Funded through the Bureau of Health Workforce under the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act and administered locally by Papa Ola Lōkahi, this program covers tuition, required fees, other reasonable educational costs, and a monthly stipend for Native Hawaiians enrolled or accepted full-time into an eligible health or allied-health degree program -- associate through doctoral level, in fields from nursing to medicine to social work. In exchange, recipients commit to two to four years of full-time primary-care service in a medically underserved Hawai'i community. Over 350 scholarships have been awarded since the program began in 1991.
Eligibility
Fields of studyNursing · Medicine · Dentistry · Dental Hygiene · Physician Assistant Studies · Social Work · Psychology · Nutrition/Dietetics
DemographicsMust be Native Hawaiian and enrolled or accepted full-time in an eligible health or allied-health degree program, associate through doctoral level.
Applying
Covers tuition, required fees, other educational costs, and a monthly stipend; recipients commit to 2-4 years of full-time primary-care service in a medically underserved Hawai'i community.