-800-221-9393.

STATE ALTERNATIVES

Information about the programs may be requested directly from program sources.

ALASKA

Deadline: Before the end of the academic year. Contact: Student Financial Aid Division, Alaska Commission on Post-Secondary Education, 3030 Vintage Boulevard, Juneau, AK 99801. Phone (907)465-2962 or (800)441-2962. Fax (907)465-5316. Open to Alaska residents.

CONNECTICUT

Deadline: June 1. Contact: Hartford County Medical Association, 1000 Asylum Avenue, Suite 108, Hartford, CT 06105. Phone (860) 525-2108. Open to Hartford County residents only.

James Z. Naurison Scholarship Fund

See Massachusetts – James Z. Naurison Scholarship Fund

DELAWARE

Deadline: April 15. Contact: Delaware Higher Education Commission, 820 North French Street, Wilmington, DE 19801. Phone (302) 577-3240. Open to Delaware residents only.

ILLINOIS

Deadline: March 1. Contact: The Scholarship Secretary, Jewish Vocational Service, One South Franklin Street, Chicago, IL 60606. Phone (312) 357-4500. Open to Jewish men and women who legally reside in metropolitan Chicago.

MASSACHUSETTS

Deadline: March 15 . Contact: Karen Kakley, Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts, Scholarship Officer, P.O. Box 15769, 1500 Main Street, Springfield, MA 01115. Phone (413) 732-2858. Open to residents of Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire Counties (and residents of Enfield and Suffield, CT).

MISSOURI

Deadline: April 15. Contact: The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis, 8215 Clayton Road, St. Louis, MO 63117. Phone (314) 725-7990. Open to residents of St. Louis, St. Louis County, Jefferson County, or St. Charles County.

NORTH CAROLINA

Deadline: June 1. Contact: North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority, P.O. Box 20549, 3824 Barrett Drive, Suite 304, Raleigh, NC 27619. Phone (919) 571-4178. Open to residents of North Carolina.

Student Loan Program for Health, Science and Mathematics

Emanuel Sternberger Educational Fund

Deadline: April 30. Contact: Emanuel Sternberger Educational Fund, P.O. Box 1735, Greensboro, NC 27402, (910) 379-0479. Open to residents of North Carolina.