Scholarship Opportunity – See Attached Document

 

NATIONAL HISPANIC HEALTH PROFESSIONAL STUDENT

 

2012 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION

 

 

Application Deadline:  Friday, September 28 for CA and Friday, October 19 for NY.  Awards will be announced via e-mail one month prior to the Dinner Events.

 

·         Applications must be received either via mail, fax, or e-mail by close of business on due date.  Note:  We recommend and prefer that your application be mailed with a return-receipt requested, in order to verify its submission. We also encourage all completed applications to be mailed in ONE envelope or e-mailed in ONE PDF.

 

·         Applicants must be enrolled full-time and seeking a graduate degree at a medical, dental, nursing, public health, pharmacy or policy schools (not programs) or enrolled full-time and seeking an undergraduate degree in nursing (BSN) located in California for the Los Angeles Gala or in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, or Connecticut for the New York City Gala.

 

·         Applicants are not required to be Hispanic; an affinity for the health of Hispanic communities and an interest in participating in NHHF Scholars Alumni activities is needed.

 

·         Past applicants not awarded may re-apply; past recipients of funding may not.

 

·         Applications may be downloaded at www.nhmafoundation.org

 

·         Personal statement or essay, including career goals (double-spaced, two-page maximum) ·         Current curriculum vitae (education, employment and extracurricular activities) ·         Letter of recommendation (one letter only) ·         Unofficial copy of school transcripts for the CURRENT 2012-2013 school year. o    NOTE: if it is your first year and you do not have a current transcript of upcoming classes, you need to provide an enrollment verification from your university to show you are accepted into Medical, Dental, Public Health, Policy, Pharmacy, or Nursing schools

MAILING ADDRESS: NHHF Scholarship 2012 c/o National Hispanic Medical Association 1920 L Street, N.W., Suite 725 Washington, DC 20036

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For scholarship inquiries or information, contact Nathalie Manzano, Executive Director, NHHF at [log in to unmask] or (212) 419-3686.