Closed · HRSA-09-127 · CFDA 93.925 · Discretionary
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
Federal grant opportunity posted by Health Resources and Services Administration, cataloged on Grants.gov.
- Varies
- Award range
- Closed
- Status
- December 15, 2008
- Close date
- 450
- Expected awards
The verdict
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students is a closed discretionary listing from Health Resources and Services Administration that offered Varies by applicant across 450 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
- 450
- expected awards
- 93.925
- CFDA program
Archived opportunity record
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students is closed (last close December 15, 2008). 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 December 15, 2008
Est. Total Funding
$9,733,000
Expected Awards
450
Instrument
Grant
Description
The scholarships for Disadvantaged Students Program was established by the Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Act of 1990, Public Law 101-527, Section 737 of the Public Health (PHS) Act. The purpose of this program is to provide financial assistance to disadvantaged health professions and nursing students. Institutions apply for SDS funds from the Department of Health and Human Services and are responsible for both selecting eligible recipients and determining their financial need. At least sixteen percent of total allocations go to schools that will direct SDS awards to nursing students. SDS funds awarded to schools must be used to award full or partial scholarship to eligible students enrolled in health professions programs on a full time basis. Schools must give preference to students for whom the cost of attendance would constitute a severe financial hardship, and to former scholarship recipients of the Exceptional Financial Need (EFN) and the Financial Assistance for Disadvantaged Health Professions Students (FADHPS) Program. The amound may not exceed a recipient's cost of tuition expenses, other reasonable educational expenses and reasonable living incurred in the attendance at such school.
Catch-all / unrestricted eligibility mark · HRSA-09-127
Grants.gov marks Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students with a catch-all / unrestricted eligibility code (Others (see official listing text)). Read the official announcement text for the real applicant filter — the code alone is not a door list. The extract does not mark applicant cost-sharing as required. Instrument: Grant. Funding-activity code maps to Health (HL). This eligibility-code string dominates the Health Resources and Services Administration book (1,128 peers, 65% of 1,732).
- 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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Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students
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What to do next
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students 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.
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| Sources | the SAM.gov Assistance Listings and Grants.gov |