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Your Health Career Starts Here - IHS Scholarship Program

Recipient Responsibilities: Academic Requirements

Preparatory Scholarship Eligibility Requirements

To maintain eligibility for continued scholarship funding, recipients must apply annually and meet the following criteria:

  • Be in good academic standing with a minimum 2.0 GPA
  • Be enrolled for the next semester/quarter in at least 12 credit hours or the equivalent (full time) or six to 11 credit hours (part time)
  • Maintain enrollment status during the current academic year
  • Be recommended for continuation by the IHS Discipline Chief in your health or allied health professional career category

Pre-Graduate Scholarship Eligibility Requirements

To maintain eligibility for continued scholarship funding, recipients must apply annually and meet the following criteria:

  • Be in good academic standing with a minimum 2.0 GPA
  • Be enrolled for the next semester/quarter in at least 12 credit hours or the equivalent (full time) or six to 11 credit hours (part time)
  • Maintain enrollment status during the current academic year
  • Be recommended for continuation by the IHS Discipline Chief in your health professional career category

Health Professions Scholarship Eligibility Requirements

To maintain eligibility for continued scholarship funding, recipients must apply annually and meet the following criteria:

  • Be in good academic standing with a minimum 2.0 GPA
  • Be enrolled for the next semester/quarter in at least 12 credit hours or the equivalent (full time) or six to 11 credit hours (part time)
  • Submit a letter from the institution's program director verifying the full-time or part-time status
  • Maintain enrollment status during the current academic year
  • Maintain required hours to meet graduation or completion of training date as agreed in your application
  • Be recommended for continuation by the IHS Discipline Chief in your health or allied health professional career category