Funding by Topic: Nurses
Summaries of funding programs are provided by RAC for your convenience.
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information. You can also browse a list of inactive
funding programs.
National Funding Programs
2010 Minority Nurse Scholarship Program
Annual scholarship program to help outstanding students complete their studies leading to a BSN degree.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Feb 1, 2010
Sponsor: MinorityNurses.Com
Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT)
Grants to eligible institutions to provide financial support through traineeships for registered nurses.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Dec 7, 2009
Sponsor: Bureau of Health Professions
Circle of Excellence Recognition Awards
Awards to nurses who care for critically ill patients.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Apr 1, 2010
Sponsor: American Association of Critical-Care Nurses
Foundation of the NSNA Promise of Nursing Scholarship
Awards scholarships to qualified nursing students.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Jan 13, 2010
Sponsor: Foundation of the National Student Nurses Association
Indian Health Service Loan Repayment Program
Loan repayment program for health professions educational loans (undergraduate and graduate) in return for full-time clinical service in Indian health programs.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Indian Health Service
Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships (NATP)
Grants to eligible institutions for projects that support traineeships for licensed registered nurses enrolled as full-time students beyond the twelfth month of study in a Master's nurse anesthesia program.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Dec 7, 2009
Sponsor: Bureau of Health Professions
Nurse Education, Practice and Retention (NEPR)
Grants to strengthen the capacity for basic nurse education and practice and address the shortage of nurses in the health care workforce.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Dec 22, 2009
Sponsor: Bureau of Health Professions
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing
A scholarship program to help alleviate the nursing shortage and increase the diversity of nursing professionals.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Dec 15, 2009
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars Program
Funding to develop the next generation of national leaders in academic nursing through career development awards for outstanding junior nursing faculty.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Feb 2, 2010
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Unsolicited Grants
Grants to address health care workforce, innovative health care solutions, and health care to vulnerable populations.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
State and Regional Funding Programs
Minnesota Loan Forgiveness Program - Nurse Faculty
This program is offered to faculty currently teaching in a postsecondary nursing program or individuals studying to become nursing instructors teaching in a postsecondary nursing program in Minnesota.
Geographic Coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline:
Dec 1, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Department of Health
Minnesota Loan Forgiveness Programs
Loan forgiveness (repayment) programs to health care students or residents.
Geographic Coverage: Minnesota
Application Deadline:
Dec 1, 2009
Sponsor: Minnesota Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Ohio Nurses Foundation Scholarships and Research Grants
Scholarships to students that have decided to major in nursing or to nurses who are looking to continue their education, and to provide research grants to nurses who are working to expand the knowledge base of nursing.
Geographic Coverage: Ohio
Application Deadline:
Jan 15, 2010
Sponsor: Ohio Nurses Association
Virginia's Nurse Practitioner Nurse Midwife Scholarship Program
Virginia scholarship program for students enrolled in nursing education programs to become nurse practitioners or nurse midwives.
Geographic Coverage: Virginia
Application Deadline:
Jun 30, 2010
Sponsor: Virginia Department of Health
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