Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS)

Post Date

November 25th 2015

Application Due Date

January 25th 2016

Funding Opportunity Number

HRSA-16-069

CFDA Number(s)

93.925

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Grant

Funding Activity Categories

Health

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Number of Awards

99

Eligibility Categories

Other

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. ФFaith-based and community-based organizations, Tribes, and tribal organizations are eligible to apply if all other eligibility requirements are met.Ф A listing of the eligible program disciplines for which individual separate applications are required are as follows:

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $43687000

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

This announcement solicits applications for the FY 2016 Bureau of Health Workforce (BHW) Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program. ФThis 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. Ф 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).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Health and Human Services

• Office:

  Health Resources and Services Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
  DSorrell@hrsa.gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  Contact Denise Sorrell at (301)443-2909 or email DSorrell@hrsa.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  DSorrell@hrsa.gov