Open — rolling while funds remain availableAtlas 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 29, 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
Workforce-retention opportunity for clinicians practicing in qualifying Mississippi Health Professional Shortage Areas. The Mississippi State Loan Repayment Program repays qualifying educational loans for eligible clinicians who provide full-time or half-time primary health care at eligible sites. Applications are accepted year-round while funds remain available, with quarterly contract-start windows. This is an individual clinician loan-repayment program rather than an equipment or service-procurement grant.
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
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