Funding

We fund grants, loan repayment, and scholarships.

Apply for a grant

We award grants to organizations (e.g., schools, hospitals, health departments). We also offer a cost-sharing grant to states and territories.

• Behavioral or Mental Health
• Geriatrics
• Health Careers
• Medicine
• Nursing
• Oral Health
• Public Health

Report on your grant

Grantees must report on their grant every year. We provide the tools to do so.

Apply for loan repayment

We offer programs that repay school loan debt.

• Nurse Corps Loan Repayment Program
• National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Programs
• Substance Use Disorder Treatment and Recovery Loan Repayment Program
• Pediatric Specialty Loan Repayment Program
• Faculty Loan Repayment Program

Apply for a scholarship

We offer scholarships to help pay for health professions’ education.

• Nurse Corps Scholarship Program
• Native Hawaiian Health Scholarship Program
• National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program

Meet service requirements

Nurse Corps members must follow certain service requirements. This applies to Nurse Corps scholars and Nurse Corps Loan Repayment recipients.

For schools: apply for a loan program

We fund schools so they can offer their students loans to pursue a health professions degree. 

• Health Professions Student Loans
• Loans for Disadvantaged Students
• Nursing Student Loans
• Primary Care Loans

For schools: manage your loan program

We help schools manage the loan programs we fund.