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 and high school students pursuing or planning to pursue healthcare careers.

POST-SECONDARY SCHOLARSHIPS

If you currently live, work, or have previously graduated from 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 must 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 24-25 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 $7,500 (1st place) and $5,000 (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 $5,000 (1st place) and 5 in the amount of $3,000 (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 $15,000.
• 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 $15,000.
• 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 $10,000 each.

HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPS

• Each eligible high school (see page 5 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 $3,300, Second Place $1,650.

The application period for FY 24-25 is now closed.