Funding by Topic: Nurses

Summaries of funding programs are provided by RAC for your convenience. Please contact the funder directly for the most complete and current information. You can also browse a list of inactive funding programs.

National Funding Programs

3RNet Recruitment and Retention Assistance
Helps health professionals find jobs in rural and underserved areas.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
    Sponsor: National Rural Recruitment & Retention Network

Advanced Education Nursing Grants (AENP)
Grants are awarded to eligible institutions for projects that support the enhancement of advanced nursing education and practice.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Feb 16, 2010
    Sponsor: Bureau of Health Professions

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

Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (INQRI) Round 5
Grants to generate, disseminate and translate research to improve the quality of care provided in hospitals.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Feb 17, 2010
    Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Nursing Education Loan Repayment Program (NELRP)
Registered nurses are offered the opportunity to enter into a contractual agreement to receive loan repayment for up to 85 percent of their qualifying loan balance.
    Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
    Application Deadline: Mar 4, 2010
    Sponsor: Bureau of Health Professions

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

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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