Nurses (LPNs and RNs)

The Vermont Educational Loan Repayment (ELR) Program uses REDCap (a secure web-based application that supports data capture and data management) to allow applicants to submit ELR applications. 

2025 Availability Message

2024 Application Deadline: March 8, 2024 [CLOSED]

Before you apply, please review the following:

 Are you eligible?

  • Are you eligible for ELR?  To determine eligibility, review the 2024 Overview and Eligibility document thoroughly
  • Carefully understand all the program requirements, penalties, and consequences of breaching a service commitment contract

 Prepare your documents:

  • Be prepared to submit copies of your current, unpaid U.S. educational loan balance(s).  Gather your educational loan debt information to determine your total U.S. educational loan debt and current monthly payment. 
  • Be prepared to submit a brief statement about why you have chosen to practice in a Vermont community, or in the specialty care area in which you work.  Include:
    • Career goals and plans
    • Contributions you make to your practice and patient care, including underserved and vulnerable populations
    • Contributions you make to training the next generation of health professionals (i.e., serving as a preceptor, job shadow opportunities for youth, working with AHEC’s youth programs, etc.).

Name your documents:

  • Before uploading your files, please ensure the files are in PDF format and the file names include your last name, first name, and the type of file you are uploading (i.e., Doe_Jane_Lender Statement).

The application process:

  • After you begin the application, at any time, you can save and return later
  • The application process for all applicant types takes approximately twenty minutes to complete

After the application is submitted:

  • After submitting the application, you will receive a confirmation email (if you do not receive it, check your spam/junk email folder(s)
  • Your confirmation email confirms we have received the application and provides a link to the Employer Section E application (required)
  • Award notifications will be made in summer 2024 (estimated)

Documents:

DISCLAIMER: Email is our primary mode of communication for the Educational Loan Repayment Program notifications or requests.  For your information security, we ask that completed forms and documents that contain sensitive personal information are printed and mailed to us via the U.S. Postal Service.  If you receive a suspicious email request from this office, contact us at 802-656-2658 to verify the request prior to responding.  Our office will never ask you to send sensitive information via email.


2024 ELR Nurses Flyer

 Know Your Options

This tool provides information and advice for optimizing how you pay off your student loans based on some basic information about your situation. While we cannot give you advice for your exact situation, we hope it can point you in the right direction and help you learn about some of your options.

http://www.consumerfinance.gov/paying-for-college/repay-student-debt/

Students attending an LPN, RN or MSN program in Vermont who wish to apply to the Vermont State Nursing Incentives Scholarship program should call VSAC at 1-888-253-4819 or visit www.vsac.org

If you are employed by a government or not-for-profit organization, you may be able to receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).

https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service

Health Services & Resources Administration (HRSA)

To learn more visit: www.hrsa.gov

National Health Service Corps (NHSC)   

The National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program offers the following health providers the opportunity to have their student loans repaid for serving communities in need:

  • Primary care medical
  • Dental
  • Mental and behavioral health

To learn more visit: www.nhsc.hrsa.gov