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AHEC Scholars

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No longer accepting applications for the 2025-2027 cohort.


Interested in providing care to rural and medically underserved communities?

Interested in learning how to effectively deliver team-based health care?

Interested in experiencing unique programs and services for rural and underserved communities?

If your responses are yes,
AHEC Scholars may be designed just for you.

The AHEC Scholars program is designed to give health professions students a deeper understanding of rural and urban healthcare, caring for underserved populations, and the importance of practice transformation in a clinical care setting. Timing of the team-based community experiences will be dependent upon the selected cohort’s availability.


Eligibility: Students in the final two years of an accredited health professions program, including two-year degree programs, are eligible to apply to be an AHEC Scholar.

Eligible programs include (not an exhaustive list) medicine, nursing, physician assistant, public health, social work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, dental, dental hygiene and other allied health programs.

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Student Point of View

"AHEC has opened my eyes to the importance of community involvement and has allowed me to seek out organizations that benefit underserved communities that I will inevitably encounter." –Kathryn Williams, Physical Therapy Student, University of Evansville

Application deadline: Currently not accepting applications

Duration: Two academic years

Didactic Content: 40 hours of online and asynchronous education

Experiential Learning: 40 hours of community-based experiences with team members

Stipend: $1,800 stipend to participants meeting requirements both years ($800 in Year 1 / $1,000 in Year 2)

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What is AHEC Scholars?

Indiana AHEC Scholars is a two-year program designed to improve a health professions student’s practice readiness skillset.

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