Health care professionals relocating to designated underserviced communities may be eligible to apply for one of the following incentive grants.

Incentive grants of up to $40,000, paid over four years, may be available to GP/FPs and psychiatrists who relocate to designated northern communities.

Incentive grants of up to $15,000, paid over four years, may be available to GP/FPs who relocate to eligible designated southern communities.

Incentive grants of up to $20,000, paid over four years, may be available to specialists who relocate to designated northern communities. A second grant of $20,000, again paid over four years, under the Northern Medical Specialist Incentive Program, may be available to northern specialists who provide a minimum of 12 days of outreach services per year.

Incentive grants of up to $15,000, paid over three years, may be available to audiologists, chiropodists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and speech-language pathologists who relocate to fill positions in full-time MOHLTC-funded vacancies in Northern Ontario.

Please view Incentive Grant Program applications

The Free Tuition Program offers physician applicants up to $40,000 (or $10,000 per year) in exchange for a three or four year return-of-service commitment.

The program has two components :  the reimbursement of medical undergraduate tuition fees and a location incentive fund. The Free Tuition Program will compensate medical students and postgraduate trainees for actual medical tuition payments (to a maximum of $10,000 annually), in exchange for a return-of-service commitment in a community designated as underserviced or an undersupplied specialty. The location incentive fund may provide tuition grant candidates with additional financial incentives to locate to approved communities if tuition is less than $10,000 per year. Please see the Free Tuition Program and Applications for the Free Tuition Program.

The Tuition Support Program for Nurses (TSPN) offers tuition reimbursement to recent nursing graduates from rural and remote communities. Applicants must be new College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) registrants who choose to do a return-of-service (ROS) in an eligible underserviced community. The program is open to nurse practitioner, registered nurse and registered practical nurse graduates who have recently graduated as of April 1, 2006, from a Canadian University or College.