The Nursing Scholarship Program is open to all U.S. citizens or nationals who are enrolled in an accredited registered nurse program. Applicants may be pursuing an associate, bachelor's or graduate degree or a diploma. If awarded a scholarship, the student must agree to work at least two years at a health-care facility with a critical shortage of nurses. In exchange for this service, the Nursing Scholarship Program will pay for tuition, required fees of nursing school, required books, clinical supplies and laboratory expenses, along with a monthly stipend of about $1,200. Preference for the scholarship is given to full-time nursing students with the greatest financial need. The scholarship is funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Tafford Uniforms, a leading provider of nursing uniforms and scrubs, provides two scholarships of $1,000 each to be distributed for the spring and fall semesters. This scholarship program is designed for nursing students enrolled in one of the following programs: associate degree in nursing, bachelor of science in nursing (BSN), master of science in nursing (MSN), licensed practical nurse (LPN) and licensed vocational nurse (LVN).
The Emergency Nurses Association Foundation annually provides multiple scholarships to nurses specializing in critical care or emergency care. Scholarships are aimed at currently licensed nurses for their undergraduate, graduate or doctoral degrees in emergency nursing. A limited number of non-RN scholarships are also available to rescue workers or those currently working in an emergency department who are pursuing a nursing degree.
The Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students program provides nursing scholarships to full-time students from disadvantaged backgrounds with the greatest financial need. With this program, scholarship funds are awarded to accredited schools of medicine, dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, nursing, veterinary medicine, public health, chiropractic, allied health, osteopathic medicine and podiatric medicine, along with graduate programs in behavioral and mental health practice and training programs for physician assistants. The selected schools are then responsible for selecting the nursing scholarship recipients based on need and the cost of attendance. To be eligible for the scholarship, the student must be from a disadvantaged background, as defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program (NELRP) provides grants to students who have received an associate, baccalaureate or graduate degree in nursing from an accredited school of nursing in the United States. To be eligible, you must have outstanding education loans for your nursing education, and you must be employed at least 32 hours per week at a critical-shortage facility. The grants awarded will repay your student loans incurred through your nursing program. In exchange for two years of service at a critical-shortage facility, the NELRP will repay 60 percent of qualifying nursing education loan balances. For an additional year of service (three years total), NELRP will pay an additional 25 percent of the qualifying loans.