Diversity
Health
Careers Opportunity Program, Centers of Excellence, Pathways to
Health Professions and Minority Faculty Fellowship grants
are made to schools and health professions training programs to
increase diversity within the health fields. The grants provide
disadvantaged and under-represented minority students and faculty
opportunities to enhance their academic skills and obtain the support
needed to graduate from health professions schools or faculty development
programs. HRSA also makes grants to health professions training
programs to make scholarships, loans and
loan repayments for disadvantaged students and faculty.
Definitions
For Health Careers Opportunity Program
and Centers of Excellence and
Pathways to Health Professions
grant applications, use the following definitions for commonly used
terms. Other terms frequently used in U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services grant applications are defined in the Public
Health
Service Grants Policy Statement.
Legislation
The Health Professions Education Partnerships Act of 1998
reauthorizes HRSA's diversity programs. The Act was signed by the
President on November 13, 1998 and became Public Law 105-392.
Full Text the Health Professions Education Partnerships Act
of 1998
Resources
Information for diversity program
grantees and applicants
Links
U.S. Government and other Web sites
that provide information on applying for Federal grants, obtaining
student financial aid and diversity in the health professions
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