2016 PRE-NURSING
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION
SCHOLARSHIP/AMOUNT
CANCER FOR COLLEGE
Awards range from $1,000 $4,000.
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN
Award Amount
Scholarship awards vary in size from
$50 to multi-year awards of up to
$4,000
ERIC DELSON MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP
Award Amount
$2,500 (3) Renewable
FOUNDATION OF THE
NATIONAL STUDENT NURSES
ASSOCIATION
Undergraduate General
Scholarship
$1,000 - $7,500
LIFE AND HEALTH
INSURANCE FOUNDATION
FOR EDUCATION
Grand Prize: $15,000 (3)
First Runners Up: $8,000 (10)
Second Runners Up: $5,000 (11)
MCO SCHOLARSHIP
Award Amount
$500
ELIGIBILITY
APPLICATION
•Must be a U.S. resident enrolled in a university
or community college that is accredited by the
U.S. Department of Education and is located in
the United States at the time of award.
•Must be a cancer patient, cancer survivor
and/or amputee.
Additional information and online
application is at:
Cancer for College Scholarship
*The Community Foundation of Central
Wisconsin awards over 120 scholarships to
students every year for educational financial
support. Most of the scholarship funds have
been established as endowments, so students
will continue to benefit long after the donor's
lifetime
*Each scholarship may have its own eligibility
requirements and criteria
*Many scholarships are limited to residents of
specific counties or graduates of specific high
schools.
*The Eric Delson Memorial Scholarship is
intended for college, vocational or private
school students that are clinically diagnosed
with hemophilia or von Willebrand disease.
*US Citizen and students with an Alien
Registration number with current enrollment in a
state-approved schools of nursing or pre-nursing
in associate degree, baccalaureate, diploma,
generic doctorate, and generic master's programs
*RN to BSN/MSN and LPN/LVN to RN
students are also eligible
*Scholarships are based on academic
achievement, financial need, and involvement in
nursing student organizations and community
activities related to health care
*Additional criteria may be required by some
sponsors
*U.S. resident
*Between 17-24 years of age
*Experienced the death of a parent or legal
guardian to cancer
*Enrolled in college
*Be attending college or university no later than
December of 2016.
*Be attending college or university on a fulltime basis by December of 2016.
*Be currently in your last year of high school or
a freshman, sophomore, or junior in
college/university.
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Deadline: January 1st, 2016.
Additional information and application
materials are available online at:
Community Foundation of Central
WI
Application availability: December
1st each year
Deadline: March 1st, 2016.
Additional information and application
materials are available online at:
Caremark
Deadline: July 1st, 2016
Application materials are available
online at:
FNSNA Foundation Scholarships
Application deadline:
January 29, 2016
Additional information and application
materials are available online at:
Life Foundation
Online applications will be accepted
from February 1st, 2016
Additional information and
application/essay materials are
available online at:
MCO Scholarship
Deadline: May 15th, 2016.
PARTNERS WITH ST.
JOSEPH’S SCHOLARSHIP
$1000
PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMOR
FOUNDATION OF THE U.S.
$1,000
PHI KAPPA PHI
PORTAGE COUNTY HEALTH &
HUMAN SERVICES
EMPLOYEES FOUNDATION
Jane Shaurette, Public Health
Nurse Scholarship
$500 (1)
ROYAL ARCH FOUNDATION
OF WISCONSIN
Number of awards and award
amount varies each year
*Applicant must be a current/former registered
VOLUNTEEN/VOLUNTEER or current
EMPLOYEE of Ministry St. Joseph’s Hospital
in Marshfield, Wisconsin.
*Applicants must be enrolled or enrolling in a
program of higher education.
*Scholarship funds must be spent on tuition.
*Financial need is considered but not
mandatory.
* A student is eligible to receive a Partners
Scholarship twice.
•Diagnosed at or before age 19 with a primary
malignant or nonmalignant central nervous
system brain and/or spinal cord tumor, as
identified by the World Health Organization.
•A completed online application with all
necessary documents (signed physician’s letter
confirming diagnosis, signed medical release
form and school transcript) and one
recommendation letter, by April 20, 2015 at 5
p.m. Eastern.
•Plan to attend or already attending an
accredited academic institution within the
United States
Several Scholarship opportunities are available
with varying awards, eligibility requirements
and deadlines.
*Applicant must be a resident of Portage County
*Proof of enrollment or acceptance for the fall
semester at a university, college or technical
school.
*Must be pursuing a post-secondary degree in:
Nursing, Dietetics, Health Education, or
Environmental Health
*Applicants must be enrolled or intending to
enroll for a minimum of 6 credits per semester.
Applicant
*Must be pursuing a career in nursing or an
allied medical field.
* Must be enrolled full-time in the 2nd, 3rd, or
4th year of training or entering a training
program after 1 year of prep work in the chosen
field.
* Must be a resident of the State of WI (could be
attending a school in another state).
*Is eligible to receive this scholarship only once.
* A picture of the applicant must accompany this
application. (The picture is to be used for public
relations purposes)
*A separate letter must accompany this
application. It should explain why you have
chosen Nursing or an Allied Medical Field as a
career. Please keep to a 200 word maximum.
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Scholarship info and application can
be found at:
Partners with St. Joseph’s Hospital
Applications must be postmarked by
March 1, 2016
materials are available online at:
PBTF
Application Deadline:
May 2, 2016
5:00 p.m. Eastern
Please see website for more
information.
Phi Kappa Phi
Email Susan.Jankowski@uwsp.edu for
application and further instructions.
Application Deadline:
April 15, 2016
Please email Susan Jankowski
sjankows@uwsp.edu for RAM
Application
Royal Arch Foundation of
Wisconsin, Inc.
36275 Sunset Dr.
Dousman Wi 53118
yorkritewi@centurytel.net
Deadline: December 31st, 2015
TYLENOL FUTURE CARE
SCHOLARSHIPS
$5000 (30)
$10,000 (10)
ULMAN CANCER FUND FOR
YOUNG ADULTS COLLEGE
SCHOLARSHIP
Award amount: $2,500 over 2
semesters
WILD ROSE HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY SCHOLARSHIPS
$1,000 (2 for graduating high school
seniors)
$1,000 (1 for either a high school or
college student)
$1,500 (2 for any college student
returning for another year in any
health related field)
Additional nursing scholarship
information with more exclusive
eligibility requirements
*Applicants must meet all of the criteria to be
eligible for this scholarship
*Must be a resident of the 50 United States,
Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia
*Must have completed at least one year of
undergraduate or graduate course of study at an
accredited two-year or four-year college,
university or vocational/technical school by the
spring semester of the year applied for
scholarship
*Must be able to provide proof of enrollment in
a public health/health education program,
medical school, nursing and/or pharmacy degree
program. Must have one or more years of school
remaining
*The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults is
committed to helping young adults continue
their education after being affected by cancer
through their own diagnosis or the diagnosis of a
loved one.
*Many scholarships offered by UCF share
similar applicant criteria.
*Applicants need only submit one application,
which will be considered for any and all
scholarships for which the student applies and is
eligible.
*Applicants must have been between the ages of
15 and 39 during their own diagnosis/treatment
or during the diagnosis/treatment of their parent
or sibling. cancer
Dan Fifield Scholarships
*For students enrolled in any health related
career program
*Eligibility for high school seniors is limited to
those graduating from Wild Rose, Wautoma,
Tri-County, Almond and Westfield and Wild
Rose Hospital.
*Eligibility requirements vary by scholarship
Additional information and application
materials are available online at:
Tylenol Future Care Scholarship
Or from their Facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/TylenolSc
holarship
Application information will be
available Spring 2016.
Additional information and online
application materials are available at:
Ulman Fund Scholarship
Application deadline:
March 1st , 2016
Additional information and application
materials are available at:
Wild Rose Hospital Auxiliary
Application deadline is:
April 1st, 2016
Download applications and complete
information at any or all of the
following links:
General Nursing Scholarships
Scholarships.Com
HRSA Nursing Scholarship Program
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