Scholarship Fund
The TORCH Foundation accepts applications for a variety of scholarship and stipend awards! These opportunities are available for TORCH Member hospital employees and university students in health care-related undergraduate and graduate programs in Texas who are focused on enhancing their knowledge and making a difference in rural health care.
The open applications for the 2025 year are below.
Lindsey Horton Memorial Scholarship-Lindsey Horton was a Registered Nurse at Permian Regional Medical Center and was a resident of Andrews, Texas. Upon Lindsey’s tragic death while at work, there was a tremendous outpouring of love and kindness from residents and businesses from Andrews County and from across Texas. In her honor and to help address the medical professional shortage, the Lindsey Horton Memorial Scholarship Fund was created to provide scholarships to students residing in the Permian Basin counties who seek degrees in the medical field.
To help extend this vision statewide, the TORCH Foundation, a nonprofit affiliate of the Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals (TORCH), is proud to partner with the Lindsey Horton Memorial Scholarship Fund, to provide college scholarships to rural Texas residents/students beyond the Permian Basin region.
2025 TORCH Foundation Community Impact Scholarship - Rural Texas is a place of enormous significance and is home to many organizations that do incredible work and make a difference in their local community. The Rural Community Impact Scholarship through the TORCH Foundation is inspired by and seeks to honor those charitable, service-oriented organizations whose purpose is to improve the lives and circumstances of rural residents, lift up others and make their community a great place to live.
Financial support for the TORCH Foundation Scholarship Fund is generated from events like the TORCH Foundation Silent Auction, generous donations and other sponsorship opportunities.
The TORCH Foundation accepts applications for a variety of scholarship and stipend awards! These opportunities are available for TORCH Member hospital employees and university students in health care-related undergraduate and graduate programs in Texas who are focused on enhancing their knowledge and making a difference in rural health care.
The open applications for the 2025 year are below.
Lindsey Horton Memorial Scholarship-Lindsey Horton was a Registered Nurse at Permian Regional Medical Center and was a resident of Andrews, Texas. Upon Lindsey’s tragic death while at work, there was a tremendous outpouring of love and kindness from residents and businesses from Andrews County and from across Texas. In her honor and to help address the medical professional shortage, the Lindsey Horton Memorial Scholarship Fund was created to provide scholarships to students residing in the Permian Basin counties who seek degrees in the medical field.
To help extend this vision statewide, the TORCH Foundation, a nonprofit affiliate of the Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals (TORCH), is proud to partner with the Lindsey Horton Memorial Scholarship Fund, to provide college scholarships to rural Texas residents/students beyond the Permian Basin region.
- Application
- Scholarship amount: $5,000 per scholarship
- Deadline: August 8, 2025
2025 TORCH Foundation Community Impact Scholarship - Rural Texas is a place of enormous significance and is home to many organizations that do incredible work and make a difference in their local community. The Rural Community Impact Scholarship through the TORCH Foundation is inspired by and seeks to honor those charitable, service-oriented organizations whose purpose is to improve the lives and circumstances of rural residents, lift up others and make their community a great place to live.
- Application
- Scholarship amount: one award for $15,000
- Deadline: August 22, 2025
Financial support for the TORCH Foundation Scholarship Fund is generated from events like the TORCH Foundation Silent Auction, generous donations and other sponsorship opportunities.
