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National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program
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Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 93.162 |
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Powered by $200 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, the National Health Service Corps will accept Loan Repayment Program applications continuously, beginning June 2, until funds are expended or September 30, 2010, whichever comes first. |
Program
web site |
http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/applications/lrp/
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| Sponsor |
Bureau of Health Professions |
| Deadlines |
September 30, 2010 |
| Purpose |
The purpose of the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program (LRP) is to ensure an adequate supply of health professionals to provide primary health services (through a culturally competent, interdisciplinary team of clinicians) to populations located in selected health professional shortage areas (HPSAs) identified by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. HPSAs can be found in rural and urban communities across the Nation. The NHSC LRP recruits fully trained health professionals who agree to provide primary health services in NHSC community sites. In return, the NHSC LRP assists clinicians in their repayment of qualifying educational loans that are still owed. The NHSC is seeking clinicians that demonstrate the characteristics for and interest in serving the Nation's medically underserved populations and remaining in HPSAs beyond their service commitment. It is important to remember that service to medically underserved populations is the primary purpose of the NHSC LRP and not the repayment of educational loans. |
| Eligibility |
If you are fully trained and licensed, a U.S. citizen or national, and working at an approved site within a designated Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA), you may apply for this generous loan repayment program.
The NHSC Loan Repayment Program is open to fully trained:
- Primary care physicians: MD or DO in family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology, psychiatry
- Primary care nurse practitioners
- Certified nurse-midwives
- Primary care physician assistants
- Dentists: general or pediatric
- Dental hygienists
- Behavioral and mental health providers:
health service psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, psychiatric nurse specialists, marriage and family therapists, and licensed professional counselor
For more details about eligibility, please see the program web site. |
Geographic
coverage |
Nationwide |
Amount of
funding |
Applicants who are selected to participate agree to provide full-time primary care services in an approved practice site, located in a federally designated health professional shortage area. For the 2-year minimum service commitment, the NHSC will pay up to $50,000, based on the participant's qualifying educational loans. Opportunities to continue participating in the program beyond 2 years may be available.
The NHSC LRP is a highly competitive program with limited funding. An NHSC LRP contract award is contingent upon availability of funds. |
Application
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See Program web site for application details.
If you submitted an electronic application between December 2, 2008 and January 31, 2009, you DO NOT need to submit another on-line application; the NHSC will consider your already-submitted application.
If you submitted an on-line application, but did not complete your application package by mailing your supplemental forms and required documentation, however, you must complete and submit them before your application can be considered for funding.
The NHSC Loan Repayment Program telephone conference calls for applicants who have questions about applying during the open and continuous application cycle will occur on Thursday afternoons on the following dates: July 30, 2009; September 10, 2009; October 29, 2009; December 10, 2009; August 20, 2009; October 1, 2009; November 19, 2009
To join any of these conference calls, dial 1-888-889-0974 (toll free) and enter participant pass code 8360318. This information also is posted on the NHSC website at: http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/. |
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For more information contact:
Phone: 1-800-221-9393
E-mail: CallCenter@hrsa.gov
Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays), 9 am to 5:30 pm ET.
Questions about the Application? Join a Thursday afternoon conference call, 2:30 to 4:30 pm ET, through December. Summaries of funding programs are provided by RAC for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information. |
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