TN Center for Healthcare Workforce Development

Health Sciences Achievement Award Application Portal

Application period opens January 2025

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.


The application period for 2024 has ended. We will reopen the application period in January 2025!

Please direct inquiries to Allison Smith at asmith@tha.com

Congratulations to the 25 recipients awarded in 2024!

Recipients graduated from the following Tennessee high schools:

The Webb School   

Station Camp High School   

Carter High School   

West Carroll Junior Senior High School   

Cane Ridge High School   

Bledsoe County High School   

Cascade High School   

Central High School     

Elizabethton High School   

Greenback Public School   

Hixson High School   

Jo Byrns High School 

Morristown Hamblen West High School   

Polk County High School   

Morristown East High School   

Northview Senior Academy   

Stewarts Creek High School   

St. Agnes Academy 

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