Scholarship money abounds for students pursuing undergraduate or graduate education in nursing. Below is just a small sampling of such funding-much of it available only to minority nursing students. All awards have various criteria for recipients, which may include financial need, academic achievement and involvement in community service. In addition, some awards require the recipient to work in a specific location-often a medically underserved area-after graduation. Contact the sponsoring organizations for more detailed information.
| Title | Organization | Deadline |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| FNSNA Annual Scholarship Program | Foundation of the National Student Nurses’ Association | Jan 1st | Varies, depending on the scholarship |
| Clinical Research Post-Doctoral Fellowship | American Nurses Association Minority Fellowship Program | Varies, depending on available funds; fellowships are for one to two years | |
| Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship | Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. | Mar 1st | Varies, depending on available funds |
| Charlotte McGuire Scholarship Program | American Holistic Nurses’ Association | Mar 15th | Varies depending on available funds |
| George B. Boland Nurses Training Trust Fund | National Forty and Eight | Varies | |
| WGU Future of Nursing Scholarships | Western Governors University | Valued between $2,000 and $5,000 | |
| A Nurse I Am Scholarship | Cherokee Uniforms | Up to 10 $2,000 scholarships | |
| McNeil Rural Scholarship | National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners Foundation | Jun 15th | Up to $40,000 |
| Registered Nurse Education Fund | Health Professions Education Foundation | Up to $4,000 per year (pre-nursing); up to $8,000 per year (ADN); up to $10,000 per year (BSN) | |
| Nursing Education Loan Scholarship Program (NELS) | Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning | Mar 31st | Up to $4,000 annually for up to two years (BSN, RN-to-BSN and MSN); up to $5,000 annually for two years (PhD) |
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