Dental Therapy Education Scholarship Available for 2021-2022 School Year
The National Indian Health Board (NIHB) is pleased to offer a scholarship opportunity to support dental therapy students for the 2021-2022 academic year. NIHB invites Tribes, Tribal organizations, and health organizations to sponsor a dental therapy student by completing a scholarship application. Entities sponsoring more than one student should submit one total application.

Three $10,000 scholarships are available to enrolled or accepted dental therapy students to support tuition costs of a dental therapy education program. Support for additional costs related to the student's dental therapy education may be considered. Scholarship applications are reviewed by a committee of public health professionals. Applications are due on June 11 and recipients will be notified by June 30, 2021. This opportunity is part of NIHB's Tribal Oral Health Initiative.

For questions, contact Brett Weber, NIHB Public Health Policy and Programs Manager, at [email protected].
Eligibility: Tribes, Tribal organizations, and health organizations are eligible to sponsor a student enrolled in a dental therapy education program for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Individual students enrolled in a dental therapy program are strongly encouraged to work with a sponsoring entity to submit an application.

Funding amount: Three scholarships of $10,000 each will be awarded.

Applications are due by 11:59 PM Eastern on Friday, June 11, 2021.

Submit completed applications to Brett Weber at [email protected] and put in the subject line: "Dental Therapy Scholarship Application."
Application Overview: The scholarship application consists of four sections and can be downloaded here (Word document).

Section A: Sponsoring Tribal Entity Contact Information

Section B: Sponsoring Tribal Entity Application Questionnaire

Section C: Sponsored Student Application Questionnaire
  • For entities sponsoring more than one student, please submit a separate Section C for each student

Section D: Supporting Documents 
  • Letter of Acceptance from Dental Therapy Education Program
  • Entities sponsoring more than one student should submit a letter for each student
  • Sponsoring Tribal Entity’s W-9
  • Letter(s) of Support from Tribal official (optional)
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