Health Professions Scholarship Program
What is the Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP)?
The Navy’s HPSP is a full-ride scholarship for medical students — designed to let you focus on becoming a physician without the weight of student debt.
Program Benefits:
- 100% tuition and essential supplies covered
- $2,870 monthly stipend for living expenses
- $20,000 signing bonus
- 97% match rate to first or second-choice specialty (2023)
- Access to premier training, mentorship, and real-world experience
- Post-residency specialty billets in a wide range of fields, including:
Why Choose Navy Medicine?
- Financial freedom to focus on your training
- A guaranteed path to practice your specialty
- Opportunities to serve in unique, high-impact roles
- A career defined by purpose, leadership, and clinical excellence
Requirements and qualifications
- Applicants must be a United States citizen.
- Applicants must be commissioned before their 42nd birthday.
- Must be accepted for admission to, or enrolled in an accredited institution in the U.S. or Puerto Rico and in a course of study for a designated health profession.
Service Obligation:
· Minimum obligation is four years
**To be considered, applicants must complete the Navy's official Request for Information (RFI) form linked to the job posting.