Considering a career in healthcare? Sentara Potomac Hospital offers three different scholarship programs that may be of interest to you: our Nursing Scholarship Program, Endowment Fund scholarships, and Potomac Hospital Auxiliary scholarships. See below for complete details.
We regret to announce that the Nursing Scholarship Program will not be offered this year. Therefore, we will not be accepting applications in 2010. This decision is due in part to the current volume of students in the program and does not affect current scholarship recipients.
Future scholarship and educational assistance programs may be available in 2011. Information will be posted online at as plans are finalized.
This scholarship fund provides local students, who are planning a career in healthcare, with much-needed funds for higher education. The endowment fund has distributed thousands of dollars to deserving students in our area.
Sentara Potomac Hospital will award scholarships to high school seniors who are planning to enter full-time courses of study in a healthcare or a health-related field and nursing. Scholarships will be awarded to Prince William County residents.
Scholarships for healthcare and a health-related field will be in the amount of $1,000, with $500 for each of three additional school years of continued enrollment. The Nursing Scholarship will be in the amount of $1,000 with $1,000 for each of three additional years of continued enrollment. Recipients will receive payment upon verification of registration and acceptance from an approved institution of study.
Recipients of any full scholarship to include National Merit Scholarships, ROTC Scholarships, and appointments to any service academy are not eligible for Sentara Potomac Hospital Endowment Fund Scholarships.
In order to qualify for consideration students must meet the following criteria:
a. Be a graduating senior of the class of 2010.
b. Be a Prince William County resident.
c. Plan to pursue a full-time course of study in healthcare or a health-related field or nursing.
Winners of the scholarship will be selected based on the following criteria:
a. General academic ability
b. Personal characteristics
c. Past academic record
d. Extra-curricular activities
e. Citizenship and community interest
The selection of the recipients will be made by the Sentara Potomac Hospital Endowment Fund Scholarship Committee.
Click here to print the rules and application for the 2010 Endowment Fund Scholarships.
Sentara Potomac Hospital Endowment Fund Scholarship for medical school students offers a scholarship to a student planning to go to medical school or who is already enrolled in medical school.
The student must have been a Prince William County resident at the time of high school graduation.
The scholarship will be in the amount of $2,000, with $1,000 for each of up to three additional school years of continued enrollment. Recipients of any full scholarship will not be considered, as disbursements will be made directly to the medical school.
The scholarship winner will be selected based on past academic records, personal characteristics and citizenship and community interest. The Sentara Potomac Hospital Endowment Fund Scholarship Committee will make the selection of the recipient.
Click here to download and print the 2010 Medical School Scholarship Rules and Application.
Sentara Potomac Hospital Auxiliary is offering scholarships to area high school seniors who plan to pursue careers in a medical health care or related field. These scholarships will be worth $1000 each. The scholarship is an indirect cash award that will be presented to the school upon verification of the student’s acceptance.
Effective in 2010, only those students attending one of the six public high schools, private high schools or home-schooled students in the eastern Prince William County area, and current Potomac Hospital Junior volunteers, will be eligible to apply for a Sentara Potomac Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship. The six public high schools are:
C.D. Hylton High School
Forest Park High School
Freedom High School
Gar-Field Senior High School
Potomac High School
Woodbridge Senior High School
Students will be selected based on the following:
General academic ability
Personal characteristics
Academic record
Extra-curricular activities
Interest in community relations and citizenship
Click here for the Sentara Potomac Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Rules and Guidelines.
Click here to download and print the Sentara Potomac Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship application.
