Scholarships OPEN: February 17 - March 21, 2025
Each year, NAHN awards scholarships to active and eligible members who are enrolled in accredited LVN/LPN, associate, diploma, baccalaureate, and graduate nursing programs for the next academic year (2025-2026). Scholarship recipients are a select group of nurses who demonstrate promise of professional contributions to the nursing profession and who have the potential to act as role models for other aspiring nursing students.
The number and types of scholarships offered each year is dependent upon the amount of money in the scholarship fund. Members are encouraged to donate to support future scholarships. The selection of recipients is based on many factors including financial need, academic merit, course of study, supporting documentation, and other factors specific to each scholarship. Grant opportunities and eligibility requirements are described below.
Arizona College of Nursing (AZCN) - NAHN Scholarship
The Arizona College of Nursing - NAHN Scholarship Program was established to support funding for minority students who have been traditionally underrepresented in the field of Nursing. Students of Hispanic or Latino descent are strongly encouraged to apply. Arizona College of Nursing will award up to $180,000 in scholarships in the name of NAHN for students pursuing nursing degrees at the undergraduate level who are current students at Arizona College of Nursing. Awardees should exemplify a dedication to service within their community, and a desire to expand that service by way of a career in nursing.
Up-to two $10,000 tuition scholarships awarded per eligible campus location up to $180,000 total in scholarships. In the event of remaining dollars available from campus locations without an eligible applicant or not selected by the scholarship committee, those remaining funds can be used to award a second eligible candidate at the same location.
Eligibility Criteria:
- NAHN student members in good standing before the application deadline. Deadline: March 21, 2025
- Attending and current enrolled in one of the AZCN eligible campuses:
- ARIZONA: Phoenix, Tempe, or Tucson
- CALIFORNIA: Ontario
- COLORADO: Aurora
- CONNECTICUT: Heartford
- FLORIDA: Fort Lauderdale, Sarasota, or Tampa
- OHIO: Cincinnati or Cleveland
- MICHIGAN: Southfield
- MISSOURI: St. Louis
- NEVADA: Las Vegas
- TEXAS: Dallas
- UTAH: Salt Lake City
- VIRGINIA: Chesapeake, Falls Church
- Provide the following:
- Resume/CV
- Transcript showing proof of enrollment in a nursing program
- Proof of enrollment at Arizona College of Nursing.
- Demonstration of community service
- Up-to 500 word personal essay responding to the following statement: “An AZCN-NAHN Scholarship will allow me to “(discuss career goals, area of focus, financial need, and how you will improve the health and social conditions in your community).
- One reference letter:
-
Letter of recommendation from either your Dean, academic advisor, current faculty member, local NAHN Chapter President, National NAHN Board Member, or Student Nurses Association (SNA) Advisor who can attest to your membership, involvement, and participation in chapter meetings, activities, and programs impacting the community.
Abbott Scholarship Fund
Improving representation from diverse populations in clinical trials is paramount to reducing health disparities and better understanding the impact of the next generation of health care therapies across all populations. Yet historically, barriers to access for minority patients, alongside a shortage of minority investigators and clinical research personnel have limited some trials from truly representing the people who will ultimately benefit from a medication, product or therapy.
To address these issues, Abbott is offering scholarships for future trial leaders to support the training and education for the future leaders of clinical trials. In addition to building training, education and research infrastructure needed to support diversity enrollment in clinical trials, the new initiative also aims to overcome traditional barriers to expanding diversity in trials and ultimately improve health outcomes in more minority communities.
Abbott's scholarship program is designed to:
- Support the next generation of minority physicians who will go on to lead clinical trials
- Support minority nursing students who will go on to support the trials and process or function as clinical research coordinators
- Expose more minority medical and nursing students to the research process
- Help develop the next generation or caregivers who can break down barriers to clinical trials in their communities.
The Abbott Scholarship Fund will provide awards of $10,000 each to 8 total qualified applicants in 2024. Of the 8 awards, 4 of the scholarships will be awarded to nursing students; 1 scholarship will be awarded to a nurse practitioner path student (DNP or MSN); and 3 scholarships will be awarded to PhD path students.
Eligibility Criteria:
- NAHN members in good standing before the application deadline. Deadline: March 21, 2025
- Provide the following:
- Resume/CV
- Transcript showing proof of enrollment in a nursing program
- Proof of enrollment one of the following:
- undergraduate nursing program (BSN)
- nurse practitioner path program (DNP or MSN)
- PhD path program (PhD)
- Explanation of financial need and your interest in research.
- Up-to 300 word personal essay that describes your upbringing, what kind of work you do, your qualifications related to the scholarship for which you are applying, your future goals and aspirations, your potential for nursing leadership in the Hispanic community, why you are the best choice for this specific scholarship.
- One reference letter:
-
Letter of recommendation from either your Dean, academic advisor, current faculty member, local NAHN Chapter President, National NAHN Board Member, or Student Nurses Association (SNA) Advisor who can attest to your membership, involvement, and participation in chapter meetings, activities, and programs impacting the community.
Aguilar-Cuellar-Toben (ACT) Research Grant
The ACT Research Grant provides one $1,000 award to a Latino Ph.D. student who is a member of NAHN and who is conducting either quantitative or qualitative research to improve health care outcomes of the Latino population. Allocation of the funds will be based on the quality of the proposed research, the future promise of the applicant as a Latino researcher, approval of the dissertation chair, IRB approval, and the research budget. This grant was developed in honor of “Nena” and “Tia Pat” - mother and sister of Norma Cuellar’s (President of NAHN from 2018-2020).
Eligibility Criteria:
- NAHN members in good standing before the application deadline. Deadline: March 21, 2025
- Provide the following:
- Research proposal - either quantitative or qualitative research to improve health care outcomes for the Latino Population
- Demonstrate future promise as a Latino researcher
- Proof of approval from your dissertation chair
- IRB approval
- Research budget
