Program Guidance
- NHSC SP Application and Program Guidance (PDF - 641 KB)
- Scholarship Program Fact Sheet (PDF - 67 KB)
Through funding priorities and selection factors, we evaluate eligible applicants. We use these to determine who receives scholarship awards.
Current (or former) NHSC Scholarship Program (NHSC SP) scholars You seek, and are eligible for, additional support for the 2021-2022 school year or through your date of graduation.
Characteristics Likely to Remain in Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) You have characteristics that increase the chance that you will continue to serve in a HPSA once you complete your NHSC SP service obligation.
Disadvantaged Background You are from a “disadvantaged background” and have characteristics that increase the chance that you will continue to serve in a HPSA once completing your NHSC SP service obligation.
You must upload the Disadvantaged Background form (PDF - 406 KB) after your school’s financial aid official or you complete it. That official or you must certify your participation, or your eligibility for participation in a qualifying federal program, as outlined below:
Factor #1: You honor legal obligations.
We will not select you if you have a history of not honoring prior legal obligations. To determine this, we review factors such as:
Note: We will perform a credit check as part of the application review process.
Factor #2: You perform well academically.
You demonstrate the ability to excel and maintain good academic standing while in school.
Factor #3: You commit to providing primary care services in underserved communities.
We seek to recruit clinicians who demonstrate:
Factor #4: You do not have any judgment liens arising from a federal debt.
Factor #5: You are not currently excluded, suspended, or disqualified by a federal agency.
In your application, you must confirm that you're not excluded, suspended, or disqualified by a federal agency.
You must provide immediate written notice to us if you failed to make a required disclosure. You must also do so if your circumstances change in such a way that a disclosure is necessary.