The Idaho Rural Physician Incentive Program was established to encourage primary care physicians to practice in medically under served areas of Idaho.

Funded through fees assessed to medical students enrolled in the University of Washington Medical School WWAMI program and the University of Utah Medical School,  program benefits allow payment of up to $50,000 in total toward qualified educational loans of participating health professionals over a one to five year period of service in a location of physician need.

Applications are made jointly by a physician and an organization or institution (i.e., a hospital or clinic) located in the rural community in which the physician wishes to practice. Applications are reviewed for program eligibility by an advisory committee appointed by the State Board of Education and prioritized for participation based on community physician needs and availability of funds. Applications recommended for program participation are submitted to the State Board of Education for final approval. Funding priority is given to Idaho WWAMI or University of Utah graduates who have paid into the Idaho Rural Physician Incentive Program.

Deadline for this year's application is March 1, 2012.  Click HERE for more information.