Health-Care Education Scholarship Program
2010-2011
The Northern Plains Eye Foundation (NPEF) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization located in Rapid City, SD, whose mission is to enhance eye health for the people of the Northern Plains through education, research and community service. As part of its educational mission, NPEF began the "Health-Care Education Scholarship" program in 2005 for high school seniors planning to continue their education in a health-care field.
For the 2010-2011 academic year, NPEF will be awarding $1,000 Health-Care Education Scholarships to deserving high school seniors, who are pursuing full-time health-care related studies, as well as former NPEF scholarship winners continuing in full-time health-care studies. All health-care related courses of study will be considered, but preference will be given to those focusing on eye-related fields such as Ophthalmology, Optometry, Optician, or Ophthalmology/Optometry Technician.
Students must be residents of the Foundation's service area, which extends approximately 300 miles each direction from Rapid City, SD, and includes all of South Dakota, northwest Nebraska, northeast Wyoming, southeast Montana, and southwest North Dakota (see service area map by clicking on “About Us” tab).
Scholarships are awarded based on overall academic merit, extracurricular and health-care related activities, leadership, letters of recommendation, and planned health-care or eye-related course of study (see Selection Criteria, Application Procedure and Scholarship Specifications). Previous successful applicants have had a GPA of 3.8 or above.
Since the program’s inaugural year, forty-one Health-Care Education Scholarships totaling $37,000 have been awarded for post high school health-care studies.
High school student and continuing scholar application materials for 2010-2011 NPEF Health-Care Scholarships are available by clicking the appropriate link below. Health-Care Education Scholarship applications must be postmarked by March 1, 2010.
For more information, contact the Northern Plains Eye Foundation at (605) 716-6733.
