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care providers who are educated and 

motivated to counsel, diagnose, treat, 

and medically manage people with HIV 

disease and to help prevent high-risk 

behaviors that lead to HIV transmission. 

The Division also implements the 

Global HIV/AIDS Program as part of the 

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS 

Relief (PEPFAR) to manage international 

programs designed to provide direct 

care and treatment for people living 

with HIV/AIDS and to strengthen health 

systems for delivery of prevention, care 

and treatment services for people living 

with HIV/AIDS in PEPFAR funded 

countries. The Division will translate 

lessons learned from both the Global 

HIV/AIDS Programs and Special 

Projects of National Significance 

projects to the Part A, B, C, D, and F 

grantee community. In collaboration 

with the Division of Policy and Data, the 

Division assesses effectiveness of 

Technical Assistance efforts/initiatives, 

identifies new Technical Assistance 

needs and priority areas, and 

participates in the Bureau-wide 

Technical Assistance workgroup. 

Section RV–30, Delegations of Authority 

All delegations of authority and redelegations of authority made to HRSA 

officials that were in effect immediately 

prior to this reorganization, and that are 

consistent with this reorganization, 

shall continue in effect pending further 

re-delegation. 

This reorganization is effective upon 

date of signature. 

Dated: April 4, 2012. 

Mary K. Wakefield, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8513 Filed 4–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Indian Health Service 

Indian Health Professions Preparatory, 

Indian Health Professions Pregraduate 

and Indian Health Professions 

Scholarship Programs 

Overview Information: Indian Health 

Professions Preparatory, Indian Health 

Professions Pregraduate and Indian 

Health Professions Scholarship 

Programs. 

Announcement Type: Initial. 

CFDA Numbers: 93.971, 93.123, and 

93.972. 

Key Dates: 

Application Deadline: May 7, 2012, 

for continuing students. 

Application Deadline: May 7, 2012, 

for new students. 

Application Review: May 21–25, 2012. 

Application Notification: First week 

of July, 2012. 

Award Start Date: August 1, 2012. 

I. Funding Opportunity Description 

The Indian Health Service (IHS) is 

committed to encouraging American 

Indians and Alaska Natives to enter the 

health professions and to assuring the 

availability of Indian health 

professionals to provide health care 

services to Indians. The IHS is 

committed to the recruitment of 

students for the following programs: 

• The Indian Health Professions 

Preparatory Scholarship authorized by 

section 103 of the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Act (IHCIA), Public Law 

94–437 (1976). 

• The Indian Health Professions Pregraduate Scholarship authorized by 

section 103 of the IHCIA, Public Law 

94–437 (1976). 

• The Indian Health Professions 

Scholarship authorized by section 104 

of the IHCIA, Public Law 94–437 (1976). 

Full-time and part-time scholarships 

will be funded for each of the three 

scholarship programs. 

The scholarship award selections and 

funding are subject to availability of 

funds appropriated for the Scholarship 

Program. 

II. Award Information 

Awards under this initiative will be 

administered using the grant 

mechanism of the IHS. 

Estimated Funds Available: An 

estimated $14.0 million will be 

available for FY 2012 awards. Of this 

estimated $14.0 million in funding, no 

more than $1.0 million will be set aside 

for Preparatory and Pre-graduate 

Scholarships, with the remaining 

balance to be used toward Health 

Professions Scholarships. The IHS 

program anticipates, but cannot 

guarantee, due to possible funding 

changes, student scholarship selections 

from any or all of the following 

disciplines in the 103, 103P and 104 

Programs for the Scholarship Period 

2012–2013. Due to the rising cost of 

education and the decreasing number of 

scholars who can be funded by the IHS 

Scholarship Program (IHSSP), the 

IHSSP has changed the funding policy 

for Preparatory and Pre-graduate 

scholarship awards and reallocated a 

greater percentage of its funding in an 

effort to increase the number of Health 

Professions scholarships, and inherently 

the number of service obligated 

scholars, to better meet the health care 

provider needs of the IHS and its Tribal 

and Urban Indian health care system 

partners. 

Anticipated Number of Awards: 

Approximately 25 awards will be made 

under the Health Professions 

Preparatory and Pre-graduate 

Scholarship Programs for Indians. The 

awards are for tuition and fees only and 

the average award to a full-time student 

is approximately $10,701.35. An 

estimated 280 awards will be made 

under the Indian Health Professions 

Scholarship Program. The awards are 

for 12 months in duration, and will 

cover both tuition and fees and Other 

Related Costs (ORC). The average award 

to a full-time student is approximately 

$48,056.05. In FY 2012, an estimated 

$9,500,000 is available for continuation 

awards, and an estimated $3,500,000 is 

available for new awards. 

Project Period—The project period for 

the IHS Health Professions Preparatory 

Scholarship support, tuition and fees 

only, is limited to two years for full-time 

students and the part-time equivalent of 

two years, not to exceed four years for 

part-time students. The project period 

for the Health Professions Pre-graduate 

Scholarship support, tuition and fees 

only, is limited to four years for fulltime students and the part-time 

equivalent of four years, not to exceed 

eight years for part-time students. 

The IHS Indian Health Professions 

Scholarship support, tuition, fees and 

Other Related Costs (ORC) is limited to 

four years for full-time students and the 

part-time equivalent of four years, not to 

exceed eight years for part-time 

students. 

III. Eligibility Information 

This announcement is a limited 

competition for awards made to 

American Indians (Federally recognized 

Tribal members, state recognized Tribal 

members, and first and second degree 

descendants of Federal or state 

recognized Tribal members), or Alaska 

Natives only. Continuation awards are 

non-competitive. 

1. Eligible Applicants 

The Health Professions Preparatory 

Scholarship awards are made to 

American Indians (Federally recognized 

Tribal members, first and second degree 

descendants of Tribal members, and 

state recognized Tribal members, first 

and second degree descendants of Tribal 

members), or Alaska Natives who: 

• Have successfully completed high 

school education or high school 

equivalency; and 

• Have been accepted for enrollment 

in a compensatory, pre-professional 

general education course or curriculum; 

and 

The Health Professions Pre-graduate 

Scholarship awards are made to 


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American Indians (Federally recognized 

Tribal members, first and second degree 

descendants of Tribal members, and 

state recognized Tribal members, first 

and second degree descendants of Tribal 

members), or Alaska Natives who: 

• Have successfully completed high 

school education or high school 

equivalency; and 

• Have been accepted for enrollment 

or are enrolled in an accredited pregraduate program leading to a 

baccalaureate degree in pre-medicine, 

pre-dentistry, or pre-podiatry. 

The Indian Health Professions 

Scholarship may be awarded only to an 

individual who is a member of a 

Federally recognized Indian Tribe or 

Alaska Native as provided by section 

4(c), and 4(d) of the IHCIA. Membership 

in a Tribe recognized only by a state 

does not meet this statutory 

requirement. To receive an Indian 

Health Professions Scholarship, an 

otherwise eligible individual must be 

enrolled in an appropriately accredited 

school and pursuing a course of study 

in a health profession as defined by 

section 4(10) of the IHCIA. 

2. Cost Sharing/Matching 

The Scholarship Program does not 

require matching funds or cost sharing 

to participate in the competitive grant 

process. 

3. Benefits from State, Local and Other 

Federal Sources 

Awardees of the Health Professions 

Preparatory or Health Professions Pregraduate scholarship may accept outside 

funding from other scholarship, grant, 

fee waiver and student loan programs to 

assist with their education and other 

related expenses. Awardees of the 

Health Professions scholarship, who 

accept outside funding from other 

scholarship, grant and fee waiver 

programs, will have these monies 

applied to their student account tuition 

and fees charges at the college or 

university they are attending, before the 

IHS Scholarship Program will pay any 

of the remaining balance. These outside 

funding sources must be reported on the 

student’s invoicing documents 

submitted by the college or university 

they are attending. Student loans 

accepted by Health Professions 

scholarship recipients will have no 

effect on the IHS Scholarship program 

payment made to their college or 

university. 

IV. Application Submission 

Information 

1. Address To Request Application 

Package 

New applicants are responsible for 

contacting and requesting an 

application packet from their IHS Area 

Scholarship Coordinator. They are listed 

on the IHS Web site at http://www.

scholarship.ihs.gov/area_coordinators.

cfm. 

This information is also listed below. 

Please review the following list to 

identify the appropriate IHS Area 

Scholarship Coordinator for your State. 

Application packets may be obtained by 

calling or writing to the following 

individuals listed below: 

IHS Area office and States/locality served Scholarship coordinator/address 

Aberdeen Area IHS: 

Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota .................................. Ms. Kim Annis, IHS Area Scholarship Coordinator, Aberdeen Area IHS, 

115 4th Avenue SE., Aberdeen, SD 57401, Tele: (605) 226–7466. 

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium: 

Alaska ................................................................................................ Ms. Courtney Bridges, Alternate: Ms. Tasha Hotch, IHS Area Scholarship Coordinator, 4000 Ambassador Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, 

Tele: (907) 729–1913, 1–800–684–8361 (toll free). 

Albuquerque Area IHS: 

Colorado, New Mexico ...................................................................... Ms. Cora Boone, IHS Area Scholarship Coordinator, Albuquerque Area 

IHS, 5300 Homestead Road, NE., Albuquerque, NM 87110, Tele: 

(505) 248–4418, 1–800–382–3027 (toll free). 

Bemidji Area IHS: 

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin ............................. Mr. Tony Buckanaga, IHS Area Scholarship Coordinator, Bemidji Area 

IHS, 522 Minnesota Avenue NW., Room 209, Bemidji, MN 56601, 

Tele: (218) 444–0486, 1–800–892–3079 (toll free). 

Billings Area IHS: 

Montana, Wyoming ........................................................................... Mr. Delon Rock Above, Alternate: Ms. Bernice Hugs, IHS Area Scholarship Coordinator, Billings Area IHS, Area Personnel Office, P.O. 

Box 36600, 2900 4th Avenue, North, Suite 400, Billings, MT 59103, 

Tele: (406) 247–7215. 

California Area IHS: 

California, Hawaii .............................................................................. Ms. Mona Celli, IHS Area Scholarship Coordinator, California Area 

IHS, 650 Capitol Mall, Suite 7–100, Sacramento, CA 95814, Tele: 

(916) 930–3981, ext. 311. 

Nashville Area IHS: 

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, 

District of Columbia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, 

North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia.

Ms. Michelle Marshalek, IHS Area Scholarship Coordinator, Nashville 

Area IHS, 711 Stewarts Ferry Pike, Nashville, TN 37214, Tele: (615) 

467–1505. 

Navajo Area IHS: 

Arizona, New Mexico, Utah ............................................................... Ms. Aletha John, IHS Area Scholarship Coordinator, Navajo Area IHS, 

P.O. Box 9020, Wndow Rock, AZ 86515, Tele: (928) 871–1360. 

Oklahoma City Area IHS: 

Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma ............................................................ Mr. Keith Bohanan, IHS Area Scholarship Coordinator, Oklahoma City 

Area IHS, 701 Market Drive, Oklahoma City, OK 73114, Tele: (405) 

951–3789, 1–800–722–3357 (toll free). 

Phoenix Area IHS: 

Arizona, Nevada, Utah ...................................................................... Ms. Trudy Begay, IHS Area Scholarship Coordinator, Phoenix Area 

IHS, Suite 510, 40 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, Tele: 

(602) 364–5256. 

Portland Area IHS: 


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IHS Area office and States/locality served Scholarship coordinator/address 

Idaho, Oregon, Washington .............................................................. Ms. Laurie Veitenheimer, IHS Area Scholarship Coordinator, Portland 

Area IHS, 1414 NW Northrup Street, Suite 800, Portland, OR 97209, 

Tele: (503) 326–6983. 

Tucson Area IHS: 

Arizona, Texas .................................................................................. Ms. Trudy Begay (See Phoenix Area). 

2. Content and Form Submission 

Each applicant will be responsible for 

submitting a completed application 

(Forms IHS–856–1 through 856–6) and 

one copy to the: IHS Scholarship 

Program Branch Office, 801 Thompson 

Ave, Suite 450 (TMP), Rockville, MD 

20852. Electronic applications are being 

accepted for this cycle. Go to www.

scholarship.ihs.gov for more 

information on how to apply 

electronically. The on-line portal will be 

open on December 12, 2011. The 

application will be considered complete 

if the following documents (original and 

one copy) are included; 

a. Completed and signed application 

Checklist. 

b. Original, signed, complete 

application form IHS–856 (for 

continuation students-Data Sheet in 

place of IHS–856). 

c. Current Letter of Acceptance from 

College/University or Proof of 

Application to a College/University or 

Health Professions Program. 

d. Official transcripts for all colleges/ 

universities attended (or high school 

transcripts or Certificate of Completion 

of Home School Program for applicants 

who have not taken college courses). 

e. Cumulative GPA: Applicant’s 

calculations. 

f. Applicant’s Documents for Indian 

Eligibility. 

i. If you are a member of a Federally 

recognized Tribe or Alaska Native 

(recognized by the Secretary of the 

Interior), provide evidence of 

membership such as: 

1. Certification of Tribal enrollment 

by the Secretary of the Interior, acting 

through the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

(BIA Certification: Form 4432–Category 

A or D, whichever is applicable); or 

2. In the absence of BIA certification, 

documentation that you meet 

requirements of Tribal membership as 

prescribed by the charter, articles of 

incorporation or other legal instrument 

of the Tribe and have been officially 

designated as a Tribal member as 

evidenced by an accompanying 

document signed by an authorized 

Tribal official, or 

3. Other evidence of Tribal 

membership satisfactory to the Secretary 

of the Interior. 

ii. If you are a member of a Tribe 

terminated since 1940 or a State 

recognized Tribe and first or second 

degree descendant, provide official 

documentation that you meet the 

requirements of Tribal membership as 

prescribed by the charter, articles of 

incorporation or other legal instrument 

of the Tribe and have been officially 

designated as a Tribal member as 

evidenced by an accompanying 

document signed by an authorized 

Tribal official; or other evidence, 

satisfactory to the Secretary of the 

Interior, that you are a member of the 

Tribe. In addition, if the terminated or 

state recognized Tribe of which you are 

a member is not on a list of such Tribes 

published by the Secretary of the 

Interior in the Federal Register, you 

must submit an official signed 

document that the Tribe has been 

terminated since 1940 or is recognized 

by the state in which the Tribe is 

located in accordance with the law of 

that state. 

iii. If you are not a Tribal member but 

are a natural child or grandchild of a 

Tribal member you must submit: (1) 

evidence of that fact, e.g., your birth 

certificate and/or your parent’s/ 

grandparent’s birth/death certificate 

showing the name of the Tribal member; 

and (2) evidence of your parent’s or 

grandparent’s Tribal membership in 

accordance with paragraphs A and B. 

The relationship to the Tribal member 

must be clearly documented. Failure to 

submit the required documentation will 

result in the application not being 

accepted for review. 

Note: If you meet the criteria of B or C, you 

are eligible only for the Preparatory or Pregraduate Scholarships. 

• Two Faculty/Employee Evaluations 

with original signature. 

• Reasons for Requesting the 

Scholarship. 

• Delinquent Debt Form. 

• Course Curriculum Verification 

with original signature. 

• Acknowledgement Card (if 

submitting a hard copy application). 

• Curriculum for Major. 

3. Submission Dates and Times 

Application Receipt Date: The 

application deadline for New applicants 

is Monday, May 7, 2012. 

Applications (original and one copy) 

shall be considered as meeting the 

deadline if they are received by the IHS 

Scholarship Program Branch Office, 

located in Rockville, Maryland, and 

postmarked on or before the deadline 

date. Applicants should request a 

legibly dated U.S. Postal Service 

postmark or obtain a legibly dated 

receipt from a commercial carrier or 

U.S. Postal Service. Private metered 

postmarks will not be acceptable as 

proof of timely mailing and will not be 

considered for funding. Once the 

application is received, the applicant 

will receive an ‘‘Acknowledgement of 

Receipt of Application’’ (IHS–815) card 

that is included in the application 

packet, if submitting a hard copy 

application. Applications received, with 

postmarks after the announced deadline 

date, will not be considered for funding. 

4. Intergovernmental Review 

Executive Order 12372 requiring 

intergovernmental review is not 

applicable to this program. 

5. Funding Restrictions 

No more than 5% of available funds 

will be used for part-time scholarships 

this fiscal year. Students are considered 

part-time if they are enrolled for a 

minimum of six hours of instruction 

and are not considered in full-time 

status by their college/university. 

Documentation must be received from 

part-time applicants that their school 

and course curriculum allows less than 

full-time status. Both part-time and fulltime scholarship awards will be made in 

accordance with 42 CFR 136.320, 

136.330 and 136.370 and this 

information will be published in all 

IHSSP Applications and Student 

Handbooks as they pertain to the Indian 

Health Service Scholarship Program. 

6. Other Submissions Requirements 

New applicants are responsible for 

using the online application or 

contacting and requesting an 

application packet from their IHS Area 

Scholarship Coordinator. Continuation 

students are also encouraged to use the 

online application process; however, the 

Division of Grants Management will 

also mail continuation students an 

application packet. If you do not receive 

this information, please contact your 

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your IHS Scholarship Program Analyst 

to request a continuation application. 

Continuing students must submit a 

complete application (original plus one 

copy) and meet the deadline of Monday, 

May 7, 2012; there will be no 

exceptions. 

V. Application Review Information 

1. Criteria 

Applications will be reviewed and 

scored with the following criteria. 

• Needs of the IHS (Health Personnel 

Needs in Indian Country) 

Applicants are considered for 

scholarship awards based on their 

desired career goals and how these goals 

relate to current Indian health personnel 

needs. Applications for each health 

career category are reviewed and ranked 

separately. 

• Academic Performance (40 Points) 

Applicants are rated according to 

their academic performance as 

evidenced by transcripts and faculty 

evaluations. In cases where a particular 

applicant’s school has a policy not to 

rank students academically, faculty 

members are asked to provide a 

personal judgment of the applicant’s 

achievement. Health Professions 

applicants with a cumulative GPA 

below 2.0 are not eligible for award. 

• Faculty/Employer Recommendations 

(30 Points) 

Applicants are rated according to 

evaluations by faculty members, current 

and/or former employers and Tribal 

officials regarding the applicant’s 

potential in the chosen health related 

professions. 

• Stated Reasons for Asking for the 

Scholarship and Stated Career Goals (30 

Points) 

Applicants must provide a brief 

written explanation of reasons for 

asking for the scholarship and of their 

career goals. The applicant’s narrative 

will be judged on how well it is written 

and its content. 

• Applicants who are closest to 

graduation or completion of training are 

awarded first. For example, senior and 

junior applicants under the Health 

Professions Pre-graduate Scholarship 

receives funding before freshmen and 

sophomores. 

• Priority Categories 

The following is a list of health 

professions that will be considered for 

funding in each scholarship program in 

FY 2012. 

• Indian Health Professions Preparatory 

Scholarships 

A. Pre-Clinical Psychology (Jr. and Sr. 

undergraduate years). 

B. Pre-Nursing. 

C. Pre-Pharmacy. 

D. Pre-Social Work (Jr. and Sr. 

preparing for an MS in social work). 

• Indian Health Professions PreGraduate Scholarships 

A. Pre-Dentistry. 

B. Pre-Medicine. 

C. Pre-Podiatry. 

• Indian Health Professions Scholarship 

A. Bio Medical Engineering—BS. 

B. Bio Medical Technology—AAS. 

C. Chemical Dependency 

Counseling—Master’s Degrees. 

D. Clinical Psychology—Ph.D. or 

Psy.D. 

E. Dentistry: DDS or DMD degrees 

F. Diagnostic Radiology Technology: 

Associates and B.S. 

G. Environmental Health/Sanitarian: 

B.S. 

H. Health Records Administration: 

R.H.I.T. and R.H.I.A. 

I. Medical Technology: B.S. 

J. Medicine: Allopathic and 

Osteopathic. 

K. Nurse: Associate and Bachelor 

Degrees and advanced degrees in 

Psychiatry, Geriatrics, Women’s Health, 

Pediatrics, Family Health, and Nurse 

Anesthetist. 

(Priority consideration will be given 

to Registered Nurses employed by the 

IHS; in a program conducted under a 

contract or compact entered into under 

the Indian Self-Determination Act and 

Education Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93– 

638) and its amendments; or in a 

program assisted under Title V of the 

IHCIA.) 

L. Occupational Therapy: B.S. or 

Masters. 

N. Pharmacy: Pharm.D. 

O. Physician Assistant: PA–C. 

P. Physical Therapy: M.S. and D.P.T. 

Q Podiatry: D.P.M. 

R. Public Health Nutritionist: M.S. 

S. Respiratory Therapy: BS Degree. 

T. Social Work: Masters Level only 

(Direct Practice and Clinical 

concentrations). 

U. Ultrasonography (Prerequisite: 

Diagnostic Radiology Technology). 

2. Review and Selection Process 

The applications will be reviewed and 

scored by the IHS Scholarship 

Program’s Application Review 

Committee appointed by the IHS. Each 

reviewer will not be allowed to review 

an application from his/her Area or his/ 

her own Tribe. Each application will be 

reviewed by three reviewers. The 

average score of the three reviews 

provide the final Ranking Score for each 

applicant. To determine the ranking of 

each applicant, these scores are sorted 

from the highest to the lowest within 

each scholarship section, health 

discipline, enrollment status, date of 

graduation, and score. If several 

students have the same date of 

graduation and score within the same 

discipline, computer ranking list will 

randomly sort and will not be sorted by 

alphabetical name. Selections are then 

made from the top of each ranking list 

to the extent that funds allocated by the 

IHS among the three scholarships are 

available for obligation. 

VI. Award Administration Information 

1. Award Notices 

It is anticipated that continuing 

applicants will be notified in writing 

during the first week of June and new 

applicants will be notified in writing 

during the first week of July 2012. An 

Award Letter will be issued to 

successful applicants. Unsuccessful 

applicants will be notified in writing, 

which will include a brief explanation 

of the reasons the application was not 

successful and provide the name of the 

IHS official to contact if more 

information is desired. 

2. Administrative and National Policy 

Requirements 

Regulations at 42 CFR 136.304 

provide that the IHS shall, from time to 

time, publish a list of health professions 

eligible for consideration for the award 

of IHS Indian Health Professions 

Preparatory and Health Professions Pregraduate Scholarships and IHS Health 

Professions Scholarship. Section 

104(b)(1) of the IHCIA, as amended by 

the Indian Health Care Amendment of 

1988, Public Law 100–713, authorizes 

the IHS to determine specific health 

professions for which Indian Health 

Scholarships will be awarded. 

Awards for the Indian Health 

Professions Scholarships will be made 

in accordance with 42 CFR 136.330. 

Awardees shall incur a service 

obligation prescribed under section 

338A of the Public Health Service Act 

(42 U.S.C. 2541) which shall be met by 

service, through clinical practice: 

(1) In the IHS; 

(2) In a program conducted under a 

contract or compact entered into under 

the Indian Self-Determination Act and 

Education Assistance Act (Pub. L. 93– 

638) and its amendments; 

(3) In a program assisted under Title 

V of the Indian Health Care 

Improvement Act (Pub. L. 94–437) and 

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(4) In a private practice option of his 

or her profession (physicians, dentists, 

and clinical psychologists, only) if the 

practice (a) is situated in a health 

professional shortage area, designated in 

regulations promulgated by the 

Secretary of Health and Human Services 

(Secretary) and (b) addresses the health 

care needs of a substantial number 

(75%) of Indians as determined by the 

Secretary in accordance with guidelines 

of the Service. The percentage of 

substantial number of Indians was 

increased in FY 2012 due to the 

significant vacancies for health 

professionals in IHS, Tribal and urban 

Indian health programs and the need to 

demonstrate service to a more 

substantial number of Indians in the 

private practice option to warrant the 

choice of this option over options 1–3. 

This change will apply prospectively for 

new scholarship applicants only. 

Pursuant to the Indian Health 

Amendments of 1992, (Pub. L. 102– 

573), an awardee of an IHS Health 

Professions Scholarship may, at the 

election of the awardee, meet his/her 

service obligation prescribed under 

section 338A of the Public Health 

Service Act (42 U.S.C. 2541) by a 

program specified in options (1)–(4) 

above that: 

(i) Is located on the reservation of the 

Tribe in which the awardee is enrolled; 

or 

(ii) Serves the Tribe in which the 

awardee is enrolled, if there is an open 

vacancy available in the discipline for 

which the awardee was funded under 

the IHS Health Professions Scholarship 

during the required 90-day placement 

period. 

In summary, all awardees of the 

Indian Health Professions Scholarship 

are reminded that acceptance of this 

scholarship will result in a service 

obligation requirement that is supported 

both by statutes and contract, which 

must be performed at an approved 

service payback facility. 

Moreover, the Director, IHS, has the 

authority to make the final 

determination, designating a facility, 

whether managed and operated by IHS, 

or one of its Tribal or Urban Indian 

partners, consistent with IHCIA, Public 

Law 94–437, as amended by Public Law 

100–713, and Public Law 102–573, and 

Public Law 111–148 § 10221 (2010), as 

approved for scholar obligated service 

payback. 

3. Reporting 

Scholarship Program Minimum 

Academic Requirements 

It is the policy of the IHS that a 

scholarship awardee funded under the 

Health Professions Scholarship Program 

of the Indian Health Care Improvement 

Act must maintain a 2.0 cumulative 

grade point average (GPA), remain in 

good academic standing each semester/ 

trimester/quarter, maintain full-time 

student status (minimum number credit 

hours, based upon what is considered 

‘‘full-time’’ by the applicant’s school). In 

addition to these requirements, a Health 

Professions Scholarship program 

awardee must be enrolled in an 

approved/accredited school for a Health 

Professions degree. An awardee of a 

scholarship under the IHS Health 

Professions Pre-Graduate and Health 

Professions Preparatory Scholarship 

authority must maintain a minimum 2.0 

cumulative grade point average (GPA), 

remain in good standing each semester/ 

trimester/quarter and be a full time 

student (minimum of 12 credit hours or 

the number of credit hours considered 

by your school as full-time). Part-time 

students for the three scholarship 

programs must also maintain a 2.0 

cumulative GPA and must take at least 

six credit hours (undergraduate) each 

semester/trimester/quarter, but less than 

the number of hours considered fulltime by your school. Scholarship 

awardees must be approved for parttime status at the time of scholarship 

award. Scholarship awardees may not 

change from part-time status to full-time 

status or vice versa in the same 

academic year. 

The following reports must be sent to 

the IHS Scholarship Program at the 

identified time frame. Each scholarship 

awardee will be provided with an IHS 

Scholarship Program Student Handbook 

where the needed reports are located. If 

a scholarship awardee fails to submit 

these reports as required, they will be 

ineligible for continuation of 

scholarship support and scholarship 

award payments will be discontinued. 

A. Recipient’s Enrollment and Initial 

Progress Report 

Within thirty (30) days from the 

beginning of each semester/trimester/ 

quarter, scholarship awardees must 

submit a Recipient’s Enrollment and 

Initial Progress Report (Form IHS–856– 

8, page 69 of the Student Handbook). 

B. Transcripts 

Within thirty (30) days from the end 

of each academic period, i.e., semester/ 

trimester/quarter, or summer session, 

scholarship awardees must submit an 

Official Transcript showing the results 

of the classes taken during that period. 

C. Notification of Academic Problem/ 

Change 

If at any time during the semester/ 

trimester/quarter, scholarship awardees 

are advised to reduce the number of 

credit hours for which they are enrolled 

below the minimum of the 12 (or the 

number of hours considered by their 

school as full-time) for a full-time 

student or at least six hours for parttime students; or if they experience 

academic problems, they must submit 

this report (Form IHS–856–9, page 71 of 

the Student Handbook). 

D. Change of Status 

• Change of Academic Status 

Scholarship awardees must 

immediately notify the IHS Area 

Scholarship Coordinator and their 

Scholarship Program Analyst if they are 

placed on academic probation, 

dismissed from school, or voluntarily 

withdraw for any reason (personal or 

medical). 

• Change of Health Discipline 

Scholarship awardees may not change 

from the approved IHS Scholarship 

Program health discipline during the 

school year. If an unapproved change is 

made, scholarship payments will be 

discontinued. 

• Change in Graduation Date 

Any time that a change occurs in a 

scholarship awardee’s expected 

graduation date, they must notify their 

IHS Area Scholarship Coordinator and 

their Scholarship Program Analyst 

immediately in writing. Justification 

must be attached from the school 

advisor. 

VII. Agency Contacts 

Please address application inquiries 

to the appropriate IHS Area Scholarship 

Coordinator. Other programmatic 

inquiries may be addressed to Dr. Dawn 

A. Kelly, Chief, Scholarship Program, 

801 Thompson Avenue, Suite 120, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852; Telephone 

(301) 443–6622. (This is not a toll-free 

number). For grants information, contact 

the Grants Scholarship Coordinator, 

Division of Grants Management, Indian 

Health Service, 801 Thompson Avenue, 

TMP 360, Rockville, Maryland 20852; 

Telephone (301) 443–5204. (This is not 

a toll-free number). 

VIII. Other Information 

The Public Health Service (PHS) is 

committed to achieving the health 

promotion and disease prevention 

objectives of Healthy People 2020, a 

PHS-led activity for setting priority 

areas. This program announcement is 


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related to the priority area of Education 

and Community-Based Programs. 

Potential applicants may download a 

copy of Healthy People 2020, at http:// 

www.healthypeople.gov. 

Interested individuals are reminded 

that the list of eligible health and allied 

professions is effective for applicants for 

the 2012–2013 academic year. These 

priorities will remain in effect until 

superseded. Applicants who apply for 

health career categories not listed as 

priorities during the current scholarship 

cycle will not be considered for a 

scholarship award. 

Dated: April 4, 2012. 

Randy Grinnell, 

Deputy Director, Indian Health Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–8517 Filed 4–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4165–16–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Institutes of Health 

Government-Owned Inventions; 

Availability for Licensing 

AGENCY: National Institutes of Health, 

Public Health Service, HHS. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below 

are owned by an agency of the U.S. 

Government and are available for 

licensing in the U.S. in accordance with 

35 U.S.C. 207 to achieve expeditious 

commercialization of results of 

federally-funded research and 

development. Foreign patent 

applications are filed on selected 

inventions to extend market coverage 

for companies and may also be available 

for licensing. 

ADDRESSES: Licensing information and 

copies of the U.S. patent applications 

listed below may be obtained by writing 

to the indicated licensing contact at the 

Office of Technology Transfer, National 

Institutes of Health, 6011 Executive 

Boulevard, Suite 325, Rockville, 

Maryland 20852–3804; telephone: 301– 

496–7057; fax: 301–402–0220. A signed 

Confidential Disclosure Agreement will 

be required to receive copies of the 

patent applications. 

Nonpathogenic Bacteria, Paenibacillus 

alvei, Useful as a Natural Biocontrol 

Agent for Elimination of Food-borne 

Pathogenic Bacteria 

Description of Technology: This 

newly isolated non-pathogenic bacterial 

strain (TS–15) has shown the ability kill 

or inhibit a wide variety of harmful 

bacteria including many of the most 

common food-borne pathogens such as 

Salmonella, Escherichia, Listeria, 

Shigella, Enterobacter and 

Staphylococcus. The TS–15 strain may 

provide a natural low cost means to 

help protect the food supply. The strain 

may be used as a biocontrol agent in the 

form of a pesticide or pretreatment to 

soils in which fruits and vegetable are 

grown. Preventative use of the TS–15 

strain in biocontrol measures may 

prevent many of the millions of 

illnesses in the U.S. that are caused by 

food-borne pathogens each year. Such 

prevention may also reduce the 

associated costs of treatment for such 

illnesses. Furthermore, isolation and 

development of the antibiotic 

compounds produced by the TS–15 

strain may yield useful new 

compositions to help treat bacterial 

illness, including infections by some 

pathogens resistant to standard 

antibiotics. 

Potential Commercial Applications 

• Agriculture—pesticide. 

• Medicine—antibiotic. 

Competitive Advantages: Low cost 

natural means of prevention of many 

food-borne bacterial illnesses. 

Development Stage: Early-stage. 

Inventors: Eric Brown (FDA), Jie 

Zheng (FDA), and Alex Enurah. 

Intellectual Property: HHS Reference 

No. E–042–2011/0—U.S. Provisional 

Application No. 61/488,271 filed 20 

May 2011. 

Licensing Contact: Tedd Fenn; 301– 

435–5031; Tedd.Fenn@nih.gov. 

Collaborative Research Opportunity: 

The FDA Center for Food Safety and 

Applied Nutrition is seeking statements 

of capability or interest from parties 

interested in collaborative research to 

further develop, evaluate or 

commercialize Paenibacillus alvei (TS– 

15). For collaboration opportunities, 

please contact Alice Welch at 

alice.welch@fda.hhs.gov. 

Glass Capillary Arrays for Calibration, 

Validation, and Quality Assurance of 

Quantitative Measurements from 

Diffusion MRI Applications 

Description of Technology: NIH 

scientists have developed a tool for 

calibration and quality assurance for 

diffusion MRI applications. These Glass 

Capillary Arrays (GCAs) allow reliable 

means for instrument calibration and 

data measurement validation of various 

MRI scanning parameters. A variety of 

GCA conformations is available, so they 

have broad utility in MRI applications 

ranging from material sciences to 

clinical and biological MRI. 

Potential Commercial Applications 

• Calibration, quality assurance, and 

quality control for diffusion MRI 

applications using physics and 

mathematics algorithms combined with 

known GCA properties. 

• GCAs come in various diameters 

and thicknesses, so can be utilized in a 

wide range of sciences (material and 

biological). 

• Provides known standards for 

adjustment of various parameters, 

including magnetic field gradient, 

magnetic field homogeneity, and 

radiofrequency pulse. 

Competitive Advantages 

• Allows sufficient quality assurance 

and instrument calibration not 

previously available for advanced 

diffusion MRI. 

• GCAs are non-toxic and biologically 

and environmentally safe, so can be 

stored without special permits or 

requirements. 

Development Stage: Prototype. 

Inventors: Ferenc Horkey, et al. 

(NICHD). 

Intellectual Property: HHS Reference 

No. E–202–2010/0—U.S. Provisional 

Application No. 61/536,032 filed 18 Sep 

2011. 

Licensing Contact: John Stansberry, 

Ph.D.; 301–435–5236; 

stansbej@mail.nih.gov. 

Diffusion MRI of Beating Hearts and 

Other Moving Tissues in Live Patients 

Description of Technology: Diffusion 

Tensor Imaging (DTI) is an improved 

form of Magnetic Resonance Imaging 

(MRI) that provides microscopic details 

about tissue structure based on water 

diffusion. DTI is commonly used to 

visualize the brain when examining 

patients with neurological disorders or 

strokes. Currently, DTI faces technical 

limitations preventing imaging of 

moving tissues, such as the beating 

heart, spinal cord, and base of the brain. 

The NIH inventors have established an 

improved method allowing application 

of DTI to moving tissues. Using DTI to 

examine patients’ hearts will allow for 

better detection of location and severity 

of ischemia and for probing general 

muscle structure and integrity. This 

method can be applied to various 

diffusion models including Diffusion 

Weighted Imaging (DWI). 

Potential Commercial Applications 

• Heart disease diagnosis. 

• Evaluating new drugs for effects on 

heart. 

• Planning surgical procedures. 

• Imaging spinal cord, base of brain, 

and periventricular zones. 

• Enhanced imaging of other tissues. 


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