Scholarship for OBGYN Residents

The Specialized Training Assistance Program (STRAP), provides you with a monthly stipend of over $2,500 throughout your residency.

As an OBGYN, the work you will do on the U.S. Army healthcare team is not only an essential service, but also life changing. You will provide medical care during pregnancy, performs obstetric deliveries, and examines diagnoses and treats or prescribes course of treatment for patients who have gynecological disease, injury or disorder. You will use your specialized skills to solve unique challenges in clinical surroundings, in patient care, and more. There are invaluable opportunities like paid continuing education, humanitarian missions, leadership training and competitive benefit packages. It is a career that makes a difference in our Soldiers lives and your own. If you choose the Army Reserve, you can work in your community and serve when needed. For either path, you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, surrounded by dedicated professionals who share your values and a passion for excellence.

- You must have completed PGY I and successfully passed all three steps of the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) or the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX) exams on their first attempt.
-Applicants entering the program at the PGYIII level and above, you must have obtained a full unrestricted license within 2 years following completion of medical school or prior to program
-Must be a U.S. Citizen/ Permanent Resident
-Must have a doctor of medicine or osteopathy degree from an accredited US school of medicine or osteopathy. Foreign graduates may apply if they have a permanent certificate from the Educational Council of Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).

Under the Specialized Training Assistance Program (STRAP), your minimum reserves (part time) obligation as an Army Reserve Officer is one year for every 6 months (or partial 6 month period) of financial assistance. Acceptance is not automatic and is reviewed upon a case-by-case basis.

No! As a resident in STRAP, you will also be assigned to the Army Medical Department Professional Management Command (APMC), a non-deploying unit, until you complete your residency. You will be required to attend drill one weekend per month with a two-week training period each year.
During your annual training period, you will be placed on active-duty (full time) status and receive pay and benefits equal to that of a captain in the U.S. Army.