HEALTH CAREER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
The District supports healthcare education and training for the benefit of future generations. Each year, a portion of the District’s grants and sponsorships overall budget is allocated to local post-secondary students and trainees, and graduating high school seniors pursuing healthcare careers.
The scholarship application period for FY 25-26 is December 1, 2025 through February 6, 2026.
POST-SECONDARY SCHOLARSHIPS If you currently live, work, or previously graduated from a high school within the District boundaries (see District map here), you may be eligible to apply for one of our post-secondary scholarships. Post-secondary applicants may only apply for one scholarship in a given year and can only be awarded that scholarship once. Please read our full policy here to learn more: FY 25-26 Scholarships Policy.
- Richard J. Bea Community Service Scholarship: Grossmont Healthcare District awards TWO non-renewable scholarships to Registered Nursing (RN) candidates based on their community involvement in the amount of $8,000 (1st place) and $5,250 (2nd place).
- Health Tech Scholarship: The District awards TEN scholarships to students who are currently enrolled in a healthcare-related technical program or who have graduated from a healthcare-related technical program within the past 6 months (as a form of tuition reimbursement), 5 in the amount of $5,250 (1st place) and 5 in the amount of $3,250 (2nd place).
- Behavioral Health Scholarship: The District awards FIVE behavioral health students pursuing higher education in a post-baccalaureate program (including MSW, MA, MS, PsyD, PhD, PMHNP) in the amount of $15,750.
- Advanced Practice Clinician Scholarship: The District awards FIVE scholarships to Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) students looking to advance to a higher level of clinical practice in the amount of $15,7500.
- Certified/Clinical Nurse Scholarship: The District awards TWO scholarships to students in an accredited graduate or postgraduate degree program to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Nurse Midwife, or Clinical Nurse Specialist, in the amount of $10,500 each.
HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS
Each eligible high school (see page 6 of the Scholarship Policy) selects two seniors who plan to pursue healthcare careers at the college level or an accredited health occupations training program First Place $3,500, Second Place $1,750.
CHARITABLE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
The Grossmont Healthcare District has awarded more than $36M in grants, sponsorships, and scholarships since the Community Grants Program began in 1996. Those public monies have benefited community-based service providers, educational institutions, and the Grossmont Hospital (operated by Sharp HealthCare). The sole source of funding the District receives is through property tax dollars from district residents in East San Diego County. As such, District grants and sponsorships are a reinvestment of those tax dollars back into the community.
The FY25-26 community grants application is now closed, and will reopen on July 1, 2026. However, requests for District sponsorship of fundraising and one-time programs or events may be submitted year-round through the Submittable portal, until such time that the annual budget has been committed.
The FY25-26 Grants and Sponsorships Policy document provides a detailed overview of organization and program requirements, funding priorities, the application process, the scoring and review process, and post-award procedures. Once logged into Submittable, you may review the application in its entirety before beginning the application process. The program will automatically save your work, so that you may revisit a draft in progress at any time. Once submitted, you will be able to check back on the status of your application as it moves through the process of staff review, committee recommendation, and Board vote.
Richard J. Bea Community Service Scholarship: Grossmont Healthcare District awards TWO scholarships to Registered Nursing (RN) candidates with a demonstrated commitment to community service in the amount of $8,000 (1st place) and $5,250 (2nd place).
Please review the Grossmont Healthcare District's FY25-26 Scholarships Policy in its entirety before submitting your request.
You will be able to scroll through the application in its entirety before you begin completing the application, so please review in advance, for familiarity with the requirements. Drafts of your submission will be automatically saved until you provide a digital signature and click "Submit," so you may return to your application in progress at any time.
Health Tech Scholarship: Grossmont Healthcare District awards TEN scholarships to students who are currently enrolled in a healthcare-related technical program or who have graduated from a healthcare-related technical program within the past 6 months (as a form of tuition reimbursement), 5 in the amount of $5,250 (1st place) and 5 in the amount of $3,250 (2nd place).
Please review the Grossmont Healthcare District's FY25-26 Scholarships Policy in its entirety before submitting your request.
You will be able to scroll through the application in its entirety before you begin completing the application, so please review in advance, for familiarity with the requirements. Drafts of your submission will be automatically saved until you provide a digital signature and click "Submit," so you may return to your application in progress at any time.
Behavioral Health Scholarship: Grossmont Healthcare District awards FIVE scholarships to behavioral health students pursuing higher education in a post-baccalaureate program (including MSW, MA, MS, PsyD, PhD, PMHNP), in the amount of $15,750.
Please review the Grossmont Healthcare District's FY25-26 Scholarships Policy in its entirety before submitting your request.
You will be able to scroll through the application in its entirety before you begin completing the application, so please review in advance, for familiarity with the requirements. Drafts of your submission will be automatically saved until you provide a digital signature and click "Submit," so you may return to your application in progress at any time.
Advanced Practice Clinician Scholarship: The Grossmont Healthcare District will award FIVE scholarships to Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) students who are looking to advance to a higher level of clinical practice, in the amount of $15,750.
Please review the Grossmont Healthcare District's FY25-26 Scholarships Policy in its entirety before submitting your request.
You will be able to scroll through the application in its entirety before you begin completing the application, so please review in advance, for familiarity with the requirements. Drafts of your submission will be automatically saved until you provide a digital signature and click "Submit," so you may return to your application in progress at any time.
Certified/Clinical Nurse Scholarship: Grossmont Healthcare District awards TWO scholarships to students in an accredited graduate or postgraduate degree program to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, Certified Nurse Midwife, or Clinical Nurse Specialist, in the amount of $10,500 each.
Please review the Grossmont Healthcare District's FY25-26 Scholarships Policy in its entirety before submitting your request.
You will be able to scroll through the application in its entirety before you begin completing the application, so please review in advance, for familiarity with the requirements. Drafts of your submission will be automatically saved until you provide a digital signature and click "Submit," so you may return to your application in progress at any time.
The criteria for this scholarship and how students receive their funds can be found here on our website and within our FY25-26 Scholarship Policy.
It is highly recommended that each high school have only one representative create a Submittable account in order to alleviate any submission errors.
**The Submittable portal is not for high school public distribution and is strictly for the use of the high school representative only.**
Per our FY25-26 Scholarship Policy:
- The selected students shall be chosen from current fiscal year graduates residing within the Grossmont Healthcare District
- Each school may select two students (a “primary” recipient and a “secondary” recipient). The chosen students shall be selected from among their peers whom are also planning to pursue healthcare careers in a university, college, or occupational training setting. The school counselor may accept at face value the student’s assertion that they intend to pursue a healthcare career. The term “healthcare career” shall be broadly interpreted to include not only the healing arts but also those non-traditional careers recognized by the State of California for which citizens may legally seek assistance for illness, injury, or disease.
- The selected students shall have earned, as of the completion of the first semester of their senior year, no less than a 3.0 cumulative grade point average based on a scale of 4.0 as grade “A”.
- Economic need is not a criterion for the award. However, the school counselor may, at his/her sole discretion, use “economic disadvantage” as a “tiebreaker.” The school counselor may also use it as a “tiebreaker” consideration for those students not receiving an award Scholarships Policy FY 2025-26 Page 3 Grossmont Healthcare District from any other scholarship program.
- Student selections shall be considered according to applicable Equal Employment Opportunity and Non-Discrimination laws. All eligible students shall be fairly considered.
- The school shall agree to make the availability of these scholarships known to all eligible students.
- Students must provide the Grossmont Healthcare District with contact information and agree to be surveyed about their educational or professional status during the first year after graduation. The information will be used to determine the effectiveness of the scholarship program.
The deadline to submit selected scholarship recipients is Friday, February 6, 2026. All awardees will attend an award ceremony in the Spring of 2026, TBD. High School Counselors will be notified of the exact date/time as we get closer. High School Counselors are responsible for informing their two students of their scholarship win.
The Grossmont Healthcare District will consider requests to sponsor charitable events that benefit nonprofit organizations providing health-related services within district boundaries.
Sponsorship requests require the completion of an application for Board review and consideration, and may be made simultaneously or separately from a grant application. Please review the Grossmont Healthcare District's FY25-26 Community Grants & Sponsorships Policy in its entirety before submitting your request.
You will be able to scroll through the application in its entirety before you begin completing the application, so please review in advance, for familiarity with the requirements. Drafts of your submission will be automatically saved until you provide a digital signature and click "Submit," so you may return to your application in progress at any time.
Sponsorship requests may be submitted at any time during the fiscal year, but requests will only be considered by the Board of Directors provided budgeted funds remain available. An explanation of the Board's grants review schedule is available in Appendix B (page 12) of the policy; sponsorship requests follow the same review schedule.
The Grossmont Healthcare District will consider requests to sponsor programs and events that benefit the health and well-being of district residents (e.g., conferences, workshops).
Sponsorship requests require the completion of an application for Board review and consideration, and may be made simultaneously or separately from a grant application. Please review the Grossmont Healthcare District's FY25-26 Community Grants & Sponsorships Policy in its entirety before submitting your request.
You will be able to scroll through the application in its entirety before you begin completing the application, so please review in advance, for familiarity with the requirements. Drafts of your submission will be automatically saved until you provide a digital signature and click "Submit," so you may return to your application in progress at any time.
Sponsorship requests may be submitted at any time during the fiscal year, but requests will only be considered by the Board of Directors provided budgeted funds remain available. An explanation of the Board's grants review schedule is available in Appendix B (page 12) of the policy; sponsorship requests follow the same review schedule.