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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">My name is LT Jennifer Joo, a current pharmacist and an active-duty officer within the U.S. Public Health Service (USPHS).</span><span style="color: black;">
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">I wanted to provide a friendly reminder that USPHS Commissioned Corps Junior (JR) and Senior (SR) Commissioned Officer Student Training Extern Program's (COSTEP) annual open application
period is now open.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">COSTEPs are highly competitive, active-duty uniformed service programs for full-time students pursuing their qualifying degrees. Please visit
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://www.usphs.gov/students/" id="OWA0cd37f73-d481-4aee-f4ac-d7fafbf8d751" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.usphs.gov/students/" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Officer
& Student Training Programs</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"> for further information on COSTEP.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"><b>JRCOSTEP</b></span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Junior COSTEPs serve on active duty for 31-120 days during school breaks. Within three months after the date of completion of the JRCOSTEP assignment, applicants
must be scheduled to return to college or university as a full-time student; or enter a postgraduate degree program.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Application acceptance period is August 1 – September 30, 2024.</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">JRCOSTEP applications will be accepted now for active-duty assignments the following year. Please refer applicants to the following resources before they
apply: </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/ccis/documents/CCI_371.02.pdf" id="OWAdacb8946-83e8-0ddd-51e1-7a4eeb2b1ef8" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/ccis/documents/CCI_371.02.pdf" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">JRCOSTEP
policy</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">,</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/JrCoStepCCI371.02Faq.aspx" id="OWAa2dc2f26-e166-b2df-6426-82f462b70668" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/JrCoStepCCI371.02Faq.aspx" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">CCMIS
JRCOSTEP FAQs</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u>,</u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"> and
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://www.usphs.gov/media/yunnlaiu/jrcostep-faqs.pdf" id="OWA328508b7-4569-d5cb-9150-f2ef1d2e36ca" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.usphs.gov/media/yunnlaiu/jrcostep-faqs.pdf" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">JRCOSTEP
FAQs</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">.</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"><b>SRCOSTEP</b></span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Senior COSTEPs serve on active duty while attending their final year of academic study and incur a service obligation equal to twice the time sponsored upon
graduation. Please refer applicants to the following resources before they apply:
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/ccis/documents/CCI_371.03.pdf" id="OWAeadd71de-12ff-f5ea-f465-671ce0d70e85" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/ccis/documents/CCI_371.03.pdf" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">SRCOSTEP
policy</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">,
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/SrCoStepCCI371.03Faq.aspx" id="OWA1dd53856-702e-eb22-4902-00e71ed5812c" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/SrCoStepCCI371.03Faq.aspx" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">CCMIS
SRCOSTEP FAQs</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u>,
</u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">and
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://www.usphs.gov/media/daoj3qxv/srcostep-faqs.pdf" id="OWA61f43733-f17c-bffc-0b0c-204c319aa72c" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.usphs.gov/media/daoj3qxv/srcostep-faqs.pdf" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">SRCOSTEP
FAQs</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">.</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">SRCOSTEP applications will be accepted for students who are graduating in 2026 or early 2027 with a degree in the following disciplines:</span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">medicine,
nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, psychology, veterinary medicine, environmental health, engineering, speech-language pathology, audiology, research science, or occupational, physical, or respiratory therapy.</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Application acceptance period is August 1 – September 30, 2024.</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">As of June 1, 2022, SRCOSTEP participants are also subject to the
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/ccis/documents/POM_821.85.pdf" id="OWA2e6c2484-0af9-712c-d3a4-65c7e654d110" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/ccis/documents/POM_821.85.pdf" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Commissioned
Service Obligation</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u> </u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">upon graduation. Please review the
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;"><u><a href="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/CCD122_02Faq.aspx" id="OWAe71dcaec-2dd0-61a7-496a-cc11f74ed6c3" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/CCD122_02Faq.aspx" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">CSO
CCMIS FAQs</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">.</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;"> </span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">Any additional questions regarding the current COSTEP open application period can be submitted to
</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: blue;"><u><a href="mailto:PHSCostep@hhs.gov" id="OWA9ac75f38-cd21-f390-4478-4056b8becb39" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">PHSCostep@hhs.gov</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">.</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">V/r,</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: black;">LT Jennifer Joo</span></p>
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<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Jennifer Joo, PharmD</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">LT, U.S. Public Health Service</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Staff Pharmacist</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">FMC Fort Worth</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">3150 Horton Road</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Fort Worth, TX 76119</span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">Phone:
</span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="tel:8174133486" id="OWAd23565b6-db22-e5ea-7adb-7be13dfd10da" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">817-413-3</a>264</u></span></p>
<p style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI", sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="mailto:Jjoo@bop.gov" id="OWA280423a1-9cf5-181c-e7ae-9c6b13b8042e" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">Jjoo@bop.gov</a></u></span></p>
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