Health Careers Scholarships

Daviess Community Hospital Foundation provides scholarship awards to aspiring health care professionals in an effort to support and encourage those individuals to return to our community to fulfill our communities’ need for dedicated, trained health care providers. Daviess Community Hospital Foundation makes scholarship awards through a variety of scholarships.

Only one application is required to be eligible for any of the scholarships if the individual is pursuing a nursing degree.

• The Health Careers Scholarship Program: Up to $1,500 may be awarded for each scholarship recipient selected.
• The DCH Auxiliary Scholarship: Up to $1,000 may be awarded annually to one scholarship recipient.
• The Helen Arthur Memorial Scholarship Award: A $750 scholarship award for a student pursuing a nursing degree.
  • The Helen Arthur Memorial Scholarship Award honors Helen Arthur, a local resident who was unable to fulfill her desire to become a nurse after contracting tuberculosis. The scholarship recognizes the women of Omega Alpha Chi, a local homemakers group, who in 1954 established and named a Helen Arthur Memorial Educational Loan Fund for students pursuing medical careers. In 2006, the group gifted the balance of the fund to the DCH Foundation to support the scholarship program.
• Nursing Scholarship: $5000 granted to one recipient to assist with successful completion of his/her nursing curriculum.
• Dr. Suresh Lohano Memorial Scholarship: A scholarship award of up to $5,000 for a student who demonstrates the same patient-centered approach to compassionate care that was Dr. Lohano's legacy.

To apply for the 2026 Health Careers Scholarships, click HERE.

To apply for the 2026 Nursing Scholarship, click HERE.

Application deadline is midnight on Monday, March 16, 2026.

If you have questions whether your path of study qualifies, please call the DCH Foundation office at 812-254-8858 or email asteiner@dchosp.org.