Nursing students who are willing to work in the state of Maryland after graduation can apply for the State Nursing Scholarship and Living Expenses Grant. The renewable, merit-based award is available for full- and part-time students studying at the undergrad or graduate level, and is worth up to $3,000 a year. Applicants must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and be a Maryland resident. Additional funding for accelerated programs is available. In return, students must work full-time for one year for each year a scholarship award was presented, or part-time for two years for every year of financial aid granted.
Maryland Higher Education Commission
839 Bestgate Road, Suite 400
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-260-4500
mhec.state.md.us
To help nurses become university faculty members educating future generations of health care workers, Maryland offers the Graduate Nursing Faculty Scholarship and Living Expenses Grant. Applicants must be enrolled in a nursing masters program on a full- or part-time basis; the program must be sponsored by a Maryland college which must "provide mentors...and incorporate the student into its campus faculty culture and provide career counseling" to help the scholarship recipient become a faculty member at a state school. The renewable award is worth up to $26,000 over two years, and the recipient must work for an additional two years as a nursing faculty member at a university or college in Maryland.
Maryland Higher Education Commission
839 Bestgate Road, Suite 400
Annapolis, MD 21401
410-260-4500
mhec.state.md.us
Nursing students at Johns Hopkins University with financial need can apply for the New Careers in Nursing Scholarship, which the school offers to "alleviate the nursing shortage and increase diversity in the nursing workforce." Six awards, worth $10,000 apiece, are presented to freshmen entering the accelerated bachelor's degree program. Recipients must be from "disadvantaged backgrounds or underrepresented groups in nursing," according to Johns Hopkins. Applicants must be accepted into the school and write an essay describing how the award and a mentorship program will help them become nurses.
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
525 North Wolfe Street, Room 118
Baltimore, Maryland 21205
nursing.jhu.edu
All accepted applicants to the University of Maryland School of Nursing are automatically considered for a merit scholarship. The awards are described by the school as "highly competitive" and are based on such factors as grades, test scores and community service. Scholarship amounts are available only to full-time students and can be renewed for up to three semesters so long as "requisite academic progress is maintained," according to UM. Award amounts vary from $1,000 to the full cost of tuition.
University of Maryland School of Nursing
655 West Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
410-706-3100
nursing.umaryland.edu