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Minnesota Dentist Loan Forgiveness Program

Sponsor
Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Deadlines
Jan 6, 2025
Contact

Elizabeth Fenske and Dan Merkl
health.loanforgiveness@state.mn.us

Purpose

The Minnesota Dentist Loan Forgiveness Program provides loan repayment assistance to dental students, residents, and licensed dentists who plan to provide at least 25% of annual patient encounters to state public program enrollees and/or patients receiving a sliding fee schedule in Minnesota.

Eligibility

Preference is given to applicants closest to completing their training and those who can demonstrate diverse cultural competencies. Students and residents must submit an application while completing their dental school or residency training.

Licensed dentists are eligible if they have remaining educational debt and their annual patient encounters include at least 25% state public program enrollees or patients on a sliding-fee schedule.

Geographic coverage
Minnesota
Amount of funding

Up to $41,000 per year with a maximum of $164,000.

Application process

A link to the application guidelines and online portal is available on the program website.

Tagged as
Dental workforce · Loans, loan repayment, and loan forgiveness for health careers · Oral health · Minnesota

Organizations (1)

  • Minnesota Department of Health - Office of Rural Health and Primary Care, view details



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