Additional Scholarship & Funding Information UNCW provides information and opportunities to qualify for federal, institutional, and departmental funding opportunities: • School of Nursing (MSN): North Carolina Nurse Education Scholarship Loan Program Department of Health and Human Services Rural and Urban Family Nurse Practitioner Traineeship Grant Program • State of North Carolina (MSN): The North Carolina Nurse Scholars Program, Master’s Program (M-NSP). The M-NSP application deadline is May 1st. • The Nurse Scholars Commission meets in mid-June to select M-NSP recipients. For information, please contact: NC Nurse Scholars Commission, North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority, PO Box 14223, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709; (919) 549-8614. Twenty-five new full-time awards of $6,000 can be made each year. Part-time awards at $3,000 a year can be made if funds are available. Full-time awards may be renewed for one year; parttime awards may be renewed up to three years. • Additional opportunities: -The Minority Presence Grant Program -Assistantships -Fellowships/Scholarships -Loans/Federal Work Study Program