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Alabama Rural Loan


Web site	Link to program web site
Type	Loan
Sponsor	School of Medicine at University of Alabama at Birmingham
Deadline	Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Tagged keywords	Alabama, Financial Aid, Physicians, Shortage Designations, Supply and Demand
Description	Rural loans are made to medical students who are interested in practicing primary care in a shortage area in the State of Alabama.
Amount	The loans are in an amount up to the average cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses as set forth in the current catalogs of the University of Alabama School of Medicine or the University of South Alabama College of Medicine for the year of each enrollment.
Geographic Coverage	Alabama
Eligibility	Loans shall be available to any resident of Alabama of good character who has been accepted for matriculation by one of the medical schools of Alabama preference being given to those applicants who can show an economic need and who commit in writing to practice in a rural area in a generalist specialty as determined by the Board (This currently includes only: family practice, internal medicine and pediatrics).
Contacts	Ms. Kelly Parker Board of Medical Scholarship Awards P.O. Box 115 Montgomery, Alabama 36101 Phone: 334.353.4800 Email:kelly.parker@bmsa.alabama.gov

Last updated August 9, 2010