Posted on October 23, 2009	print  e-mail
Deadline: December 15, 2009

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Invites Schools of Nursing to Apply for New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Funding

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing program is designed to help alleviate the nursing shortage and increase the diversity of nursing professionals. Through grants to schools of nursing, the program will provide scholarships to college graduates with degrees in other fields who are enrolled in accelerated baccalaureate and master's degree nursing programs.

To be eligible, applicant institutions must offer an entry-level accelerated baccalaureate nursing program or master's nursing program for non-nursing college graduates and be accredited by a nursing accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. RWJF is committed to programs that embrace racial, ethnic, and economic diversity. Applications should address the applicant organization's past achievements and future plans to recruit and retain a diverse student body.

Successful applicants must demonstrate that scholarship funds will be used to assist in the recruitment and enrollment of students in entry-level accelerated baccalaureate nursing programs and/or master's nursing programs for non-nursing college graduates. Mentorship and leadership development activities must also be offered to scholarship recipients at the award site. Preference will be given to applicants that use the scholarship funds to leverage the expansion of faculty resources.

Schools receiving funding will be responsible for selecting scholarship students who meet the program's eligibility requirements and are from groups that are underrepresented in nursing or from an economically disadvantaged background.

A school of nursing may apply for between five and thirty scholarships per year to be awarded to students from underrepresented groups in nursing or disadvantaged backgrounds. Up to four hundred scholarship awards will be made during this funding cycle.

Visit the RWJF Web site for complete program information.

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Primary Subject: Health
Geographic Funding Area: National

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