Health Sciences Achievement Award Application Portal
About the Award
The Health Sciences Achievement Award, formerly known as the Mary Layne Van Cleave (MLVC) Achievement Award, is given to Tennessee high school seniors who are pursuing a degree in a healthcare field after graduation. Awards will be given in the amount of $2,000, and there are no requirements as to how the money must be spent. This award has been established to encourage Tennessee high school seniors to pursue a career in healthcare and we are excited to offer this opportunity to the future healthcare professionals of our state. Students who previously received this award previously are welcome to apply for the alumni award.
This project is funded through a grant by the State of Tennessee.
Application period Opens January 2027
Health Sciences Achievement Award Application
Eligibility: Graduating high school students who plan to pursue a career in health care are welcome to apply for this program. Awards will be given in the amount of $2,000 and there are no requirements as to how the money must be spent. This award has been established to encourage Tennessee high school students to pursue post-secondary programs (training, certificates, or degrees) to set them on a path for a career in healthcare.
Alumni- Health Sciences Achievement Award Application
Eligibility: Individuals who received the TCWD Health Sciences Achievement Award (previously known as the MLVC Award) are welcome to apply for the alumni award! Awards will be given in the amount of $2,000 and there are no requirements as to how the money must be spent. Alumni awards are only offered the year after a recipient received their initial Health Sciences Achievement Award. This award has been established to encourage Tennessee students to pursue post-secondary programs (training, certificates, or degrees) to set them on a path for a career in healthcare.
Questions?
Contact us atPathways@THA.com
Congratulations to the 56 recipients awarded in 2026!
Recipients graduated from the following Tennessee high schools:
Alcoa High School - Blount County
Beech High School - Sumner County
Bledsoe County High School - Bledsoe County
Cascade High School - Bedford County
Centennial High School - Williamson County
Chattanooga Christian School - Hamilton County
Columbia Central High School - Maury County
Covington High School - Tipton County
Daniel Boone High School - Washington County
Dickson County High School - Dickson County
Dobyns Bennett High School - Sullivan County
Dyer County High School - Dyer County
East Hickman High School - Hickman County
Elizabethton High School - Carter County
First Assembly Christian School - Shelby County
Giles County High School - Giles County
Halls High School - Knox County
Humboldt High School - Gibson County
Jellico High School - Campbell County
Johnson County High School - Johnson County
Lake County High School - Lake County
Lebanon High School - Wilson County
Lewis County High School - Lewis County
Marshall County High School - Marshall County
McMinn County High School - McMinn County
Midway High School - Roane County
Morristown Hamblen East High School - Hamblen County
Peabody High School - Gibson County
Polk County High School - Polk County
Roane County High School - Roane County
Rockvale High School - Rutherford County
Sequoyah High School - Hamilton County
Smith County High School - Smith County
South Fulton High School - Obion County
South Gibson County High School - Gibson County
Sycamore High School - Cheatham County
Van Buren County High School - Van Buren County
Walker Valley High School - Bradley County
Westview High School - Weakly County
White Station High School - Shelby County
Alumni recipients are attending the following universities:
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
University of Tennessee Southern
Carson - Newman University
Recipients are from the counties in blue in the map below.
