PROGRAM OBJECTIVES:
(1) To identify American Indians and Alaska Natives with a potential for education or training in the health professions, and to encourage and assist them to enroll in health or allied health professional schools; (2) to increase the number of nurses, nurse midwives, nurse practitioners and nurse anesthetists who deliver health care services to American Indians and Alaska Natives; and (3) to place health professional residents for short-term assignments at Indian Health Service (IHS) facilities as a recruitment aid.

 ELIGIBLE FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES:
1. EDUCATION;
- Indian Education;
2. HEALTH;
- Indian Health;

 WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS PROGRAM:
- American Indian;

 WHO CAN APPLY:
- Local (includes State-designated Indian Tribes, excludes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Public non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Federally Recognized Indian Tribal Governments;
- Minority Group;
- Private non-profit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals);
- Native American Organizations (includes Indian groups, cooperatives, corporations, partnerships, associations);