TN Center for Healthcare Workforce Development

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner

Student Incentive

The mental health of our citizens is foundational to all other goals we seek to accomplish in education, job growth and public safety. By prioritizing our mental health safety net and suicide prevention, we are caring for more Tennesseans and building healthier communities


– Governor Bill Lee, Tennessee 

There is a severe shortage of all types of mental health professionals, with rural areas hit the hardest. 

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Student Incentive


This incentive offers $20,000 per year for two years to Psych NP students in a Master’s or Doctoral program. In return, students will serve two years in a rural or underserved practice site following graduation. 

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