About U-CHaMP

The Underserved Communities Have a Medical Provider (U-CHaMP) program provides students from economically and educationally underserved backgrounds an opportunity to enroll in an academic program in the School of Health Professions at KU Medical Center. Students will gain leadership skills, receive unique mentoring and advising opportunities and become eligible to apply for a substantial scholarship to complete a degree in a health professions program.

Students who are selected for this program will show their commitment to entering the workforce in underserved rural or urban communities and have a passion for improving health care delivery in underserved communities.

Students begin as U-CHaMP ambassadors to learn about health professions and how to be prepared to apply to a health professions program. Once accepted and enrolled in the School of Health Professions at KU Medical Center, U-CHaMP ambassadors can apply to be a U-CHaMP scholar and then will be eligible for a substantial scholarship for educational expenses. U-CHaMP scholars are not required to first be U-CHaMP ambassadors; however, it is a competitive application process and U-CHaMP ambassadors may have an advantage.