Arkansas Health Education Grant
Offered by Arkansas Division of Higher Education
About this scholarship
The Arkansas Health Education Grant helps certified Arkansas residents enter selected out-of-state professional programs that participate in contracts with the state. Eligible fields are chiropractic medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatric medicine, and veterinary medicine. Rather than issuing one flat cash scholarship, Arkansas pays contracted support that the participating institution applies to the student’s tuition and fees. At SREB contract schools, the payment follows the state’s field-specific contract amount; at direct-contract schools, assistance generally covers the resident/nonresident tuition difference up to the approved contract limit, or at least $5,000 when the institution charges the same unusually high tuition to all students. The current official table lists 67 entering slots and published assistance ranging from $10,000 for chiropractic medicine to $36,962 for veterinary medicine, with other field amounts between those figures; exact future funding depends on the applicable fiscal year and school contract. Applicants use the Arkansas SAMS portal and must submit the residency application and affidavit, apply to an institution that has a state contract, and be accepted into an eligible program. After receiving the grant, a student must remain in good academic standing and make satisfactory progress toward timely completion under the institution’s curriculum. Continuing recipients do not submit a new application each year if they remain eligible.
Eligibility
- Be certified as an Arkansas resident through the program application and affidavit
- Apply to and be accepted by an institution under contract with the State of Arkansas
- Pursue chiropractic medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatric medicine, or veterinary medicine
- Submit the application through the Arkansas Scholarship Application Management System
- Remain in good academic standing after receiving an award
- Make satisfactory academic progress toward timely completion of the participating institution’s curriculum