Inactive Funding & Opportunities: Shortage Designations (13)
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The programs listed here are not currently accepting applications.
Allied Health Care Professional Scholarship Program
Scholarship
This scholarship program was created to increase the number of nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse midwives practicing in areas of Illinois that have an insufficient number of primary care providers.
Geographic Coverage: Illinois
Sponsor: Illinois Center for Rural Health
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Tagged keywords: Allied Health, Financial Aid, Illinois, Midwives, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Shortage Designations |
California Mental Health Loan Assumption Program (MHLAP)
Loan repayment
Provides funding to develop a loan forgiveness program in order to retain qualified mental health professionals working within the Public Mental Health System (PMHS).
Geographic Coverage: California
Sponsor: Health Professions Education Foundation
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Tagged keywords: California, Education and Training, Financial Aid, Loan Repayment Programs, Marriage and Family Therapists, Mental Health, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Shortage Designations, Social Workers |
California Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program (STLRP)
Loan repayment
The purpose of this program is to encourage physicians to practice in medically underserved areas of California
by authorizing a plan for repayment of their educational loans.
Geographic Coverage: California
Sponsor: Health Professions Education Foundation
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Tagged keywords: California, Family Medicine Physicians, Financial Aid, General Internal Medicine Physicians, General Pediatricians, Loan Repayment Programs, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Physicians, Shortage Designations |
Facility Investment Program (FIP)
Grant or contract
Provides support to health center efforts to expand their capacity to provide primary and preventive health services to medically underserved populations nationwide.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care
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Tagged keywords: Federally Qualified Health Centers, National, Primary Care, Shortage Designations |
Grants to States to Support Oral Health Workforce Activities
Grant or contract
Funding for States to improve the accessibility of the oral health workforce for underserved geographic areas, population groups or facilities.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, HRSA Bureau of Health Professions
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Tagged keywords: Dental Occupations, Dentists, National, Shortage Designations |
Iowa Primary Care Recruitment and Retention Endeavor (PRIMECARRE) Loan Repayment Program
Loan repayment
Offers two-year grants to primary care medical practitioners for use in repayment of educational loans in return for a two-year practice commitment in a health professional shortage area.
Geographic Coverage: Iowa
Sponsor: Iowa Bureau of Health Care Access
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Tagged keywords: Dental Hygienists, Dentists, Family Medicine Physicians, Financial Aid, General Internal Medicine Physicians, General Pediatricians, Iowa, Loan Repayment Programs, Marriage and Family Therapists, Mental Health Counselors, Midwives, Nurse Practitioners, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Physician Assistants, Physicians, Primary Care, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Shortage Designations, Social Workers |
Medical Student Scholarship Program
Scholarship
The goal is to increase the number of primary care physicians practicing in areas of Illinois that have an insufficient number of physicians in the specialties of family practice, general internal medicine, general pediatrics and obstetrics/gynecology.
Geographic Coverage: Illinois
Sponsor: Illinois Center for Rural Health
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Tagged keywords: Financial Aid, Illinois, Physicians, Shortage Designations |
Minority Medical Student Summer Externship in Addiction Psychiatry
Fellowship
Minority Medical Student Summer Externship in Addiction Psychiatry program is intended to identify ethnic minority medical students who may have a specific interest in services related to substance abuse treatment and prevention.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Sponsor: American Psychiatric Association
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Tagged keywords: Financial Aid, National, Psychiatrists, Recruitment and Retention, Shortage Designations |
Nebraska Rural Health Student Loan Program For Medical, Dental, Physician Assistant, and Graduate-Level Mental Health Students
Loan repayment
The Nebraska Rural Health Student Loan Program awards forgivable student loans to medical, dental, physician assistant, and graduate-level mental health students who agree to practice an approved specialty in a state designated shortage area.
Geographic Coverage: Nebraska
Sponsor: Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
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Tagged keywords: Dentists, Financial Aid, Loan Repayment Programs, Nebraska, Physician Assistants, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Rural, Shortage Designations |
Ohio J-1 Visa Waiver Program
Incentive
The Ohio Department of Health participates in the State 30 J-1 Visa Waiver, the Appalachian Regional Commission & the National Interest Waiver programs in order to increase access to health care services for Ohio’s vulnerable and underserved populations
Geographic Coverage: Ohio
Sponsor: Ohio Department of Health
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Tagged keywords: Immigration, International Medical Graduates, Ohio, Shortage Designations |
Rural Health Workforce Development Program
Grant or contract
The purpose of the Rural Health Workforce Development Program is to support the development of rural health networks that focus on activities relating to the recruitment and retention of primary and allied health care providers in rural communities.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Sponsors: Health Resources and Services Administration, HRSA Office of Rural Health Policy
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Recruitment and Retention, Rural, Shortage Designations |
Rural/Underserved Opportunities Program
Educational opportunity
Provides funding for a four-week, elective immersion experience in community medicine for students between their first and second years of medical school.
Geographic Coverage: Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho
Sponsor: University of Washington Department of Family Medicine
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Tagged keywords: Education and Training, National, Physicians, Rural, Shortage Designations |
Texas Medically Underserved Community-State Matching Incentive Program
Incentive
The Medically Underserved Community-State Matching Incentive Program helps underserved communities attract and retain primary care physicians by providing matching funds to cover costs of establishing a physician’s practice site.
Geographic Coverage: Texas
Sponsor: Texas Department of Rural Affairs
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Tagged keywords: Family Medicine Physicians, General Internal Medicine Physicians, General Pediatricians, Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Physicians, Primary Care, Shortage Designations, Texas |
Page last updated August 17, 2010 |
