Healthcare Career Opportunities Program (HCOP) Scholarship

The Healthcare Career Opportunities Program (HCOP) is a project supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $2,893,722. (The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information, please visit HRSA.gov).

Carroll University’s National Academy HCOP Program is designed to help students to and through Allied Health and Physician Assistant Programs. Once part of the program, ambassadors receive personal, professional, and academic support.

Amount of Scholarship

The recipients of the National HCOP Academy will receive a scholarship increasing in value each year. Recipients are awarded $5,000 for their first year, with an increase of $1,000 per year, provided the recipient maintains full participation in HCOP activities and progression standards within their academic program. 

Conditions of Eligibility

All scholarship recipients must meet the following criteria:

• Be accepted to Carroll University as a full-time student for fall 2020.
• Intend to major in one of the following programs
  • Pre-Athletic Training
  • Pre-Clinical Exercise Physiology
  • Pre-Occupational Therapy
  • Pre-Physical Therapy
  • Pre-Physician Assistant
  • Radiologic Technology
  • Diagnostic Medical Sonography
  • Public Health
• Make adequate academic progress in the major courses, and maintain and demonstrate academic ability or potential as described by Carroll University’s academic admission and progression requirements for allied health undergraduate programs and graduate programs.
• Come from an economically, educationally, or disadvantaged background.
  • Individuals are considered to be from an economically disadvantaged background if they come from a family with an annual income below a level based on low-income thresholds, according to family size established by the U.S. Census Bureau.
  • Individuals are considered to be educationally disadvantaged if they come from an environment that has inhibited them from obtaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to enroll in and graduate from a health professions school, or from a program providing education or training in allied health professions.
• Possess one of the following statuses: US Citizen, US National, alien admitted as a refugee under section 207 or the Immigration and Nationality Act, or aliens lawfully admitted to the US for permanent residency. 

Conditions of Competition

• Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
• The application must be fully completed, including thoroughly answered essay questions.
• Finalists will be selected by the HCOP committee and are required to attend the Scholar Day luncheon on Saturday, February 29, 2020 to be considered for the scholarship.
• The final 12 scholarship recipients will be selected by the HCOP committee after careful review of credentials and will be notified of their status in March 2020.

Scholarship Opportunities and Benefits

As a recipient of this award, you will have the following opportunities available to you:

• Personal and Professional Development
  • Financial aid sessions each semester to understand debt and to be informed on scholarship opportunities
  • Mentorship opportunities: Pioneer Bridge program
  • Volunteer opportunities in underserved communities
  • Participate in medically underserved community and primary care experiences
• Academic Support
  • Individual support sessions, including guidance of your personal study plans
  • Participate in individual meetings each semester to keep your plan on track and to prepare for graduate school
  • Participate in primary care and mental health research experiences

Please contact the HCOP Grant Office at cuhcop@carrollu.edu with questions regarding the HCOP scholarship.