Health Professions Preparatory Scholarship Program for Indians

 

To provide scholarships to American Indians and Alaska Natives for the purpose of completing compensatory pre-professional education to enable the recipient to qualify for enrollment or re- enrollment in a health professions school or curriculum.

Active 93.971 Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services M - Training Not applicable. Indian Health Care Improvement Act, Public Law 94-437 Individuals of American Indian or Alaska Native descent, who have successfully completed high school education or high school equivalency, and have been accepted for enrollment or are enrolled in a compensatory, pre-professional general education course or curriculum. Individuals of American Indian or Alaska Native descent. Students must submit proper documentation of Indian eligibility verification from the college advisor that the courses or curriculum to be taken are required to meet the applicant's deficiency and compensatory needs at the professional level and represent the number of credit hours which the school considers as full-time or at least 6 credit hours per semester for part-time. Preapplication coordination is not applicable. 2 CFR 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards applies to this program. Application form OMB No. 0917-0006 and instructions are provided by the Indian Health Service and are usually available to interested individuals in December (www.ihs.gov/scholarship/applynow). An application form and required documentation (official transcripts, letter of acceptance by college, curriculum verification, Indian eligibility, tuition verification, faculty evaluations) are submitted to IHS Headquarters for review and approval/disapproval. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis. Funding covers only Tuition and Fees, other reasonable costs and a monthly stipend. Tuition and fee payments are made to the recipient's college or university. December 15, 2023 to February 28, 2024 The application cycle opens in mid-December and closes on February 28 for current scholarship recipients interested in extending their scholarship for another year. The application deadline for new scholarship applicants is March 28. From 60 to 90 days. Grants are approved or disapproved by July 1, by the Indian Health Service, Division of Grants Management. Not applicable. Continuation applications must be submitted annually. Continued funding subject to availability of funds and satisfactory performance. Applications are scored based on Academic performance, Faculty/Employer Evaluations and Applicant Essays. Complete information on the applicant selection process is available in the IHS Scholarship Program Application Handbook at https://www.ihs.gov/scholarship/handbooks/application_handbook.pdf. Scholarship awards are limited to persons of American Indian or Alaska Native descent. Support is limited to 2 years of full-time education, or part-time equivalent for a maximum of 4 years. Not applicable. Not applicable. The Indian Health Service Scholarship Program maintains records on all students. Records must be maintained for 4 years after the final payment has been made. Statutory formula is not applicable to this assistance listing.

Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.

MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. Maximum length of funding is a total of 2 years full-time and 4 years part-time. See the following for information on how assistance is awarded/released: Tuition payments and fees are paid upon receipt of invoices from the universities. Stipend payments are paid monthly for the 10-month academic period. An amount for books and other necessary expenses is provided to the student. Method of awarding/releasing assistance: Lump. See listing of Area Scholarship Coordinators at https://www.ihs.gov/scholarship/contact/areascholarshipcoordinators/. Program Contact: CAPT Michael Bartholomew, Chief, Scholarship Branch, Division of Health Professions Support, Indian Health Service, 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop; OHR 11E69B, Rockville, MD 20857. Email: scholarship@ihs.gov Telephone: (301) 443-2349. Grants Management Contact: Marsha Brookins, Director, Division of Grants Management, Indian Health Service, 5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop 09E70, Rockville, MD 20857. Telephone: (301) 443-5204. Division of Grants Management,
5600 Fishers Lane, Mail Stop: 09E70
Rockville, MD 20857 US
DGM@ihs.gov
Phone: (301) 443-5204 http://www.ihs.gov/DGM/ 75-0390-0-1-551 (Training) FY 22$615,848.00; FY 23 est $1,500,000.00; FY 24 est $1,500,000.00; FY 21$2,000,000.00; FY 20$255,535.00; FY 19$609,170.00; FY 18$927,603.00; FY 17$480,195.00; FY 16$847,518.00; - $16,617 - $43,670; average $27,596 42 CFR 136.320-324. Final Rules and Regulations, the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, Public Law 96-537 (which amends Public Law 94-437, Section 103), published in the Federal Register on February 29, 1984, redesignated May 17, 2002. Not applicable.