Specific Requirements
The applicant 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
compensatory/preprofessional general educated course or
curriculum; and
- intend to serve Indian people upon completion of
professional health care education and training as a health
care provider in the discipline/specialty for which he/she is
taking preparatory courses and for which the application is
submitted.
Applicants must provide a course curriculum outline,
approved and signed by your advisor, for your chosen health
program:
- Courses are required to meet the applicant's educational
deficiency and compensatory needs at the professional level
are preparatory to enrollment in the applicant's chosen
health professional program and
- represent at least 12 credit hours per semester/quarter
full-time or 6-11 credit hours for part-time in relation to
the applicant's needs.
Limitation of Support
This program makes scholarship support available for up to
two academic years full-time or up to four academic years
part-time of compensatory or preprofessional education, which,
up on completion, will enable the student to qualify for
enrollment or reenrollment in a health professions school.
Only those students who meet the continued eligibility
requirements and have been recommended for continuation will be
given priority consideration for additional periods of scholarship
support. Scholarship support to preprofessional students
will be paid for 10 months each academic year.
Continued Eligibility
Recipients of scholarship support must apply annually to
continue funds beyond the initial funding period and meet specific
eligibility criteria for consideration. The criteria are:
- recipient must be in good academic standing;
- must be enrolled for the next semester in at least 12 credit
hours or the equivalent which is considered full-time or 6-11
credit hours which is considered part-time; and
- must remain full time or part-time during this current
academic year.
Please contact Eric Pinto at epinto@na.ihs.gov
if you have any questions or comments.
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