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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">My name is LT David Bye and I am pharmacist and an officer with the U.S. Public Health Service.</span><span style="color:#424242"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">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 opening soon.</span><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">COSTEPs are highly competitive, active-duty uniformed service programs for full-time students pursuing their qualifying degrees. Please
visit </span><span style="color:#424242"><a href="https://www.usphs.gov/students/" target="_blank" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">Officer & Student Training Programs</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242"> for
further information on COSTEP.</span><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">JRCOSTEP</span></b><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">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><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">Application acceptance period is June 1 – July 31, 2023.</span><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">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="color:#424242"><a href="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/ccis/documents/CCI_371.02.pdf" target="_blank" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">JRCOSTEP
policy</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#424242"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242"> </span><span style="color:#424242"><a href="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/JrCoStepCCI371.02Faq.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">CCMIS
JRCOSTEP FAQs</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242"> and </span><span style="color:#424242"><a href="https://www.usphs.gov/media/yunnlaiu/jrcostep-faqs.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">JRCOSTEP
FAQs</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">.</span><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">SRCOSTEP</span></b><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">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="color:#424242"><a href="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/ccis/documents/CCI_371.03.pdf" target="_blank" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">SRCOSTEP
policy</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">, </span><span style="color:#424242"><a href="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/SrCoStepCCI371.03Faq.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">CCMIS
SRCOSTEP FAQs</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">and </span><span style="color:#424242"><a href="https://www.usphs.gov/media/daoj3qxv/srcostep-faqs.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">SRCOSTEP
FAQs</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">.</span><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">SRCOSTEP applications will be accepted for students who are graduating in 2025 or early 2026 with a degree in the following disciplines:</span><span style="color:#424242"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">medicine,
nursing, dentistry, pharmacy, psychology, veterinary medicine, environmental health, engineering, speech-language pathology, audiology, research science, or occupational, physical, or respiratory therapy..</span><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">Application acceptance period is June 1 – September 30, 2023.</span><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">As of June 1, 2022, SRCOSTEP participants are also subject to the </span><span style="color:#424242"><a href="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/ccis/documents/POM_821.85.pdf" target="_blank" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">Commissioned
Service Obligation</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">upon graduation. Please review the </span><span style="color:#424242"><a href="https://dcp.psc.gov/ccmis/CCD122_02Faq.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">CSO
CCMIS FAQs</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">.</span><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">Any additional questions regarding the current COSTEP open application period can be submitted to </span><span style="color:#424242"><a href="mailto:PHSCostep@hhs.gov" target="_blank" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#0563C1">PHSCostep@hhs.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">.</span><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">I am also available to help answer questions as this is a program that I participated in prior to graduating in 2018. Our contact
information may not be up to date with your school, so please let me know if there is a different faculty member I can share this with. Please feel free to share with students of the eligible cohorts as well as with programs of eligible disciplines at your
school.</span><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#424242">Thanks so much! </span><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#424242">David Bye, PharmD, BCGP</span></b><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#424242">Lieutenant | United States Public Health Service Officer</span><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#424242">Health Insurance Specialist | Drug and Health Plan Operations | Office of Program Operations & Local Engagement | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#424242">(</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#424242"> | </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#424242">*</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#424242">: <a href="mailto:david.bye@cms.hhs.gov" target="_blank" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">d</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#0563C1">avid.bye</span><span style="color:#0563C1">@cms.hhs.gov</span></a></span><span style="color:#424242"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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