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Alabama Rural Medical Service Award

Link
View program website
Sponsors
Alabama Office of Healthcare Workforce, Alabama Office of Primary Care and Rural Health
Deadlines
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Contact

armsa@uabmc.edu

Purpose

The Alabama Rural Medical Service Award (ARMSA) offers Service payback loans for Alabama licensed primary care physicians (PCPs) and certified family medicine nurse practitioners (NPs) in return for their practicing in eligible Alabama communities that have a shortage of PCPs.

Service requirements:

  • A contract with the Alabama Department of Public Health is required.
  • PCPs must practice full-time ambulatory primary care medicine in an ARMSA-eligible rural primary care service area.
  • NPs must maintain a collaborative practice agreement with a PCP who is practicing at a location within the same ARMSA-eligible service area.
Eligibility

Eligible applicants are Alabama licensed primary care physicians (PCPs) and certified family medicine nurse practitioners (NPs) who have not practiced within 3 years of October 1, 2025 in an ARMSA-eligible area.

Professions include:

  • Gerontology nurse practitioner
  • Pediatric acute care nurse practitioner
  • Pediatric nurse practitioner
  • Women's healthcare nurse practitioner
  • Adult acute care nurse practitioner
  • Adult care nurse practitioner
  • Adult - Gerontology acute care nurse practitioner
  • Adult - Gerontology primary care nurse practitioner
  • Family practice nurse practitioner
Geographic coverage
Alabama
Amount of funding

$50,000 per year for a maximum of three years for primary care physicians.

$30,000 per year for a maximum of three years for family medicine NPs.

Application process

Email armsa@uabmc.edu to request application information.

Funding type
Loan Repayment Programs
Tagged as
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 · Physicians · Primary care · Alabama

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