The following scholarships have been forwarded to the University of ...

- Pharmacist
- Dentist
- Dental Hygienist
In return for financial assistance, participants in both programs agree to provide primary care health care in rural or underserved urban
areas with designated shortages for a minimum of three years.
o Loan Repayment
Eligibility to Apply
You must:
• Be employed or have a contract to begin employment at an eligible site.
• Submit documentation of eligible outstanding educational debt (does not include Parent Plus loans or loans
not in your name).
• Be a United States citizen.
• Provide primary care and not specialty care.
• Sign a contract to serve for a minimum of three years or pay funds back at double penalty.
Award
The Loan Repayment program provides up to $25,000 per year for a minimum of three years. The service obligation
period is based on full time (40 or more hours per week) employment and is prorated for less than full time. The
award amount is based on your outstanding educational debt. There is an opportunity to apply for a fourth and fifth
year for up to $35,000 per year based on remaining eligible debt.
The award period is divided into quarters. Credit is earned during the quarter and paid at the end of each quarter.
Those funds must be fully and directly applied to the approved lender(s) identified in the award notification.
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o Scholarship
Eligibility – You must:
• Be a student training to become a primary care health professional in an eligible profession.
• Be a United States citizen.
• Have completed all prerequisite course work.
• Not be in default on any educational loans.
• Sign a Promissory Note agreeing to serve for a minimum of three years in a designated shortage area in
Washington state or pay back funds at double penalty plus interest.
Award
Scholarship program awards vary by educational program. The scholarship is not based on financial need and you
do not have to attend a Washington state school. You do not have to be a Washington state resident to apply.
Upon completion of your academic program:
• You will have a nine month grace period to find employment that meets the program criteria. Exception,
medical students do not have a grace period upon completion of their residency program.
• You will have a three year minimum service obligation in Washington state. The service obligation period
is based on full time (40 or more hours per week) employment and is prorated for less than full time.
• You will be required to return service confirmation forms at the end of each quarter.
How to Apply
Scholarship program applications are available in January and due in April.
• Washington Osteopathic Foundation, Inc. (WOF) Loan Program
http://www.woma.org/WOFloaninfo.html
PO Box 16486
Seattle, WA 98116-0486
(206) 937-5358
• Eligibility
Any osteopathic student, after completion of six months of Osteopathic training in any of the legally
accredited schools of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery, may apply for a loan. Applicant must be a student
member of the Washington Osteopathic Medical Association.
Applicant must be of legal age or have a co-signer of legal age to execute a promissory note. The
Washington Osteopathic Foundation reserves the right to select loan recipients on the basis of Washington
residency or any other criteria within its sole discretion.
The grant of any loan is conditional upon faithful attendance at classes and performance of duties as a