National Health Service Corps (93.547)
National Health Service Corps (Assistance Listing 93.547) is run by the Health Resources and Services Administration, part of the Department of Health and Human Services. It awarded $35.2 million in 46 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $765,452 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $689,837. Half of the 46 awards fell between $630,742 and $820,993, and they ranged from $163,496 to $2.2 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$35.2 million
- Grant awards46
- Typical award$689,837
- Awarded in FY 2025$8.4 million
- Size rank1137 of 1824
Key findings
- Annual funding fell from $9.0 million in fiscal 2021 to $8.4 million in fiscal 2025.
- It is the 1137th largest of 1,824 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 56% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 46 states and territories.
What the program funds
The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) assists Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) in every State, Territory, and Possession of the United States to meet their primary care medical, oral, and mental and behavioral health service needs by increasing the supply of clinicians through the following programs: National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (LRP) and the Students to Service (S2S) Loan Repayment Program). In 2018, NHSC expanded to improve access to quality opioid and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment in rural and underserved areas nationwide through the NHSC Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Workforce Loan Repayment Program and Rural Community (RC) Loan Repayment Program. The NHSC Loan Repayment Program offers fully trained primary care clinicians the opportunity to receive financial assistance to repay their qualifying educational loans in exchange for service in a HPSA. The NHSC SUD Loan Repayment Program offers fully trained and licensed SUD providers the opportunity to receive financial assistance to repay their qualifying educational loans in exchange for service in a NHSC SUD treatment facility within a HPSA. The Rural Community (RC) Loan Repayment Program offers fully trained and licensed SUD providers the opportunity to receive financial assistance to repay their qualifying educational loans in exchange for service in a NHSC Rural SUD treatment facility within a HPSA. The Students to Service (S2S) Loan Repayment Program provides financial assistance to repay qualifying educational loans to medical students in their last year of school in exchange for service in a HPSA.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, National Health Service Corps (93.547) awarded$35.2 million across 46 grant awards, an average of $765,452 per award.
Who usually wins
State and local governments received 0.5% of the money.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 45 | $35.0 million | 99% |
| State and local governments | 1 | $181,931 | 0.5% |
By state
7 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 1 | $2.2 million |
| New York | 1 | $1.6 million |
| Florida | 1 | $1.2 million |
| Michigan | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Illinois | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | $1.1 million |
| Massachusetts | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Texas | 1 | $921,225 |
| Ohio | 1 | $907,229 |
| Virginia | 1 | $862,538 |
| Georgia | 1 | $839,658 |
| Minnesota | 1 | $824,711 |
| Colorado | 1 | $809,840 |
| Missouri | 1 | $796,042 |
| Indiana | 1 | $786,414 |
| Arizona | 1 | $785,457 |
| Oregon | 1 | $766,561 |
| Tennessee | 1 | $758,565 |
| Connecticut | 1 | $747,348 |
| Kentucky | 1 | $733,138 |
| Kansas | 1 | $712,656 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | $709,900 |
| North Carolina | 1 | $696,525 |
| Nevada | 1 | $683,150 |
| Maine | 1 | $675,009 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | $669,334 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | $660,409 |
| Nebraska | 1 | $659,380 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | $652,585 |
| New Mexico | 1 | $646,715 |
| Alabama | 1 | $643,125 |
| Montana | 1 | $637,232 |
| Delaware | 1 | $634,408 |
| Vermont | 1 | $633,949 |
| North Dakota | 1 | $629,673 |
| South Dakota | 1 | $624,261 |
| Alaska | 1 | $613,396 |
| Wyoming | 1 | $611,003 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 | $601,814 |
| New Jersey | 1 | $560,966 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | $544,544 |
| Washington | 1 | $541,757 |
| Arkansas | 1 | $508,555 |
| Idaho | 1 | $493,174 |
| South Carolina | 1 | $181,931 |
| West Virginia | 1 | $163,496 |