Hope For Our Future Scholarships: G. Howard Wood, MD, Medical and Nursing Student Loan Trust Fund Grant

Hope For Our Future Scholarships: G. Howard Wood, MD, Medical and Nursing Student Loan Trust Fund Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Adena Health System
Last Updated: October 21, 2025

Summary

The Hope For Our Future Scholarships, offered by the Adena Health Foundation, support students pursuing careers in healthcare-related fields. Eligible applicants include those studying medicine, nursing, or allied health professions, particularly from the Chillicothe and Ross County areas. With a focus on inclusivity, scholarships are available to individuals with a minimum GPA of 3.0. This initiative aims to enhance career opportunities in a sector poised for growth, benefiting both students and the community.

Overview

Adena Health From a small brick house in downtown Chillicothe to a health system that provides state-of-the-art medical services for patients in nine Ohio counties, Adena Health has always been here for you – and always will be. Adena Health has been serving generations of your friends and family in south central and southern Ohio for more than 120 years. Since 1895, we’ve remained focused on our commitment to provide patients with the best health care and personal service. Our organization has proudly served as a loyal, reliable, and hardworking partner for the communities we serve. As a non-profit independent health system, founded on religious beliefs, Adena treats every patient with respect and compassion. Adena Health Foundation The foundation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adena Health. This nonprofit corporation functions primarily as a fundraising organization to support the health system and the communities it serves. The foundation is separately incorporated as tax-exempt under IRC 501(c)(3) and as a supporting organization under IRC 509(a)(3). Hope For Our Future Scholarships Looking for a rewarding, well-paying career that, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, may provide more job opportunities through the end of this decade than most other occupations across the economy? Adena Health Foundation may be able to help you get there. Several scholarship opportunities are available for anyone living in Adena’s nine-county coverage area interested in pursuing a career in one of a number of disciplines connected with health care. The Hope for our Future scholarships are for students pursuing a career that could be part of a health system. While this includes the positions you would normally associate with health care such as doctors, nurses, therapists, aides, it can also be accounting, finance, legal, human resources or any job found within a health system. Hope For Our Future Scholarships: G. Howard Wood, MD, Medical and Nursing Student Loan Trust Fund Students studying to become medical doctors, osteopathic doctors, registered nurses or studying any of the allied medical arts (AIM students). Residents of Chillicothe and/or Ross County or students who are graduates of a high school located in Chillicothe or Ross County are eligible.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants must have a high school Grade Point Average of at least 3.0 and be receiving a high school diploma or have a GED score of at least 550 to be considered. Employees of Adena Health System are eligible. Decisions on the awarding of scholarships apply equally to all without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, age, gender, religion or disability.