Fully paid health professional scholarships available to qualifying Army recruits
Students will be required to serve one year of active duty for each year they receive scholarship benefits

The Army is offering comprehensive scholarships in the health care field. The scholarship is called the F. Edward Hebert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP). If students qualify, they could earn a full-tuition scholarship, plus a monthly allowance through the Army’s HPSP.

To be eligible, students must: be a citizen of the United States, be enrolled in or have a letter of acceptance to an accredited graduate program in the United States or Puerto Rico, meet eligibility criteria for appointment as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, and maintain full-time student status during the entire length of the program.

The scholarship includes tuition. The student selects the school, obtains acceptance and applies for the scholarship. If selected, 100% tuition is paid to any accredited professional school in the United States or Puerto Rico. The scholarship also reimburses students for books and fees. The Army will pay for required books, rental of non-expendable equipment and most academic fees.

Additionally, the Army will pay students a monthly stipend of $1,185 during the ten and one-half months of each school year. For the remaining six weeks of the school year, qualifying students will receive the full pay and allowances offered a Second Lieutenant in the U.S.Army Reserve.

Qualifying students will be commissioned as a Second Lieutenant is the U.S. Army Reserve. After graduation and entrance in active duty, students will be promoted to Captain.

In exchange for the benefits of the scholarship, the Army expects that qualifying students will maintain full-time status and perform a 45-day training period for each school year in which they participate in the scholarship program. This training may be performed at an Army health care facility near the student’s school, or students can work in one of the Army’s health care facilities, such as Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. or Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, Washington.

Throughout the program, students will be exposed to a health care system that excels at training people for rewarding careers in health care. If a student’s academic program does not permit time away from school, arrangements may be made to perform annual training at school.

The scholarship requires Active Duty Obligation to the Army for one year for each year students receive the HPSP. The minimum obligation depends on the health care field chosen; for example, the minimum obligation for medical students is two years. For dental, clinical psychology, optometry, nurse anesthesia and veterinary students, the minimum obligation is three years.

The scholarship program also applies to graduate students. Participants are required to apply for the First Year of Graduate Medical Education (FYGME), which is performed on active duty. Army medical training programs are approved by the Council for Graduate Medical Education. If selected, students must participate. Students will then have the opportunity to compete for continuation in the residency of their choice. If not selected for FYGME, students will be granted an educational delay status to allow them to complete that portion of their training in a civilian hospital. Thereafter, students will have the opportunity to apply for further delay to complete a civilian residency.

For more information please contact SGT Richard A. Blanton, U. S. Army Health Care Team at 1-877-659-5743, 1-800-235-8159 or richard.blanton@usarec.army.mil.

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