Application Process
Application Process
We accept applications each year from February 15 through April 15, with scholarship decisions emailed in the first week in May. All applications must be completed by April 15 (i.e., both the application and all supporting documents).
Applications are submitted via a secure, online application. In addition to completing the application, you'll upload documents that will support your application (click the button below to review the documents and information you'll need). A brief, self-recorded video will be required as part of the initial application. A Letter of Recommendation is also a required element of each application.
To apply for a scholarship, you must be a citizen or document that you have legal residency in the United States.
All applications will be accepted and reviewed, including referrals from Board members and others known to them.
What Happens after Application?
We accept applications through April 15. Beginning April 15, we will review all applications and, within a few days of the 15th we will send an update via email to let each applicant know whether they will move on to the next round or if consideration of their application has ended for the current year (they can apply again next year if they wish to do so).
After initial evaluation, highly qualified candidates will be offered a virtual interview, and scholarship award decisions will be emailed to applicants the first week in May.
The applicant’s score from their initial online application will be added to their score from the virtual interview. The total scores will be sorted in descending order (highest to lowest), and the top scoring applicants will be offered a scholarship. Tie scores between applications will be resolved by giving preference to the applicant who completed their application earliest.
The scoring rubric is weighted to give preference to those applicants whose lives would be most impacted by the opportunity to enter or move ahead in a nursing career.
Disbursement
Scholarship funds will be disbursed directly to the school, and may only be disbursed to a program, college, or university accredited by the Accreditation Association for the Education of Nurses and/or the Commission on the Collegiate Nursing Education.
When you are ready to move ahead, please click the Review Documents button below to view the the list of documents you’ll need to gather before beginning the application.