A variety of scholarships are available for students pursuing training as a pharmacy technician. Some are national scholarships. Others are limited to women or minority students, to residents of specific U.S. states, or to students attending specific colleges.
National Scholarships
A few sources offer scholarships to pharmacy tech students throughout the U.S. For example, the American Pharmacists Association Foundation offers the Colonel Jerry W. Ross Scholarship, valued at $1,000. The website AfterCollege sponsors four annual $500 scholarships for students pursuing training related to pharmacy. The Moses Cone Health System offers the Academic Scholarship Program to students pursuing training in allied health fields, including pharmacy technician training.
Scholarships for Women and Minorities
Some scholarships available to pharmacy tech students are limited to women and underrepresented minorities. For example, the federal government makes scholarships available to Native Americans pursuing allied health careers, including pharmacy tech careers, through the Indian Health Services Scholarship. Montgomery General Hospital in Maryland offers scholarship support for up to four years to women pursuing careers in allied health fields.
United Health Care makes scholarship support available to minority students pursuing health-related careers, including careers as pharmacy technicians.
State-Specific Scholarships
Some scholarships available to pharmacy tech students are limited to residents of specific states. For example, Alaskan students may be eligible to receive a $500 Pharmacy Technician Scholarship from the Alaskan Pharmacists Association. Pharmacy tech students who are residents of California may be eligible to receive scholarship support of up to $4,000 per academic year through the Health Professions Education Foundation Allied Healthcare Scholarship.
School-Specific Scholarships
Many schools that offer courses for future pharmacy technicians also offer scholarships. For example, Trident Technical College in South Carolina offers the $500 Latarsha Maxwell Memorial Scholarship Fund to help pharmacy tech students defray the cost of tuition, fees and textbooks, as well as other general allied health scholarships. Students at Linn-Benton Community College may be eligible to receive the $500 Bi-Mart Pharmacy Technician Scholarship. Students at Southeastern Community College in North Carolina may be eligible for the $1,000 Dr. Hillary M. Hawks Pharmacy Technology Scholarship or the $500 Ashley Poovey Memorial Scholarship.
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