PHP Student Scholarship Program
The PHP Scholarship Program is offered to high school seniors planning to pursue a degree in a health-related field. Our goal is to provide today’s youth opportunities for continued success as tomorrow’s healthcare professionals. The scholarship winners will be awarded scholarship finances payable to the student and the accredited post-secondary college, university or technical school.
PHP has offered academic scholarships to Indiana high school seniors pursuing careers in a health-related field with more than $180,000 awarded to students in healthcare career pursuits. Our goal is to provide today’s youth opportunities for continued success as tomorrow’s healthcare professionals.
Application Requirements
The selected winners have achieved a 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) or higher, are PHP members or have attended high school in the PHP service area, and have been accepted to an post-secondary college, university, or technical school. These winners also responded to a scholarship essay topic and were selected among their peers as the top candidates.These candidates completed a scholarship application to be considered for this award.
Scoring was based on the quality of the application and essay, including, but not limited to: Content, grammar, punctuation, spelling, research documentation and creativity. Also considered was community service including the length of commitment, quality of teamwork and leadership responsibilities in the community, and as well as academic studies, activities, awards, and honors.
PHP has concluded its 2019-2020 scholarship contest. The following students have been awarded scholarship monies for thoughtful essay responses.
Sarah Tourney is graduating from Norwell High School and plans to attend Spring Arbor University, where she will pursue Health and Exercise Sciences. She is the first place winner and will receive a one-time scholarship of $3,000.
Hannah Pedersen is graduating from Carmel High School and plans to attend Indiana University Bloomington, where she will pursue Biology. She is the second place winner and will receive a one-time scholarship of $2,000.
Rachel Vose is graduating from DeKalb High School and plans to attend Indiana University Bloomington, where she will pursue Community Health. She is the third place winner and will receive a one-time scholarship of $1,000.
