The Marshall University School-Based Mental Health Scholars Program supports cohorts of graduate students seeking careers in School Counseling, School Social Work, and School Psychology by providing scholarship benefits in exchange for a commitment by the students to work additional years in a West Virginia school. The grant’s purpose is to increase school-based mental health professionals in West Virginia schools.

PROGRAM BENEFITS (per fiscal grant year, Jan. 1 – Dec. 31)

• Tuition Benefits: up to $10,000 for 20 students
• Paid Internships: up to $32,000 for 20 students
• Funding for Sign-on Bonuses/Salary: up to $10,000 for 20 students
• Additional Stipend funding for Students Traveling to Rural sites: up to $5,000 for 20 students
• Supervision funding for supervisors: up to $2,000 for 20 supervisors

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• Must be a US citizen to be eligible for federal financial aid.
• Must be enrolled in one the following graduate programs: school psychology, school counseling, or school social work. Clinical psychology and mental health counseling students are eligible to apply as well.
• If receiving funding for practicum/internship, it must be completed in a high need West Virginia School.
• All students who receive funding will also be asked to sign a service agreement to work post-graduation in a West Virginia School.