Description
The Health Professions Pregraduate Scholarship Program provides financial
support for American Indian and Alaska Native (Federally or State recognized)
students only to enroll in courses leading to a bachelor degree
in specific preprofessional areas (premedicine and predentistry).
Priority Health Career Category
Although there are several areas of health programs that may be funded,
based on the staffing needs of the I H S, it has been determined that for
the 2005-2006 scholarship cycle, an applicant must be accepted by or enrolled
in a program beginning in Fall 2005 for the following priority
career category:
- Pre-Medicine / Pre-Dentistry / Pre-Podiatry
Specific Requirements
Health Professions Pregraduate applicants must:
- be an American Indian or Alaska Native(Federally or State recognized);
- be a high school graduate or equivalent;
- have the capacity to complete a health professions course of study;
- be enrolled, or accepted for enrollment, in a bachelor degree program
for premedicine or predentistry or their equivalents; and
- intend to serve Indian people upon completion of professional health
care education and training as a health care provider in the descipline/speciality
for which the applicant is enrolled at the pregraduate level and for
which the application is submitted.
The applicant must provide a course curriculum signed by a school official,
preferably the applicant's advisor, to verify that the courses to be taken:
- are required for an undergraduate curriculum leading to a bachelor's
degree in premedicine, predentistry, or equivalent, and
- represent at least 12 credit hours or the equivalent per semester/quarter
which is considered full-time or 6� hours per semester/quarter which
is considered part-time.
Limitation of Support
This Pregraduate Scholarship program support is available for up to
four academic years full-time or up to eight years for part-time,
which is four 10-month periods of pregraduate education full-time or eight
10-month periods part-time, which, upon completion, will enable the student
to qualify for enrollment in a medical or dental school. Only those students
who meet the continuation eligibility requirements and reapply for continuation
will be given priority consideration for additional periods of support.
Continuation Eligibility
Recipients of scholarship support must apply annually for continuation beyond
the initial funding period and must meet specific eligibility criteria for
consideration:
- recipient must be in good academic standing in his/her premedical program;
- must be enrolled for the next semester/quarter in at least 12 credit
hours or the equivalent which is considered full-time or 6� credit
hours which is considered part-time;and
- must remain full-time or part-time during this current academic year.
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