Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program

Eligibility

• Be a permanent resident of Mississippi.
• Demonstrate a strong interest in rural medicine and future primary care practice in Mississippi.
• Undergraduate applicants must meet the MRPSP undergraduate academic and prerequisite-course requirements.
• Undergraduate applicants generally apply after completing the sophomore year of college or while completing the required prerequisite coursework.
• Medical-school scholarship applicants must be admitted to or attending a medical or osteopathic school in Mississippi.
• Medical-school scholars must complete an approved primary care residency.
• Medical-school scholars must agree to practice in an approved rural Mississippi community for a period equal to the number of years scholarship funding is received.
• Meet all additional requirements established for the applicable MRPSP program phase.

Requirements

• Complete the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program online scholarship application.
• Provide personal, residency, educational, and medical school information.
• Provide ACT, MCAT, BCPM GPA, and overall GPA information as applicable.
• Identify preferred primary care specialties.
• Identify Mississippi communities of 15,000 or fewer residents where you may wish to practice rural clinical medicine.
• Complete the required personal insight responses addressing rural medicine, professional goals, strengths, challenges, and related experiences.
• Acknowledge and agree to the program's residency training and rural Mississippi service requirements.

How to Apply

1. 1Determine whether you are applying through the undergraduate phase or medical education phase.
2. 2Undergraduate applicants should complete the MRPSP undergraduate application after fall grades are posted and submit required college transcripts, experience information, and the rural-medicine essay by the undergraduate deadline.
3. 3Medical-school applicants should complete the MRPSP medical education scholarship application and provide the requested academic, medical school, career, and rural-community information.
4. 4Complete all required essays or personal insight responses.
5. 5Provide documentation and supporting information required for the applicable program phase.
6. 6Review the primary care residency and rural Mississippi service obligation carefully before accepting scholarship funding.