Medical School
Scholarship Program
OVERVIEW
Air Force ROTC (AFROTC) offers an opportunity for 25
qualified cadets each year to compete for a medical school
scholarship with a reservation in either the Armed Forces
Health Professions Scholarship Program (AFHPSP) or the
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
following graduation and commissioning. Air Force ROTC
cadets selected for the Prehealth Designator are guaranteed
sponsorship through one of these programs if they are
accepted into an accredited school of medicine or USUHS
prior to commissioning.
To qualify for the Prehealth Designator (reservation in the
AFHPSP), an applicant must:
Have a 3.5 cumulative college GPA
Be awarded an Air Force ROTC Enrollment Allocation
(normally awarded between the sophomore and junior years)
Agree to accept an Armed Forces Health Professions
Scholarship or attend USUHS
APPLICATION PROCEDURES
Qualified Air Force ROTC cadets may compete for the Prehealth Designator
two years prior to the applicants date of commissioning (during the
non-line categorization process). Nominations are processed the
detachment staff and submitted to HQ Air Force ROTC for consideration.
Results are released to nominating detachments. See the detachment staff
for application details. The Prehealth Designator is NOT an
undergraduate scholarship program.
ARMED FORCES HEALTH
PROFESSIONS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The AFHPSP provides up to four years of medical school to selected Air
Force ROTC Prehealth cadets. As an AFROTC cadet and commissionee
accepted to participate in the AFHPSP, you will be assigned to the
9016th Air Reserve Squadron with academic control maintained by the Air
Force Institute of Technology (AFIT). You will be recommissioned in the
Air Force Reserve Medical Services Corps as a second lieutenant after
graduation from your undergraduate program.
AFHPSP pays tuition, book,
laboratory and incidental fees, plus rental equipment costs. It does not
pay for room and board. However, you will receive a taxable monthly
allowance of $938. This monthly allowance includes a cost-of-living
escalator.
During graduate school,
you must serve four 45-day active duty training tours. During these
active duty tours, you will receive the active duty pay and allowance of
a second lieutenant.
To qualify for this
program, you must:
Be accepted at an accredited allopathic or osteopathic medical school
leading to the award of a Medical Doctor (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy
(DO) inside the US or Puerto Rico
Sign a contract to complete the educational phase and accept
reappointment or designation in the appropriate health profession
Participate in the Joint Services Graduate Medical Education Selection
Board and enter graduate medical education as selected and directed by
the Air Force
Participate in annual training at a military location for 45 days
(when service interrupts academic training and is certified by the Air
Force Institute of Technology program monitor, your active duty may be
preformed at your professional school)
UNIFORMED SERVICES
UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES
The USUHS is another program that allows you to continue your education
by providing four years of medical school to eligible AFROTC Prehealth
Professions Program scholarship cadets. USUHS is a DOD medical school
attended by students from all services. As an AFROTC cadet accepted to
enroll in USUHS, you will be assigned to USUHS in Bethesda, Maryland.
Upon arrival at USUHA, you
will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps
and be considered on active duty while attending medical school. You
will receive the pay and allowances of an active duty officer.
To qualify for this
program, an applicant must:
Be accepted to USUHS
Sign a contract to complete the educational phase
Participate in the Joint Services Graduate Medical Education Selection
Board and enter graduate medical education as selected and directed by
the Air Force at an active duty location
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Obligations incurred through AFROTC and the appropriate health
professions graduate school must be served consecutively. Anyone not
accepted into the AFHPSP or the USUHS prior to commissioning enters
active duty as a line officer with an assignment dependent on Air Force
needs and serves four years of active duty. Note: Once you are on active
duty, you may reapply for the AFHPSP or USUHS according to Air Force
instructions.
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