Health Professions Preparatory Scholarship

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About the Scholarship

Opens: 12/15/2023

Closes: 2/28/2024

Health Professions Preparatory Scholarship provides financial assistance to Native American students who need compensatory or pre-professional education to qualify for enrollment in a health professions school.

Award Amount Varies

Essay Required: No
Need-Based: No
Merit-Based: No
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Requirements

This program is open to American Indians and Alaska Natives who are members or descendants of members of state- or federally-recognized tribes.

Applicants must be high school graduates or the equivalent; have the capacity to complete a health professions course of study, and be enrolled or accepted for enrollment in a compensatory or preprofessional general education course or curriculum.

The qualifying fields of study may vary annually, but recently they included prenursing (for courses leading to a B.S. degree in nursing), pre-pharmacy (for courses leading to a Pharm.D. degree), pre-social work (for juniors and seniors preparing for an M.S. degree in social work), and pre-clinical psychology (for juniors and seniors).

They must intend to serve Indian people upon completion of their professional health care education as a health care provider in the discipline for which they are enrolled at the pregraduate level.

Selection is based on that narrative (30%); academic performance (40%); and faculty, employer, and tribal recommendations (30%).

Details

Pursued Degree Level

Bachelor's Degree

Current Grade

High School Senior, College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior

Location

Country: US

Intended Area of Study

Nursing, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Psychology, Social Work and Youth Services

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