Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS)

 

This announcement solicits applications for the FY 2016 Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program.  This program promotes diversity among the health professions and nursing workforce by providing awards to eligible health professions and nursing schools for use in awarding scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who have a demonstrated financial need and are enrolled full-time in health professions and nursing programs.   Participating schools are responsible for selecting scholarship recipients, making reasonable determinations of need, and providing scholarships that do not exceed the allowable costs (i.e., tuition, reasonable educational expenses and reasonable living expenses with a cap for the total scholarship award of $30,000).

General information about this opportunity
Last Known Status
Deleted 02/12/2016 (Archived.)
Program Number
HRSA-16-069
Federal Agency/Office
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Office: Health Resources and Services Administration
Type(s) of Assistance Offered
Grant
Number of Awards Available
99
Other Categories
https://grants.hrsa.gov/2010/Web2External/Interface/FundingCycle/ExternalView.aspx?fCycleID=80a5f507-5bd4-46cb-b2d4-88dd18ac75ea
Who is eligible to apply/benefit from this assistance?
Applicant Eligibility
Eligible applicants are public or non-profit private accredited schools of medicine, osteopathic medicine, dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, podiatric medicine, optometry, veterinary medicine, public health, chiropractic, allied health, a school offering a graduate program in behavioral and mental health practice, or an entity providing programs for the training of physician assistants.  Faith-based and community-based organizations, Tribes, and tribal organizations are eligible to apply if all other eligibility requirements are met.  A listing of the eligible program disciplines for which individual separate applications are required are as follows:
What is the process for applying and being award this assistance?
Deadlines
01/25/2016
Other Assistance Considerations
Formula and Matching Requirements
This program does not have cost sharing or matching requirements.
Who do I contact about this opportunity?
Headquarters Office
Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
DSorrell@hrsa.gov
E-mail Address
DSorrell@hrsa.gov
Financial Information
Obligations
$43,687,000.00

 


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