Complete List of NEF Scholarships and Funds
Each year the nurse members of the NEF Board of Directors review the eligible scholarship applications and follow a graded objective evaluation process to determine their evaluations. Once the evaluation grades are complete, the NEF Criteria and Eligibility Committee follows an established screening and scholarship selection protocol and submits the names of those scholars recommended for scholarships to the NEF Board of Directors for approval. The following list represents the current NEF Scholarships and Funds.
NEF Scholarships
Scholarships that provide ongoing support to graduate nursing students.
- Allison Adams Wieczorek Scholarship
- American Journal of Nursing (AJN) / Thelma Schorr Scholarship
- Barbara L. Tate Scholarship
- Bea Goodwin Scholarship
- Charles Hamlin Scholarship
- Columbia University – Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association Inc. (CUPHSONAA) /J. Margaret Ada Mutch Scholarship
- Columbia University – Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association Inc. (CUPHSONAA) / Penny Hund West Scholarship
- Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship
- Edith M. Pritchard Scholarship
- Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship
- Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship
- Evelyn J. Barclay Scholarship
- Georgette Viellion Scholarship
- Henry B. Spencer Scholarship
- Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship
- Isabel McIsaac Scholarship
- Jane Eleanor Knox Scholarship
- Joan L. Conroy Scholarship
- Joanne V. Pontier Scholarship
- Judith G. Whitaker Scholarship
- Laura D. Smith National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) Scholarship
- Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship
- Lucy C. Perry Scholarship
- M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Scholarship
- M. Janice Nelson Scholarship
- M. Louise Fitzpatrick Nursing Scholarship Award
- Madeline A. Naegle Scholarship for Mental Health Nursing
- Margaret Gould Tyson Scholarship
- Margaret L. McClure Scholarship
- Mary V. Insall Scholarship
- Mathy Mezey Scholarship
- Maxine E. Elkan Scholarship
- Miriam M. Powell Scholarship
- Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, New York Alumnae Association/Edith G. Ryan and Joan Herman Bilder Scholarship
- Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, New York Alumnae Association/Sylvia Barker Scholarship
- Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship
- Philip D. Raso Scholarship
- Rita Reis Wieczorek Scholarship for Maternal-Infant and Pediatric Nursing
- Susan Bowar-Ferres Scholarship
- Terry Fulmer Scholarship
Named Funds Soon to be Made Permanent Scholarships
Funds that support nursing education and the future of the profession.
Support Graduate Nursing Education
Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. (NEF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established by nurses for nurses in 1912, and since then, the organization has awarded over 1,500 scholarships to support the pursuit of advanced degrees in nursing.
NEF’s named scholarships, created with a minimum donation of $50,000, honor and memorialize nurse leaders, from Isabel Hampton Robb to Thelma Schorr to Susan Bowar-Ferres. 100% of donations help to keep NEF scholarships funded in perpetuity; organization expenses are covered by prudent management of NEF’s investments.