College 411 Quick Guide - Maryland Higher Education Commission
College 411 Quick Guide - Maryland Higher Education Commission
College 411 Quick Guide - Maryland Higher Education Commission
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stuDent finanCial assistanCe PrograMs aPPliCation MethoD aDDitional inforMation<br />
Howard P. Rawlings Guaranteed Access Grant n n n 1 FAFSA and 2 OSFA $15,900<br />
Howard P. Rawlings <strong>Education</strong>al Assistance Grant n n n FAFSA $3,000<br />
Part-Time Grant n n n<br />
Graduate & Professional Scholarship Program n n n n<br />
FAFSA; Contact Institution Financial Aid<br />
Office<br />
FAFSA; Contact Institution Financial Aid<br />
Office<br />
$2,000<br />
$5,000<br />
May apply as a high school senior; income limit; minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA required;<br />
complete college preparatory program; maintain satisfactory academic progress in college.<br />
Maintain satisfactory academic progress in college. Demonstrate financial need. FAFSA must<br />
be filed by March 1.<br />
<strong>College</strong> or university selects recipients. Must be a part-time, degree-seeking undergraduate<br />
student at an eligible <strong>Maryland</strong> institution. Students who are dually enrolled in a secondary<br />
school in the State and an institution of higher education may also apply.<br />
Must enroll in a graduate program for dentistry, law, medicine, social work, veterinary<br />
medicine, nursing or pharmacy. Contact Institution Financial Aid Office for application<br />
procedures.<br />
Senatorial n n n n n FAFSA/ Contact Senator Varies SAT/ACT required for some applicants; Senator selects recipients.<br />
Delegate n n n n n Contact Delegate Varies Delegate selects recipients.<br />
Charles W. Riley Fire & Emergency Medical Services<br />
Tuition Reimbursement Program<br />
n n n n OSFA $6,776 n<br />
Janet L. Hoffman Loan Assistance Repayment Program OSFA $10,000 n<br />
John R. Justice Student Loan Repayment Program OSFA $10,000 n<br />
Loan Assistance Repayment Program - Dentists OSFA Varies n<br />
<strong>Maryland</strong> Loan Assistance Repayment Program<br />
Physicians/Medical Residents<br />
Nurse Support Program II Graduate Nursing Faculty<br />
Scholarship and Living Expenses Grant<br />
OSFA $30,000 n<br />
n n n OSFA $13,000 n<br />
Workforce Shortage Student Assistance Grant n n n n FAFSA and OSFA $4,000 n<br />
Jack F. Tolbert Memorial Student Grant n n n FAFSA $500 Contact school financial aid office.<br />
Edward T. Conroy Memorial Scholarship n n n n n Contact Institution Financial Aid Office $9,692<br />
Veterans of the Afghanistan and Iraq Conflicts<br />
Scholarship<br />
1 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) 2 OSFA (Office of Student Financial Assistance)<br />
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n n n FAFSA and OSFA $10,280<br />
serViCe<br />
reQuireMent<br />
Reimbursement is made one year after completion of courses in fire service technology or EMT<br />
degree program. Only currently employed firefighters and EMT workers in <strong>Maryland</strong> may apply.<br />
Provides assistance for repayment of loan debt to select individuals working full-time in nonprofit<br />
organizations and State or local government in <strong>Maryland</strong>.<br />
Any person employed in <strong>Maryland</strong> as a full-time federal or state public defender or as a state<br />
or municipal prosecutor (federal prosecutors are not eligible), handling any phase of juvenile or<br />
adult criminal prosecution or defense.<br />
Provides assistance for repayment of loan debt to dentists working with under-served<br />
populations in <strong>Maryland</strong>.<br />
Provides assistance for repayment of loan debt to physicians and medical residents specializing<br />
in primary care in under-served areas in <strong>Maryland</strong>.<br />
Up to an additional $25,000 living expenses grant based on need to complete the graduate<br />
education necessary to become a qualified nursing faculty at a <strong>Maryland</strong> higher education<br />
institution.<br />
Grants for critical workforce shortage areas throughout the State of <strong>Maryland</strong>. For a complete<br />
list of shortage areas, go to our website at www.MDgo4it.org.<br />
Provides assistance to 100% disabled public service employees; children & spouses of<br />
deceased and 100% disabled public safety employees; POW’s, children of POW’s; children or<br />
spouses of deceased or 100% disabled military; certain 25% disabled military; and spouses<br />
and children of victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.<br />
Veterans who served in the Afghanistan or Iraq Conflicts, and their spouses, sons, or daughters.<br />
Must be full-time or part-time, degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled in an eligible<br />
accredited <strong>Maryland</strong> postsecondary institution. FAFSA and application due by March 1.
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