AfterCollege and the American Association of Nursing Colleges have partnered to attract students into the field of nursing. They offer a wide-range of financial assistance to students from all over the United States. The AfterCollege scholarship fund provides scholarships of $2,500 dollars to nursing students pursuing a doctoral degree. Students must have a GPA of 3.25 or higher to be eligible.
AfterCollege, Inc.
98 Battery Street, Suite 502
San Francisco, CA 94111
http://www.aftercollege.com
The American Academy of Nursing provides scholarship opportunities for graduate nursing students. ANN along with its partner scholarship program, Building Academic Geriatric Scholarship Capacity program (BAGNC), offers predoctoral scholarships to students interested in geriatric nursing. Geriatric nursing relates to the field of providing health assistance to the elderly. The BAGNC program grants awards for $100,000 for each selected predoctoral student, at $50,000 a year for two academic years. Graduate nursing students interested in doing additional post-doctoral research in geriatric nursing may applying for the Claire M. Fain scholarship. The Claire M. Fain Scholarship provides a $60,000 per year allowance for nursing students doing advanced research and training in geriatric studies.
American Academy of Nursing
Coordinating Center
888 17th Street, NW Suite 800
Washington, DC 20006
http://www.geriatricnursing.org/applications/applications.asp
The March of Dimes in a nonprofit organization committed to research on preventing birth defects and infant mortality.For nurses doing doctoral work in maternal-child nursing, The March of Dimes offers an annual scholarship of $5,000 dollars to students enrolled in a graduate nursing program. Applicants must be a member of a professional organization devoted to women's and children's health such as the Association of Women's Health or the National Association of Neonatal Nurses. Student may be enrolled at any nursing school in the United States.
Education Services
March of Dimes
1275 Mamaroneck Ave.
http://www.marchofdimes.com/nursing
White Plains, NY 10605