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Loan Repayment & Grants


2007 Steven M. Thompson Physician
Corps Loan Repayment Program
http://www.healthprofessions.ca.gov/application.htm
 
The 2007 Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps (formerly California Physician Corps) Loan Repayment Program, created under a CMA-sponsored law in 2002, was renamed last year in honor of Thompson, CMA’s longtime vice president of government relations, who passed away in August after a very short but precipitous battle with cancer. The Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program repays up to $105,000 in outstanding government or commercial educational loans for expenses incurred for undergraduate education and graduate medical education.

Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program
http://www.ihs.gov/JobsCareerDevelop/DHPS/LRP/lrpsc.asp

Applicants sign contractual agreements with the Secretary for 2 years and fulfill their agreements through full-time clinical practice at an IHS facility or approved Indian health program. In return, the LRP will repay all or a portion of the applicant's eligible health professionals educational loans (undergraduate and graduate) for tuition expenses. Applicants are eligible to have their educational loans repaid in amounts up to $20,000 per year for each year of service. In addition, the LRP will pay up to 20% of Federal taxes directly to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)--incurred as a result of payments made on behalf of recipients. Note: Loan repayments are deemed taxable income.

National Health Service Corp Loan Repayment Plan
http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov/join_us/lrp.cfm
The NHSC continually seeks clinicians dedicated to working with our Nation's underserved. Fully trained health professionals who are dedicated to working with the underserved and have qualifying educational loans are eligible to compete for repayment of those loans if they choose to serve in a community of greatest need. In addition to loan repayment, these clinicians receive a competitive salary, some tax relief benefits, and a chance to have a significant impact on a community.

National Institutes of Health Student Loan Repayment
http://www.lrp.nih.gov/

The National Institutes of Health offers multiple loan repayment programs, including the Health Disparities Loan Repayment Program.