Loan Repayment Program | Indian Health Service (IHS)
Federal program that repays qualifying health professionals’ student loans in exchange for service at IHS and tribal facilities.
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Analyst Loan Repayment Program Information Now accepting applications for the FY 2025 award year. The deadline for our monthly award cycles are the 15th of every month. The IHS Loan Repayment Program (LRP) can help dedicated health professionals like you chart a course for a long-lasting and successful health care career. The LRP funds IHS clinicians to repay their eligible health profession education loans — up to $50,000 — in exchange for an initial two-year service commitment to practice in health facilities serving American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Opportunities are based on Indian health program facilities with the greatest staffing needs in specific health profession disciplines. As an LRP participant, you are eligible to extend your contract annually until your qualified student debt is paid. Many health professionals enter this program because of the financial benefits but find the cultural and professional rewards to be so great that they spend their entire careers working in Indian health.