Health Services Scholarship Program (HSSP)
Wisconsin Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB)
$30,000 a year for dental/medical/psychiatry students and $25,000 a year for PA and NP students who commit to practice in a Wisconsin Health Shortage Area.
- How much
- $30,000 per year (dentist, primary care physician, psychiatrist); $25,000 per year (PA, NP)
- Who qualifies
- Wisconsin resident; 2nd year or later of the program; commit to 18 months of practice in a Wisconsin Health Shortage Area per annual award; converts to a loan if not fulfilled.
- For grad students
- For dentistry, medicine (primary care), psychiatry students
- When to apply
- Apply any time Annual; awarded by postmark date (first come, first served). No fixed deadline published.
- How to apply
- Download HEAB's HSSP application and self-certification forms, complete them (e-signature accepted) and mail them
- Awards go in order of postmark date
- Reapply each academic year
- What you'll need
- state application
- Last checked
- October 5, 2026, against the official page (heab.wi.gov)
The details
Created by 2019 Wisconsin Act 9 (s. 39.465). For Wisconsin residents in their 2nd year or later of dental, medical or psychiatry school (to become a dentist, primary care physician or psychiatrist) or of a physician assistant or nurse practitioner graduate program, who intend to practice in a Wisconsin Health Shortage Area. $30,000 per academic year for dentists, primary care physicians and psychiatrists; $25,000 for PAs and NPs; up to four years; reapply each year. Awarded by U.S. postmark date of the application. Recipients agree to practice in a Health Shortage Area for 18 months per annual scholarship; otherwise the scholarship converts to a loan and must be repaid.
More money from Wisconsin
- Contract for Dental Education$8,753 tuition subsidy per year
- Wisconsin Grant - Private Non-Profit (WG-PNP)up to $4,850 per year (2026-27, full-time)
- Wisconsin Grant - University of Wisconsin (WG-UW)up to $3,700 per year (2026-27, full-time)
- Wisconsin Grant - Tribal Colleges (WG-TR)up to $2,450 per year (2026-27, full-time)
- Academic Excellence Scholarship (AES)$2,250 per year toward tuition
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