Contractual Scholarships
Students who are interested in a service-connected program, wherein fees and tuition, together with monthly stipends, are paid in return for service as a physician for a stipulated term. The programs in which most students participate are as follows:
- Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program
(Air Force, Army, Navy)
The Armed Forces Health Professions
Scholarship Program provides
financial assistance to medical students in exchange for active
duty service in the Armed Forces; Air Force, Army and Navy.
Obligations incurred in the programs will be fulfilled as medical
officers in the appropriate service for a stipulated term.
United States Navy (800) 537-5440
United States Air Force (423) 584-6171
United States Army (304) 697-7242/7304 (collect)
- Indian Health Service Scholarships
This program is available only to Native Americans and pays full tuition, other costs of medical education and a monthly stipend. Recipients must serve a year for each year of scholarship assistance they receive. To apply, you may write or call the following:
Division of Health Professions Recruitment & Training
Indian Health Service
12300 Twinbrook Parkway, #100
Rockville, MD 20852 (301) 443-6197
- Hospital Contracts
Students may check with their local hospitals of interest about contracts. Hospital contracts vary based on the student and the hospital involved. Contracts are negotiated with a hospital to pay for a student’s medical education in return for service at the hospital.
- National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Scholarship
The National Health Service Corps Scholarship
is designed for U.S. citizens and requires a service agreement.
The service placement agreements may include rural community
health centers and the medical facilities of the Department of
Justice’s Federal Bureau of Prisons. For more information,
you may call (800) 638-0824.