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In response to Executive Order S-12-10, OSHPD's offices will be closed the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Fridays of each month.

The Foundation provides scholarships and loan repayments to aspiring and practicing health professionals who agree to practice in a medically underserved area. Scholarships are offered to health professional students attending one of California's accredited colleges or universities. Loan repayment programs are offered to graduates pursuing a health professional career to assist in the repayment of educational debt. Scholarships and loan repayments are offered to students and graduates from the following professions:

• Allied Health
• Nursing
• Mental Health
• Medical and Dental

Those students and graduates who receive awards from the Foundation are dedicated to practicing direct patient care in medically underserved areas of California. Service obligations are typically one to four years and vary depending on the program.

Our site is intended to provide you with useful information and tools to help you realize your education goals and dreams.

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Special Announcement!

Health Professions Education Foundation is announcing a change to the March and September deadlines. Due to the number of applications, the March deadline will now only be accepting loan repayment applications and the September deadline will only accept scholarship application.

Subject to the availability of funds in the License Mental Health Service Provider Education Program, The Health Professions Education Foundation will not be having a September Cycle. The next application cycle deadline will be March 24, 2011.

The Health Professions Education Foundation is please to announce a new program: The Orange County Pediatric Specialities Physicians Loan Repayment Program (OCPSPLRP). The Foundation will be accepting applications postmark no later than April 24, 2010. Click here for more information.

The Health Professions Education Foundation is hosting Technical Assistance Conference Calls for Applicants.
To view the schedule of conference calls, please click here.

The Foundation will be adding a new September 11, 2009 application cycle for the Health Professions Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs. For more information, please view the Scholarships and Loan Repayment Programs.