Scholarships And Grants Available For African American Students!
Everyone knows there's a critical shortage of nurses. One demographic where the health care industry has been doing its best to draft more into the profession is with African Americans. According to a recent study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 55% of all nurses are white, 35% are black and the remaining 10% are of other races. One way to begin combating this is through scholarships and grants to encourage new students.
The industry isn't about to let up on recruiting more African Americans. It's well known that one thing holding many back are finances. As such, there is an incredible amount of financial assistance set aside to get more African American nurses into the work force. In fact, the site MinorityNursing.com has put up a list of over 100 of these funds. Here's a quick sampling of some of them: If you need more information about college grants, look on the internet.
(1) The National Black Nursing Association - This is putting your money where your mouth is. The professional organization is devoted to African American nurses. It provides various scholarships of $500 to $2,000 to students currently enrolled in a BSN, ADN, diploma or LPN/LVN nursing program. Applicants must be a member of NBNA and have at least one full year of school remaining.
(2) Foundation of the National Student Nurses Association - This group is designed to help nurses with advice, as well as financial assistance. Among their many programs is the Breakthrough to Nursing Scholarships, which was established in 1965 and is specifically for African American nurses.
(3) Health Resources and Services Administration, Bureau of Health Professions - They have a scholarship entitled the Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students provides money for full-time, financially needy students in nursing or other health professions. To qualify one has to be a U.S. citizen, national or permanent resident. They are actually administered by one's school, so contact the financial aid office where you are enrolled.
(4) Humility of Mary Health Partners/Minority Nurse Anesthetist Scholarship - This program is to assist RNs become nurse anesthetists, one of the highest paid specialties in the profession. It awards them a $10,000 fellowship. There are a number of pre-requisites that also come with the money, among them one must work for Humility of Mary Health Partners for a few years. There is an abundance of information about pell grants on the web.
(5) Minority Nurse Magazine Scholarship Program - Awards scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $3,000 and is open to racial and ethnic minority students who will be enrolled in either: the third or fourth year of an accredited BSN program in the United States, an accelerated program leading to a BSN degree (such as RN-to-BSN or BA-to-BSN) or an accelerated Master's; of entry nursing program for students with bachelor's degrees in fields other than nursing (such as BA-to-MSN).
As said previously, there are literally hundreds of other programs out there offering even more scholarships, grants and fellowships. After all, they might have access to other grants and scholarships you didn't find yourself.
