HRSA Offers Scholarship Funding Laboratory Science Training Programs. Apply by Feb. 19!

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is offering scholarship funding to laboratory science training programs for medical laboratory students who have economic needs. The applications are due by February 19.  The federal Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students program increases diversity in the health professions workforce by providing awards to eligible health professions schools.  The schools are tasked with awarding scholarships to students from disadvantaged backgrounds who have financial need, including students who are members of racial and ethnic minority groups.

HRSA anticipates awarding grants to approximately 85 schools, totaling more than $51 million, and laboratory training programs at the baccalaureate and graduate degree level are eligible for these funds.  Participating schools are responsible for selecting scholarship recipients, making reasonable determinations of need, and providing scholarships that do not exceed the allowable costs (with a cap for the total scholarship award of $ 40,000). 

ASCP encourages laboratory training programs to consider applying and/or to reach out to their school’s financial office, which may already be working on submitting a grant application.  For more about the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students program, click here and here. The HRSA grant notice for this program is available here. 

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