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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Here is some information related to <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">
funding for VA careers</span>, shared by one of our awesome grads Dr. Nina Hidalgo, who works in the VA healthcare system in Portland. Please read & share!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ellen<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ellen Hawley McWhirter, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
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From: <strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Hidalgo, Nina J. (Portland)</span></strong> <<a href="mailto:Nina.Hidalgo@va.gov">Nina.Hidalgo@va.gov</a>><br>
Date: Thu, Feb 3, 2022 at 11:07 AM<br>
Subject: FW: Health Professionals Scholarship Program<br>
To: <a href="mailto:ninajamh@gmail.com">ninajamh@gmail.com</a> <<a href="mailto:ninajamh@gmail.com">ninajamh@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767171">Nina J. Hidalgo, Ph.D.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767171">Psychologist, Center for Integrative Pain Care (Formerly NW Pain)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#767171">Phone: 971-238-4313</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b> Indest, David W (Portland) <<a href="mailto:David.Indest@va.gov" target="_blank">David.Indest@va.gov</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 3, 2022 10:16 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> VISN20 BHC <<a href="mailto:VISN20MHC@MED.VA.GOV" target="_blank">VISN20MHC@MED.VA.GOV</a>>; VHAICC VISN20 Mental Health Committee <<a href="mailto:VHAICCVISN20MentalHealthCommittee@va.gov" target="_blank">VHAICCVISN20MentalHealthCommittee@va.gov</a>>;
VISN20 BH Admins <<a href="mailto:VISN20BHAdmins@va.gov" target="_blank">VISN20BHAdmins@va.gov</a>>; VHA DLO VISN 20 <<a href="mailto:VHADLOVISN20@va.gov" target="_blank">VHADLOVISN20@va.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> McPherson-Charles, Antoinette (Walla Walla) <<a href="mailto:Antoinette.McPherson-Charles@va.gov" target="_blank">Antoinette.McPherson-Charles@va.gov</a>>; VHAANC PSYCHOLOGY GROUP <<a href="mailto:VHAANCPSYCHOLOGYGROUP@va.gov" target="_blank">VHAANCPSYCHOLOGYGROUP@va.gov</a>>;
BOI Psychology <<a href="mailto:BOIPsychology@va.gov" target="_blank">BOIPsychology@va.gov</a>>; VHAPOR-MH Psychologists <<a href="mailto:VHAPOR-MHPsychologists@med.va.gov" target="_blank">VHAPOR-MHPsychologists@med.va.gov</a>>; PUG MH ALVA PSYCHOLOGY <<a href="mailto:MHALPsychology@med.va.gov" target="_blank">MHALPsychology@med.va.gov</a>>;
PUG MH SEA Psychology <<a href="mailto:PUGMHSeaPsychology@va.gov" target="_blank">PUGMHSeaPsychology@va.gov</a>>; VHAROS-Psychology <<a href="mailto:VHAROS-Psychology@va.gov" target="_blank">VHAROS-Psychology@va.gov</a>>; SPO BHS Psychologists <<a href="mailto:SPOBHSPsychologists@va.gov" target="_blank">SPOBHSPsychologists@va.gov</a>>;
WCO PSYCHOLOGY DISCIPLINE <<a href="mailto:WCOPSYCHOLOGYDISCIPLINE@VA.GOV" target="_blank">WCOPSYCHOLOGYDISCIPLINE@VA.GOV</a>>; CRH V20 TMH Psychology <<a href="mailto:CRHV20TMHPsychology@va.gov" target="_blank">CRHV20TMHPsychology@va.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Health Professionals Scholarship Program<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This is a great opportunity to recruit current students to a future VA career and has been expanded to include doctoral Psychology
students. Please share with any trainees, training directors, professors, and supervisors who can help get the word out about this amazing opportunity. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) will be offering scholarships to doctoral level psychologists for FY2022.
Current doctoral students who wish to dedicate a portion of their early career to service in VA may apply for scholarship at any year of training in exchange for that same amount of time as a VA employee. You can read more about the scholarship program here: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0070C0"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fva-ams-info.intelliworxit.com*2Fhpsp*2F&data=04*7C01*7C*7C451a5ba6fc164845ee0508d9e7414921*7Ce95f1b23abaf45ee821db7ab251ab3bf*7C0*7C0*7C637795089882732779*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C3000&sdata=6otBekaXGLqfXOuS8QOsRDmXxrCe8cqty7Kx*2FApCF1k*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!C5qS4YX3!V9NPI_S4d0DzOiVloMaZ8P2nV-zKfLSoqlBu50nTZ5XXvp8e9ST5PvvLtb_mA3XmY9g$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">https://va-ams-info.intelliworxit.com/hpsp/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The program is currently taking new applications for Summer/Fall 2022 classes.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) provides financial assistance to students receiving education or training in a direct or indirect health-care services discipline (Title
38 and Hybrid Title 38 occupations); and assists in providing an adequate supply of such personnel for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). HPSP helps the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) meet its need for qualified health care professionals for which
recruitment or retention is difficult.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In FY2022 (October 2021 – September 2022) scholarships will be offered in the following areas:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Physician Assistant (PA)<b>**</b> (See below)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Medical Technologist (MT)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Psychologist (Doctoral Degree) *** (See below)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">**</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>HPSP scholarships awarded to Physician Assistants (PA) trainees will only be awarded to
Physician Assistant (PA) trainees who have veteran status.</b> <br>
<b>*** School Psychology degrees are not eligible for this scholarship. Will accept applications starting 01/2022. </b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Eligible applicants must be enrolled in, or accepted for enrollment in, an academic program located in the United States that prepares graduates to meet the VA qualification standards for
employment in the occupations listed above.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Tuition, authorized required fees, stipend, and annual education expense payment (Award amounts are based on ratio of full-time attendance)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Upon completing their educational program and licensure/certification, participants work as permanent, full-time VA employees in the occupations for which the scholarship was awarded.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Participant service obligation: Full-time student – 2 to 3 years; Part-time student – 1 to 3 years</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The HPSP Scholarship Portal is open year-round. Applications will be evaluated, and selections made throughout the scholarship cycle. Click the “APPLY HERE” button at the top of the page
to start the application process. If you have questions, contact us at <span style="color:#7A7A7A"><a href="mailto:HPSPTeam@va.gov" target="_blank">HPSPTeam@va.gov</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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