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Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds

Program Information

Popular name

NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP)

Program Number

93.187

Program objective

To provide service-conditioned scholarships to individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds who agree to pursue undergraduate education at accredited institutions. Individuals must pursue a course of academic study which prepares them for professions needed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). NIH expects to facilitate interest of these individuals in pursuing careers in the biomedical/biobehavioral sciences at the NIH.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

  1. IV, G, 487D, Public Health Service Act.

Program details

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public
  • Education (13+)
  • Individual/Family
  • Low Income
  • Minority group
  • Specialized group (e.g. health professionals, students, veterans)
  • Student/Trainee
  • U.S. Citizen

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