Choose West Virginia Practice Tuition Waiver Program

This funding record is inactive. Please see the program website or contact the program sponsor to determine if this program is currently accepting applications or will open again in the future.

Link

View Program Website

Sponsor

College Foundation of West Virginia

Deadlines

Dec 1, 2023

Contact

Michelle Ruppert
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
ChooseWV@wvhepc.edu
304.558.0530

Eric Meadows
Assistant Director of Financial Aid, West Virginia University
eric.meadows@mail.wvu.edu
304.293.3706

Lisa Spencer
Director of Financial Aid, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
lspencer@osteo.wvsom.edu
304.647.6369

Kourtney K. Sandefur
Assistant Director of Student Financial Assistance, Marshall University
sandefurk@marshall.edu
304.691.8739

Purpose

The Choose West Virginia Practice Program is a medical school tuition waiver for the differential between in-state and out of state tuition in exchange for agreeing to practice at an eligible West Virginia service site. Participants must serve one year for every year they receive the award for a maximum of 4 years.

Participants may complete residency and/or fellowship training in West Virginia or in other states. The service obligation begins within 6 months after the participant completes training.

Eligibility

To be eligible for the award, students must:

Be accepted or enrolled at Marshall University, West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, or West Virginia University in a program leading to a degree of Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy.
Meet institutional requirements for being classified as an out of state student
Not be in default of any previous student loan

Primary care shortage specialties:

Addiction medicine
Emergency medicine
Family practice
General internal medicine
General surgery
Geriatrics
Internal medicine/pediatrics
Neurology
OB/GYN
Pediatrics
Preventive medicine
Psychiatry (includes addiction, child and adolescent, and geriatric)

Geographic coverage

West Virginia

Amount of funding

Participants will receive a tuition waiver for the differential between in-state and out of state tuition, with an approximate value of $30,000.

Subject to continued state funding, students who receive an award will be eligible to receive an award in each of their remaining years of medical school as long as they:

Progress to the next academic year of their program
Maintain good academic standing
Maintain good professional standing

Application process

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

Tagged as

Behavioral health · Behavioral health workforce · Emergency department and urgent care services · Financial aid for health career education · Physicians · Primary care · Surgery · West Virginia

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