Kansas Osteopathic Medical Service Scholarship

TCOM. Designed to encourage primary care physicians to establish practices in rural areas of Kansas. Recipients receive $15,000 per year for up to four years of study at nationally accredited osteopathic schools. Preference goes to first year students. Recipients return one year of practice for each year of assistance. Applicants must complete a program application and the designated financial aid application. Be a Kansas resident; be committed to providing primary medical care in an underserved area in Kansas; demonstrate financial eligibility as measured by the federal formula. Application download on website. Primary Care Medicine includes: general internal medicine, pediatrics, family medicine, family practice, obstetrics and gynecology, geriatric medicine or emergency medicine. Underserved areas are designated as any Kansas county except Douglas, Johnson, Sedgwick, Shawnee and Wyandotte. Deadline is approximately early May each year.