Closed · HRSA-12-079 · CFDA 93.925 · Discretionary
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS)
Federal grant opportunity posted by Health Resources and Services Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- June 22, 2012
- Close date
- 246
- Expected awards
The verdict
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) is a closed discretionary listing from Health Resources and Services Administration that offered Varies by applicant across 246 expected awards. Future funding cycles may be published under the same CFDA number. PlainGrants indexes 1,731 other opportunities from Health Resources and Services Administration.
- Varies
- award range
- Closed
- application status
- 246
- expected awards
- 93.925
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) is closed (last close June 22, 2012). The parent program page for CFDA 93.925 is the reliable place to catch re-announcements. Health Resources and Services Administration still indexes 1,731 other opportunities here.
According to Grants.gov (extract vintage 2026-08-10), this record reflects the officially published listing. See methodology.
Deadline tracker
Application window closed
Closed June 22, 2012
Est. Total Funding
$45,000,000
Expected Awards
246
Instrument
Grant
Description
The Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) program promotes diversity among health profession students and practitioners by providing scholarships to full-time students with financial need from disadvantaged backgrounds, enrolled in health professions and nursing programs. Participating schools are responsible for selecting scholarship recipients, making reasonable determinations of need, and providing scholarships that do not exceed the allowable costs (i.e., tuition, reasonable educational expenses and reasonable living expenses with a cap for the total scholarship award of $15,000).
Multi-door applicant board · 2 Grants.gov types
Grants.gov prints 2 distinct applicant types for Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) (Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments); Others (see official listing text)). Filter fit against the official announcement before drafting. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Health (HL). Only 14 other Health Resources and Services Administration listings share this exact eligibility-code string (1% of 1,732).
- Code 11
- Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Code 25
- Others (see official listing text)
Codes are Grants.gov eligibility category values from the extract vintage 2026-08-10. Confirm the full eligibility statement on the official listing or the Grants.gov eligibility reference.
Official Listing on Grants.gov
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Parent Grant Program
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Agency Contact
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What to do next
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) is closed; use the parent program and agency catalog for the next funding cycle.
- Parent CFDA 93.925 may publish future NOFOs under the same assistance listing. Open program
- Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students indexes 0 Grants.gov listings in this extract. Program profile
- Health Resources and Services Administration lists 1,731 other indexed opportunities on PlainGrants. Agency catalog
Opportunity deadlines and eligibility change on Grants.gov; PlainGrants mirrors the extract and is not the submission system.
Disclaimer: This information is sourced from Grants.gov and SAM.gov and is for informational purposes only. Opportunity details, deadlines, and eligibility requirements change frequently. Always verify current information directly on Grants.gov before applying. PlainGrants is not affiliated with any federal agency.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
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| Sources | the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov |