Based on available funding, MRPSP applicants who have been admitted to or currently attending medical or osteopathic school will be considered for scholarships valued up to $30,000 per year. Strong preference is given to students attending the University of Mississippi's School of Medicine. Scholarship recipients will be selected from current medical students and college seniors who have been admitted to medical school prior to the April 1 application deadline.
Download the 2009 MS Rural Physicians Scholarship application here.
2008 MRPSP Inaugural Class
Sitting: Brent Smith of Cleveland, Chelsea Steele of Fulton, Jessica Lavender of Carthage,
John Russell McPherson of Inverness
Standing: Samuel Holdiness of Kosciusko, Laura Jackson of Hazlehurst, Janie Guice, MRPSP Executive Director, Dr. Dan Jones, UMMC Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean, School of Medicine, Jenna Jones of Brandon, Jane Beebe Jones of Isola, Sharkeshia Braddy of Waynesboro
Not pictured: Amanda Smith of Laurel
On July 28, 2009 seventeen UMMC School of Medicine students were awarded state funded scholarships valued at $30,000 for 2009-2010. Each of these students embrace their small town values and culture, sharing a common passion for making a difference through missionary zeal or maverick determination. The challenge of fully funding renewable scholarships for fifteen slots each year remains.
Mississippi House of Representatives Appropriations Chairman Johnny Stringer presents Anna Hailey Sharp her $30,000 scholarship for the 2009-2010 year at UMMC.
Benefits
- $30,000 per year scholarship
- Continuous academic support including "Step Prep Saturdays"
- Professional mentoring by rural primary care practitioners
- Faculty mentor
- Summer rural health care field experiences tailored to the recipient's interests, locale, and availability
- "Gab and Grub" sessions with fellow MRPSP scholars
Service Obligation
Upon completion of residency training in Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Medicine-Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology or general Internal Medicine, the MRPSP Scholar must establish a clinic based practice in a rural community of less than 20,000 that is within 15 miles of a federally designated HPSA (Health Professional Shortage Area) or in a medically under served area (MUA) pre-approved by the MRPSP Board of Directors. One year of continuous service is required for each year the Scholar receives financial compensation. Service must begin within 90 days of the completion of residency training.
Default Penalty
Breach of the agreement at any stage of training (medical school or residency training) shall invoke the repayment of all scholarship funds plus additional default penalties. Failure to complete residency training in primary care or practice medicine in a prescribed community immediately places the Scholar in default and subject to repayment as described above.