PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
The purpose of the Extramural Clinical Research Loan Repayment Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds is to encourage the recruitment and retention of qualified health professionals from disadvantaged backgrounds to conduct clinical research. Clinical research consists of patient-oriented clinical research conducted with human subjects, or research on the causes and consequences of disease in human populations involving material of human origin (such as tissue specimens and cognitive phenomena) for which the investigator or colleague directly interacts with human subjects in an outpatient or inpatient setting to clarify a problem in human physiology, pathophysiology or disease, or epidemiologic or behavioral studies, outcomes research or health services research, or developing new technologies, therapeutic interventions, or clinical trials.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. EDUCATION;
- Dental Education and Training;
- Health Education and Training;
- Medical Education and Training;
- Nuclear Education and Training;
- Nursing Education;
- Resource Development and Support - Student Financial Aid;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans);

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans);