April 2002 • Volume 8 • Number 4 |
NHSC to award $89 million in FY 2002
The National Health Service Corps has upped its ante of loan repayments and scholarships to be granted this year to a record $89.4 million. The funds are awarded to physicians and other health professionals who agree to serve in rural or inner-city areas lacking adequate access to health care services.
"We are looking for the best and brightest to work where they can turn people's lives around and provide health care to people not used to getting it," said HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson when he announced the funding.
"Many students go into medicine hoping to improve the lives of the poor and the uninsured but graduate with too much debt to pursue such a calling," said Thompson, noting that the NHSC makes such service possible. The increased funding -- nearly $19 million more than last year -- will support 900 new and continuing loan repayment awards and 400 new and continuing scholarships.
Visit the NHSC Web site at http://www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/nhsc/ for more information on the corps' programs and opportunities.
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