ActiveAtlas Opportunity Score 78/100
Mississippi State Loan Repayment Program (MSLRP) — 2026 Open Applications
Mississippi physician loan-repayment funding of up to $150,000 for eligible MD/DO clinicians serving approved HPSA practice sites. Applications remain open year-round while funding is available.
FundingUp to $150,000 in qualifying educational loan repayment for an eligible full-time M.D. or D.O. completing at least a two-year service obligation; half-time participants receive half the applicable award.
DeadlineApplications are accepted year-round while funding is available. Current intake window: September 16 through December 15, 2026, for January 1 contract starts. Quarterly intake windows are June 16 through September 15 for October 1 contract starts; September 16 through December 15 for January 1 starts; December 16 through March 15 for April 1 starts; and March 16 through June 15 for July 1 starts. MSDH does not publish a clock-time cutoff on the public program page.
Last verifiedSeptember 20, 2026
Required next actionEligible Mississippi HPSA practice sites should identify qualifying M.D./D.O. candidates in family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, OB/GYN, geriatrics, or psychiatry; verify provider and site eligibility; and complete both required OpenGov components, Healthcare Professional project 2026-RFA-172 and Sponsoring Entity project 2026-RFA-173. Both submissions are required for review.
Broad Eligibility
U.S. citizen or national M.D./D.O. clinicians in an eligible specialty who provide full-time or half-time primary health services in the appropriate Mississippi HPSA at an approved practice site and satisfy program debt/service-obligation requirements. Eligible site types include FQHCs, RHCs, community and mental-health facilities, mobile units, school-based programs, qualifying CAH/REH outpatient affiliates, and other listed sites.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score 78/100. Strong workforce-recruitment value for Mississippi rural and shortage-area healthcare organizations, with up to $150,000 in physician loan repayment and broad eligible practice-site categories. N9+ Direct Vendor Fit 0/100 because award funds are restricted to the participating clinician's qualifying educational loans rather than equipment, software, telehealth, or contracted clinical services.
The Mississippi State Department of Health is accepting applications for the Mississippi State Loan Repayment Program (MSLRP), a physician recruitment and retention program for eligible Mississippi Health Professional Shortage Area practice sites.
Funding: Eligible full-time M.D. and D.O. participants may receive up to $150,000 toward qualifying educational loans in exchange for at least two years of service at an approved public or private healthcare organization. Half-time providers receive half the applicable award.
Eligible specialties: family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, geriatrics, and psychiatry. Eligible practice sites include FQHCs and look-alikes, CMS-certified Rural Health Clinics, tribal/IHS sites, community outpatient and mental-health facilities, private practices, state or county clinics, free clinics, mobile units, school-based programs, qualifying Critical Access Hospital outpatient affiliates, state mental-health facilities, and qualifying Rural Emergency Hospital outpatient affiliates.
Application timing: Applications are accepted year-round while funding remains available. The current intake window is September 16 through December 15, 2026, for January 1 contract starts. MSDH uses quarterly intake windows: June 16 through September 15 for October 1 contract starts; September 16 through December 15 for January 1 starts; December 16 through March 15 for April 1 starts; and March 16 through June 15 for July 1 starts. MSDH does not publish a clock-time cutoff on the public program page.
Submission: A complete application requires two separate OpenGov submissions: Healthcare Professional project 2026-RFA-172 and Sponsoring Entity (Practice Site) project 2026-RFA-173. Both components must be received before review.
Atlas Opportunity Score: 78/100
N9+ Direct Vendor Fit: 0/100. MSLRP funds are restricted to qualifying educational loan repayment for individual participating physicians. This is valuable healthcare-workforce intelligence for eligible rural and shortage-area organizations but is not a defensible N9+ equipment, platform, or QC Healthcare vendor-purchase pathway.
Official source: Mississippi State Department of Health — State Loan Repayment Program
Source verificationOfficial government source · msdh.ms.govAtlas last verified this record September 20, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
