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Scholarship Opportunities

Listed below are scholarship opportunities that may be available for PA students. Click on the links below to find out further information about each opportunity. If you have additional scholarship and loan repayment opportunities that you would like to share, please e-mail us at [email protected].

Program Scholarships

Henry Silver Scholarship

The Henry Silver Scholarship is named in honor of the founder of our program. The scholarship is open to all and provides up to $3,500 awarded annually to incoming students to contribute to the learning environment of the program. Special consideration will be given to those students who describe being from an economically disadvantaged background, or students showing an outstanding commitment to community service or helping indigent communities.

CU Medicine Primary Care Scholarship

This scholarship awards approximately $15,000 to first year students with an interest in serving in Primary Care (outpatient Internal Medicine, Family Medicine, or General Pediatrics) following graduation.

Rural Scholarships

National Western Stock Show Scholarship

The National Western Stock Show Foundation Scholarship was established to encourage new CHA/PA graduates to settle in rural areas of Colorado or Wyoming. It provides an annual award to one CHA/PA Rural Track student. Preference shall be given to those applicants from rural communities in Colorado and Wyoming and/or to applicants who have participated in the National Western Stock Show. The recipient must complete a minimum of two years of post-graduate work in a rural area of Colorado and Wyoming.

Colorado Rural Healthcare Workforce Initiative (CORHWI)

The Colorado Rural Healthcare Workforce Initiative (CORHWI) was approved by the Colorado Legislature in 2022 as SB22-172 to increase the number of healthcare professional graduates who enter and remain in Colorado’s underserved rural and frontier counties for the long term. The scholarships are granted annually. The amount and number of scholarships varies annually as the amount provided to each institution from the Colorado Legislature varies annually. The recipient must complete a minimum of two years of post-graduate work in rural areas of Colorado within a maximum of five years after graduation. The recipient must be accepted into and complete the CHA/PA program within the Rural Track.

Co Bank Scholarship

This scholarship awards up to $15,000 to first year students with an interest in pursuing rural healthcare. All students are welcome to apply; preference will be given to students from rural communities.

Frank & Margaret McGlone Scholarship

Established in memory of Frank B. McGlone MD, founder of the Medical Care and Research Foundation and his wife Margaret O’Meara McGlone, this scholarship awards a one-time award of approximately $5,000. All students are welcome to apply; preference will be given to applicants who express an intention to serve older adults and aging populations, in rural communities and/or in hospice, and to applicants who wish to practice in Colorado.

Other Opportunities

CHA/PA Leadership & Advocacy Travel Reimbursement

The Leadership & Advocacy Travel Reimbursement is awarded to first year PA students with a demonstrated commitment to advocacy, leadership, and service within the PA profession. Students who apply and are selected for this opportunity will be reimbursed up to $1,500 for travel to the spring PAEA advocacy conference in Washington, D.C.