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UMMC Adult Rehabilitation Services OTD Workforce Enhancement Scholarship

Program Overview:

1. The University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) offers a limited number of service scholarships to third year occupational therapy students in the Occupational Therapy program (hereinafter referred to as the OTD program) who wish to become occupational therapists in qualifying positions at UMMC.

Application Dates:

Applications must be submitted during the third year of the OTD program and after a formal offer from UMMC has been received for a qualifying position.

Awards are made once a formal job offer is given and accepted by student, and as funding is available.

Eligibility Requirements:

Recipients must meet the following eligibility requirements

1. Recipient must be accepted and enrolled as a third-year student in the OTD program;
2. Recipient must have received an offer of employment in a Qualifying Position and must begin no later than sixty (60) days after graduation from the OTD program.
3. Recipient must apply for and receive the Adult Rehabilitation Services OTD Workforce Enhancement Scholarship;
4. Recipient must agree to a service commitment of one year for each semester that the scholarship award is accepted and received by Recipient

Award Amount:

The UMMC Adult Rehabilitation Services OTD Workforce Enhancement Scholarship awards full tuition only for up to three (3) semesters of the third year of the OTD program.

Service Obligation:

Recipient must:

1. Be enrolled as a third-year student, at UMMC in the OTD Program;
2. Seek and obtain qualifying position within sixty (60) days of graduation;
3. Apply for, be awarded and accept the Adult Rehabilitation OTD WES;
4. Maintain full-time enrollment in the OTD program;
5. Satisfy all UMMC pre-employment qualifications, and maintain one year employment in a Qualifying Position for each semester that the scholarship award is accepted and received by recipient;
6. Complete the ninety (90) day orientation period required for the Qualifying Position, prior to beginning the commitment period;
7. Within sixty (60) days after graduation and within ten (10) days of completing orientation and then annually, thereafter,  the Recipient will provide the Office of Student Financial Services with written verification of employment in a Qualifying Position via email to acct-studentloans@umc.edu 

How to Apply:

Complete online application.  The online application must be completed each and every academic semester for which the Applicant seeks this scholarship.

• UMMC Adult Rehabilitation Services OTD Workforce Enhancement Scholarship Application Form

After the Application:

If Recipient meets the eligibility criteria, and funding is available, the Recipient will receive a link from ECSI through Recipient’s UMMC email, which will route Recipient to the contract for Recipient’s review. If Recipient chooses to accept the award, they must

1) sign the contract in ECSI, and

2) accept the award in Workday.

Scholarships will be awarded on a semester-by-semester basis.

Questions about the ECSI links and awards in Workday may be directed to the Office of Financial Aid (601-984-1117).

Contact Information:

To learn more, please contact Clinical REcruitment by calling/texting 601-213-7086, or emailing clinicalrecruitment@umc.edu  

For more information, please review the UMMC Adult Rehabilitation Services OTD Workforce Enhancement Scholarship FAQs.