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 Program Helps Minority Nurse Scholars
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) announced that the Johnson & Johnson Campaign for Nursing’s Future (J&J) is launching a new national scholarship program designed to increase the number of nurse faculty from ethnic minority backgrounds. The J&J-AACN Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars program will provide financial assistance to underrepresented minority nursing students to facilitate the completion of graduate programs and diversify the nurse faculty population. AACN’s latest data show that only 10.5 percent of full-time nurse faculty come from such backgrounds. The J&J/AACN Minority Nurse Faculty Scholars program supports full-time nursing students in doctoral or master’s degree programs, with a preference given to those completing a doctorate. The program includes mentorship and leadership development components to assure successful completion of graduate studies and preparation for a faculty role. Scholarship candidates must demonstrate potential for long-term contributions to the field of nursing education and agree to teach in a U.S. school of nursing after graduation. Scholarship winners will receive $16,500 of the $18,000 scholarship award with the remaining monies held in escrow at AACN to cover travel and other expenses for an annual leadership conference. Eligible applicants must be accepted into a master’s or doctoral program at an accredited school of nursing and agree to attend classes full-time throughout the program’s duration. Award preference will be given to students at schools of nursing which commit to matching a portion of the candidate’s tuition costs. Students interested in applying for this program may download an application at http://www.aacn.nche.edu/JJApp07.doc. The application deadline for Spring 2008 scholarships is Oct. 15, 2007. This new initiative is modeled after the successful California Endowment-AACN Minority Nurse Faculty Scholarship that was launched in Spring 2006 to address the shortage of minority faculty in California. Through that program, 17 minority nursing students are completing doctorates and master’s degrees with post-graduation commitments to serve as faculty in California schools of nursing. For more details on that program, see http://www.aacn.nche.edu/CAEawardApp.pdf. —compiled by the editors of Minority Nurse magazine |
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