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Congratulations on receiving your Indian Health Service (IHS) Scholarship. You’ve taken the first steps toward your future by furthering your education, envisioning your health career and setting goals. The IHS Scholarship Program will help you realize the future you envision for yourself.

The first IHS scholarship was awarded in 1978. In the last 17 years alone, more than $200 million have been awarded to American Indian and Alaska Native students to help them reach their career goals and dreams, while helping IHS to fulfill its mission: to raise the physical, mental, social and spiritual health of American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level. You will be part of that mission by traveling a path that brings you opportunity, adventure and a sense of personal fulfillment, working in an Indian community where you’re really needed — perhaps your own community. On behalf of the Indian Health Service, thank you for your interest in serving your fellow American Indian and Alaska Native people.

This section contains information on the IHS Scholarship Programs to help you stay on track. Please contact the IHS Scholarship Program or your Area Coordinator if you have any questions about your scholarship or the reporting requirements.

The IHS Scholarship Program Student Handbook is designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the reporting requirements you must fulfill to maintain scholarship support and your benefits. Used properly, this handbook curtails time-consuming correspondence and costly telephone calls, and gives you immediate access to information for situations not previously encountered. It contains all the necessary IHS forms you need, and also contains the addresses of IHS offices you can contact if problems arise.

Click to download a Student Handbook (PDF format)