Selection is based upon financial need, career objectives within the next five to 10 years, community involvement, community background, and academic performance. Recipient commits to a one-year service obligation service practicing direct patient care in a medically underserved area (MUA) of California.
Applicant must be a minority U.S. citizen, national or permanent resident enrolled in an accredited magnetic resonance, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, radiography, or sonography program, who will finish the degree or certificate program after September 1, 2012. Minimum 3.0 GPA required.
Applicant must be an ASRT member who holds an unrestricted state license or is registered by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (or equivalent certifying body) who has applied to or is currently attending an accredited degree or certificate program to further their career in the radiation therapy field, and will not finish until after September 1, 2012.