The applicant must be accepted or already attending an LPN nursing program or an RN-BSN program.
Applicant must identify as Black or African-American.
Applicant must reside and attend school in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Current high school students must be matriculated undergraduate nursing students in the fall of the year in which the award is given.
Current baccalaureate students must be in the first, second, or third year of a nursing program when the application is made. Those students in their final year of study or who will graduate in May of the year in which the award is given are not eligible to apply.
Current RN-to-BSN-completion students must have already been accepted into a degree-completion program at the time of application submission.
Applicants who are not already an RN – including BS-to-BSN students/fast-track students – must have already been accepted into a basic RN program at the time of scholarship application.
Applicants are required to attest to their financial need by providing information about all federal and state grant(s) and loan(s), as well as any formal documentation which demonstrates need (for example, a letter from the financial aid office regarding work-study).
Membership in the Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania (SNAP) and/or the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) is highly recommended for those applicants who are currently enrolled in nursing pre-licensure programs.
Previous recipients of an NFP scholarship are not eligible to apply.
Applicants may only apply to one NFP scholarship per calendar year. |