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Ephraim McDowell Health is now accepting applications for a health care scholarship for the Fall 2024-Spring 2025 school year. Scholarships are available to high school seniors or college students from Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Mercer and Washington counties. The application deadline is March 15.

College students must have completed undergraduate educational requirements and be accepted into a professional health career program approved by Ephraim McDowell Health to be eligible for the scholarship.

Scholarships to high school seniors will be paid directly to the college or university and will amount to $1,000 for the first semester and renewable for the second semester if the recipient earns a 2.5 or higher grade point average for the initial semester.

For scholarship recipients who are accepted into a professional health career program, the scholarship will amount to $2,000 for the first semester, renewable for the second semester if the student maintains a 3.0 or higher grade point average for the initial semester.

The programs of study that are eligible for coverage are at the discretion of Ephraim McDowell Health and subject to change.

Ephraim McDowell Auxiliaries offering scholarships

The Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center, Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital and Ephraim McDowell James B. Haggin Auxiliaries are each offering an Auxiliary Health Care Scholarship, for the fall 2024 – spring 2025 school year. In addition to these, the Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center and Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital Auxiliaries are each offering a Teen Scholarship. The scholarships are available to high school seniors. The application deadline is March 15, 2024.

This scholarship is only for high school seniors in Boyle, Lincoln, or Mercer counties. The Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center and Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Auxiliary Health Care Scholarships are for $1,000 for the first semester and renewable for the second semester if the recipient earns a 2.5 or higher grade point average for the initial semester. The Ephraim McDowell James B. Haggin Auxiliary Health Care Scholarship is an award of $500 for one semester.

To be eligible for the $500 Teen Scholarship, high school students must be in the top 25 percent of their class, have a minimum ACT score of 21 or SAT score of 1000, and must have participated in the Auxiliary Teen Volunteer Program while in high school and have the intent to enter into an approved health care career program at a regionally accredited college or university in-state.

Additional scholarships available are the Anne Byrom Memorial Nursing Scholarship that will be awarded to a high school senior in Boyle County and the Keith & Vicki A. Darnell Scholarship that is available to a high school senior from Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Mercer or Washington counties. Both of these scholarships will be awarded to a high school senior who has been accepted into an approved health care career program at an in-state regionally accredited college or university. Both awards are $500 for one semester.

The programs of study that are eligible for coverage are at the discretion of Ephraim McDowell Health and subject to change.

Eligibility 

To be eligible for any of the above scholarships, high school students must be in the top 25 percent of their class, have a minimum ACT score of 21 or SAT score of 1000 and have the intent to enter into an approved health care career program at a regionally accredited college or university. 

To apply for these scholarships, individuals should print and complete an EMH Healthcare Scholarship Application available on-line at www.emhealth.org under the Careers section and include scholastic records and recommendations from at least two instructors and one guidance counselor/advisor. Completed applications and other documentation should be forwarded to Ephraim McDowell Health’s Volunteer Services at 217 South Third Street, Danville, by March 15.