The 2011 "Back to School" Nursing Scholarship Program

The application period for the 2011 scholarships has now ended. Please stay tuned for news of our next round of scholarships, which will be offered in spring 2012. Thanks!

Background

It’s easy to talk about the nursing shortage, and the other challenges facing the nursing profession - like the need for higher-level education among current nurses. Well, we decided we’d actually do something about it too.

The program is administered by Scholarship America (www.scholarshipamerica.org), the nation’s premier administrator of private scholarship programs.

In this application cycle, we’re giving away three scholarships of $2,500 each (in 2010, we awarded two). One will go to an ADN-prepared nurse who’s going back to school for an RN to BSN program. The second will go to a nurse who’s going back to school for a Masters in Nursing or Doctorate in Nursing program. The third will go to a non-nurse who’s going back to school to become a nurse (in an Accelerated Second Degree BSN or Direct Entry MSN program).

We look forward to continuing to expand the number of scholarships as time goes on. Please help us get the word out and make this program a success by linking to this page (on your blog, or your Facebook profile, or anywhere else you see fit). We appreciate it!