State Resources
The Monetary Award Program (MAP) provides grants, which do not need to be repaid, to Illinois residents who attend approved Illinois colleges and demonstrated financial need, based on the information provided on the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). You are not required to submit high school grades or test scores when applying for a MAP grant.
Illinois Department of Public Health – Center for Rural Health
Allied Health Care Professional Scholarship Program awards scholarships of $7,500 per academic year to a limited number of eligible allied health care professional students. Scholarship recipients repay the awards by practicing as nurse practitioners, physicians assistants or certified nurse midwives in areas of the state determined by the Illinois Department of Public Health to be designated shortage areas.
The SIH Scholarship Program brings together college scholarship money with hands-on work opportunities. Qualified applicants are eligible for money to cover tuition, lab fees, books and educational supplies. Scholarship recipients will be required to sign a contractual work agreement, stating they will work for SIH after graduating from their healthcare discipline. The length of the work agreement is dependent on the amount awarded to each scholarship recipient. Those who leave their educational program or choose to work elsewhere after graduation will be required to repay the scholarship back to SIH as a loan.
The designated Healthcare Careers for the SIH Scholarship Program include:
- Health Information Technology (2 year scholarship)
- Medical Lab Technician (2 year scholarship)
- Radiologic Technologist (2 year scholarship for Associate Degree students and SIH will assist in paying the final 2 out of 4 years for Bachelor Degree student)
- Registered Nurse (2 year scholarship)
- Respiratory Therapist (2 year scholarship)
- Surgical Technologist (1 year scholarship)
- Physical Therapist (scholarship assistance for PT students entering their last 1-2 years of the PT program)
Illinois Hospital Association’s Constituency on Volunteers Scholarship Project awards $1,000 scholarships to qualified students pursuing a career in nursing and health care careers.
Illinois Farm Bureau offers five $4,000 scholarships to selected Registered Nurses, who desire to further their study at an accredited college or university and become a Nurse Practitioner.
The Illinois Veteran Grant (IVG) Program pays tuition and certain fees at all Illinois state-supported colleges, universities and community colleges for Illinois residents. An individual must be a veteran; and reside in Illinois six months before entering the service; and have at least one full year of active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces which includes veterans who were assigned to active duty in a foreign country in a time of hostilities in that country, regardless of length of service return to Illinois within six months of discharge from the service. Applications and additional information are available from field offices of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs, college financial aid offices or the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, 1755 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, 60015, telephone 847/948-8550 or 800/899-ISAC, web site addresswww.collegezone.com.
Illinois National Guard Scholarship. Any enlisted person or Lieutenant or Captain with at least one (1) year service in the Illinois Army/Air National Guard may participate. Available for eight (8) semesters or twelve (12) quarters of full-time or part-time undergraduate study or graduate study at any Illinois state-controlled university or community college. Recipient is entitled to payment of tuition and certain fees. Applications and information on the scholarship may be obtained from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission, 1755 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, Illinois, 60015, telephone 847/948-8550 or 800/899-ISAC, web site addresswww.collegezone.com.
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