The NSP provides scholarships to nursing students in exchange for a minimum 2-year full-time service commitment (or part-time equivalent), at an eligible health care facility located in a primary care or mental Health Professional Shortage Area also known as Critical Shortage Facility. Scholarships are awarded competitively and consist of payment for tuition, fees, other reasonable costs, and a monthly stipend.

The deadline to apply to NSP is May 8, 2012 at 5:00 pm ET.

US Department of Health and Human Services

USA students contact cwhite@usouthal.edu if you have any questions.

Mobile Works Scholarship

Mobile Works is now accepting applications for their scholarship. Please review the letter below for requirements. Students should bring all required documentation to Mobile Works, in order to be considered.

Mobile Works, Inc. letter

VALOR participants who take a position with VA upon graduation are usually hired one to three steps above the entry-level salary rate established for new graduates. This is because VALOR participants are already oriented to VA and its practice requirements. Students may be appointed on a full- or part-time basis during the summer months and may continue during their senior academic year on a part-time basis. See the letter below for contact information and download the applications.

VA Letter

Federal Employment Application

Declaration for Federal Employment

This year the Alliance will award a $1000.00 scholarship. To be eligible for consideration, students must be currently enrolled in a nursing program, have and maintain at least a “B” average, and be a Mobile County resident and/or graduate of a Mobile County high school. The recipient’s selection is based upon evaluation of the following: academics, two faculty recommendations, and a brief personal history written by the student giving his/her short-term and long-term goals. The application deadline is March 15, 2012.

The scholarship’s purpose is to subsidize formal school expenses such as tuition, books, and related school fees and is contingent upon the student’s successful continuation in the program of nursing.

Please contact April Kleinmann at 343-6003, or nephrodoc@comcast.net for more information or mail your application to:
Lettie Daffin Perdue Scholarship
c/o April Kleinmann
118 Jordan Ln.
Mobile, AL 36608

Application

The $2,000 scholarship is targeted to nursing students enrolled in at least the sophomore year at an accredited BSN degree program. Each applicant must submit
an application, official transcript, two page statement about their nursing career/journey, resume, and two letters of references. The annual scholarship deadline is April 15.

Press Release

Tuskegee Airmen Scholarship Foundation Website

National Black Nurses Association Website

Hazing Awareness Scholarship renewed for Fall 2011/Spring 2012. All students that are enrolled in any accredited college or university that has a Greek Social Setting may apply. Click this link for more information or visit the website at

www.collegegreekbooks.com/cashaward.html.

The Army Nurse Corps Association (ANCA) is sending this e-mail to remind
you about the Scholarship Program for baccalaureate or higher degree nursing
and anesthesia students. In 2012, ANCA will be selecting up to 15
students to receive $3,000 scholarships.

To be eligible, applicants should meet one of the following criteria:

• Nursing or anesthesia students who plan to enter a component of the US Army and are enrolled in a program not funded by a component of the US Army.
• Nursing or anesthesia students who have previously served in a component of the US Army.
• Army Nurse Corps officers in a component of the US Army enrolled in a baccalaureate or graduate nursing or nurse anesthesia program not funded by a component of the US Army.
• Army enlisted soldiers in a component of the US Army enrolled in a baccalaureate nursing program not funded by a component of the US Army.
• Nursing or anesthesia students whose parent(s), spouse and/or children are or have served in a component of the US Army.

Click on these links for the attached flyer and the ANCA 2012 Scholarship Program Guidelines and Application.

Flyer - PDF

Guidelines and Application - Word Doc

ASNA has a new link on their website for current scholarships offerred, including the District 4 and Dorothy Saad Scholarships. Follow this link for details and applications:

ASNA Scholarships.

CertifiedBackground.com, a leading provider of background checks to health professions students, is partnering with the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) to launch a new scholarship program for nursing students in baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral programs. CertifiedBackground.com is committing $200,000 over five years to this new program that will distribute eight scholarships in the amount of $5,000 each year from 2011 through 2015.

To apply for scholarship funding, students must complete an application that requires a brief 250-word essay on their goals and career aspirations in nursing. Winners will be announced within 60 days of each submission deadline, which are set for January 31, April 30, July 31, and October 31 each year. This scholarship is non-recurring and will be awarded to individual students for one semester only. Visit
http://www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/doc/CBScholarshipApp.doc to download the application and review the scholarship criteria.

The Army Nurse Corps Association (ANCA) was founded as the Retired Army
Nurse Corps Association in 1997. Membership is comprised of Army Nurse Corps
officers from the Active Army, Army National Guard, or the Army Reserve.
They may be currently serving, retired or honorably discharged from one of
these components of the US Army. The purpose of the ANCA Memorial Scholarship Program is to award scholarships to students attending accredited baccalaureate or graduate nursing or anesthesia programs.

In 2011, the scholarships will be awarded in memory of the three Army
Nurses who gave their lives at the Fort Hood Readiness Center, TX in November
2009. All three were reservists who had been activated and were being proce
ssed for deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. LTC Juanita Warman, CPT John
Gaffaney and CPT Russell Seager will be remembered for their dedication
and bravery.

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