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Kansas Bridging Plan

Link
View program website
Sponsor
University of Kansas Medical Center
Deadlines
Dec 31, 2026
Contact

316.293.2649
rhealth@kumc.edu

Purpose

The Kansas Bridging Plan offers loan forgiveness to resident physicians working in primary care, obstetrics and gynecology (OB-GYN), and psychiatry who agree to a continuous 36-month service contract to work in rural areas of Kansas.

Eligibility

Eligible Kansas resident programs include:

  • Family medicine
  • Internal medicine
  • Pediatrics
  • Medicine-pediatrics
  • Emergency medicine
  • Psychiatry
  • Child psychiatry
  • Medicine-psychiatry
  • Obstetrics and gynecology
Geographic coverage
Kansas
Amount of funding

The combined financial incentive can be up to $26,000. The loan principal is divided into 36 equal payments and is forgiven by that amount on a monthly basis. Interest, at the annual rate of 15%, is also forgiven on a monthly basis.

Up to 14 slots are for primary care, 3 slots for OB-GYN, and 3 slots for psychiatry.

Application process

A link to the online application is available on the program website.

Funding type
Loan Repayment Programs
Tagged as
Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Emergency department and urgent care services · Graduate medical education · Loans, loan repayment, and loan forgiveness for health careers · Maternal health and prenatal care · Maternal health workforce · Physicians · Primary care · Kansas

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