[Students] External Scholarship: The Nursing Scholarship Program; Pass the word

[Maria Ramos]

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Nursing Scholarship Program 

General information:

1.	Service: NSP provides nurses with an opportunity to increase
access to care by delivering nursing services in eligible health care
facilities with a critical shortage of nurses.
2.	Scholarship: NSP provides 

	a.	funds to support nursing school tuition and fees;
	b.	annual payment for other reasonable costs to cover
expenses for books, clinical supplies, and instruments; and
	c.	monthly stipends to cover living expenses.

General Eligibility Requirements:
To be eligible for a scholarship, an NSP applicant must:

1.	Be a U.S. citizen (either U.S. born or naturalized), U.S.
national, or a Lawful Permanent Resident.
2.	Be enrolled or accepted for enrollment as a full or part-time
student in an accredited nursing degree program at one of the following:

	a.	AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE SCHOOL OF NURSING: A department,
division, or other administrative unit in a junior college, community
college, college, or university which provides primarily or exclusively
a two-year program of education in professional nursing and allied
subjects leading to an associate degree in nursing or to an equivalent
degree and is an accredited program;
	b.	A COLLEGIATE SCHOOL OF NURSING: A department, division,
or the administrative unit in a college or university which provides
primarily or exclusively a program of education in professional nursing
and related subjects leading to a degree of bachelor of arts, bachelor
of science, bachelor of nursing, graduate degree in nursing, or to an
equivalent degree, and including advanced training related to such
program of education provided by such school and is an accredited
program; OR
	c.	A DIPLOMA SCHOOL OF NURSING: A school affiliated with a
hospital or university, or an independent school, which provides
primarily or exclusively a program of education in professional nursing
and allied subjects leading to a diploma or to an equivalent evidence of
completion and is an accredited program.

*         This program requires signed contract and commitment to
fulfill NSP service within the United States, the District of Columbia,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth
of the Northern Marianas, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Territory of
American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall
Islands, or the Federated States of Micronesia.

Deadline: June 1, 2011

Application, program guidelines, contract commitments, visit 
http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/scholarships/Nursing/overview.html

Maria del C. Ramos

Director, Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships
Texas A&M University-Commerce

PO Box 3011

Commerce, TX 75249-3011

http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/

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