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    Scholarship/ Maryland

Name of Program:

Indian Health Service Scholarship Program

Program Web site:

http://www.ihs.gov/JobsCareerDevelop/DHPS/Scholarships/

Designation (Fund Source):

Eligible Specialties:

To be eligible to serve with IHS as an allopathic or osteopathic physician, graduates must complete at least one year in an approved graduate clinical training program.

Service Requirements (formerly Service Stipulation):

Health Professions Scholarship Program recipients incur a service obligation of 1 year for each year of scholarship support received (or the part-time equivalent) with a minimum service period of 2 years. Your service obligation must be in full-time clinical practice in the health profession in which you were funded.

Who Can Apply:

You must be a citizen of the United States at the time you apply for an IHS scholarship award.

Deadline(s):

Repayment/Scholarship terms:

Amount of repayment per year of service:

Tuition and required fees for required courses in approved degree program.

How to Apply:

Additional Information/Comments:

Must be approved for deferment for additional training, i.e.: residency, w/in 90 days of Graduation. Deferment approved for residency in Family practice, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology, Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, Internal Medicine Pediatrics, Internal Medicine /Family Practice, Gen Surgery/ Anesthesiology

Contact person(s):

Name, title:

Dawn Kelley,  IHS Scholarship Branch Chief

Agency name:

Indian Health Service

Address:

801 Thompson Avenue, Suite 450,
Rockville, MD 20852

Phone:

(301) 443-6622

FAX:

(301) 443-6048

E-Mail:

dawn.kelly@ihs.gov

   
   
 

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