Rural Illinois Medical Student Assistance Program (RIMSAP)

Donna Gallivan
309.557.2350
rimsap@ilfb.org

The Rural Illinois Medical Student Assistance Program provides loans and/or recommendations to University of Illinois Medical School students who wish to specialize in family practice or another primary healthcare field. Recipients must agree to practice medicine in an approved rural community in Illinois for a period of one year for each year that financial aid is taken, upon graduation. Freshmen applicants receiving a recommendation must commit to a five-year practice period.

Program brochure

Only University of Illinois Medical School students are eligible. Students must be willing to work in an approved rural community after graduation and specialize in one of the following primary healthcare fields: family practice, general internal medicine, general OB-GYN, general pediatrics, combined internal medicine and pediatrics, general surgery, orthopedic surgery, emergency medicine, anesthesiology, psychiatry, and ophthalmology .

Applicants must be:

1. Illinois residents
2. In the fourth year of college or have a bachelor's degree
3. Have the signature of the county medical society president or secretary on the application
4. Have the county Farm Bureau president's signature on the application

Zero-interest loans of $6,250 per semester are available during the four years of medical school, with a maximum of $50,000.

Contact rimsap@ilfb.org to discuss the application process.