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Wisconsin Health Professions Loan Assistance Program (HPLAP)

Link
View program website
Sponsor
Wisconsin Office of Rural Health
Deadlines
Sep 15, 2026
Contact

Kevin Jacobson
608.261.1883
kmjacobson2@wisc.edu

Purpose

Through the Health Professions Loan Assistance Program (HPLAP), specific primary care providers can apply for loan repayment assistance in return for agreeing to serve in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA) for a period of 3 years.

Eligibility

Healthcare professionals who may apply include:

  • Physicians
    • Family medicine
    • General internal medicine
    • General pediatricians
    • OBGYN
    • Psychiatry
  • Dentists
    • General
    • Pediatric
  • Nurse practitioners and physician assistants
    • Family medicine
    • Geriatrics
    • Mental health
    • Pediatrics
    • Women's health
  • Certified nurse midwives
  • Dental hygienists
    • General
    • Pediatric
  • Dental therapists
Geographic coverage
Wisconsin
Amount of funding

Physicians, dentists, obstetricians, and psychiatrists are eligible to receive up to $50,000.

Physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, dental hygienists, and dental therapists are eligible to receive up to $25,000.

Eligible providers may receive 2 Wisconsin Office of Rural Health awards during their career.

Application process

Links to additional guidance and the online application are available on the program website.

Tagged as
Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Dental workforce · Loans, loan repayment, and loan forgiveness for health careers · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Nurse practitioners and other advanced practice registered nurses · Oral health · Physician assistants · Physicians · Primary care · Wisconsin

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