Established in 2024, by the Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, New York Alumnae Association, this permanent scholarship was named in honor of Edith G. Ryan who was a graduate of the Mt. Sinai Hospital School of Nursing class of 1916. She was the first nursing supervisor of the Semiprivate Housman Pavilion and was a beloved mentor and admired supervisor for many Sinai Graduates.

Joan Herman Bilder a graduate of the class 1955 and a faculty member at Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing, is also honored by this Scholarship. Ms. Bilder was a nursing leader at Montefiore, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Weiler Division where she served from 1965 until her death in 1987. The Mt. Sinai Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association has given an annual award in her name to honor nursing excellence. A scholarship in her memory was started by her husband the Honorable Judge Lawrence Bilder who was special counsel to Governor Hughes of NJ. Nurses Educational Funds will award this scholarship to master's or doctoral nursing students who have achieved academic excellence and exhibit excellence in nursing leadership.