Mon Health Medical Center Foundation accepting Health Career Scholarship applications

Posted Date: 12/17/2018

The Mon Health Medical Center Foundation is accepting applications through Feb. 15 for its 2019 Health Career Scholarships.

Applications may be obtained through the Mon Health Medical Center Foundation and at monhealth.com/fdn. Each scholarship is worth $1,000 per student. Recipients will be notified in April.

The Foundation typically awards more than 30 scholarships each year to students who have chosen to go into select health care professions and meet scholastic and financial need requirements.

Scholarship Criteria

To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants must be a resident of Monongalia, Preston, Marion, Taylor, Wetzel, Harrison or Tucker counties in West Virginia, or Fayette or Green counties in Pennsylvania.

Eligible career fields are:

Biomedical Engineering
Dietitian
Emergency Medical Technician/Paramedic
Family Practice/Primary Care Physician
Health Information Technology
Medical Assistant
Medical Laboratory Technician
Medical Technologist
Nursing (associate, diploma, BSN, MSN)
Registered Nurse First Assistant
Nurse Practitioner
Pharmacy
Pharmacy Technician
Physician Assistant
Radiology Technologist
Sterile Processing Technician
Surgical and Central Supply Technology
Ultrasound Technologist

The Mon Health Medical Center Foundation created the Health Career Scholarship Program in 1991 to promote health care careers in fields with projected worker shortages in the Morgantown area. Selection is made by a sub-committee of the Board of Directors of The Foundation.

For more information, visit monhealth.com/fdn, or contact Joanna Wiley at WileyJ@monhealthsys.org or 304-598-1208.