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Since 1912, NEF has awarded more than 1,500 scholarships for advanced degrees in nursing.
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Scholars

Norren Dunn Cerino 1978-1979 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Norren Dunn Cerino was awarded the Mead Johnson / AJN Scholarship. read more.
Mary W. Chaffee 1999-2000 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Betty Chang 1959-1960 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Betty Chang was awarded the Johnson & Johnson. Degree: BA read more.
Muriel E. Chapman 1967-1968 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Muriel E. Chapman was awarded the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship. read more.
Emy Charlot
Emy Charlot 2026-2027 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Emy Charlot is the proud recipient of the Mary V. Insall Scholarship. She is currently pursuing her Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesia at Arkansas State University. Prior to entering nurse anesthesia school, Emy earned her nursing educati... read more.
Jade Chatman
Jade Chatman 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Jade Montanez Chatman is the proud recipient of the Laura D. Smith National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) Scholarship. She is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Louisville School of Nursing (ULSON). Her dissertation is focused on add... read more.
Karen A. Chesley 1995-1996 Winner | Master’s Degree
Karen A. Chesley attended Boston college. Degree: Adult Mental Health read more.
Beth Chiatti
Beth Chiatti 2013-2014 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Beth Chiatti, a nurse educator and winner of an NEF Scholarship, is pursuing her doctoral degree at Widener University in Chester, Pa. (where she also got her Masters degree). Her BA in Anthropology gives her a particular insightful slant as a nurse... read more.
Eve Chibor
Eve Chibor 2026-2027 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Eve Chibor, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, CCRN, CNE, is honored to be the recipient of the 2026 Philip D. Raso Scholarship from Nurses Educational Funds. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Executive at Johns Hopkins Universit... read more.
Stephanie Chmielewski
Stephanie Chmielewski 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree
Stephanie Chmielewski, MSN, MSCJ, RN, PCCN, HNB-BC, is the gracious recipient of the 2022 American Journal of Nursing/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. “The awardee exemplifies a nursing leader who plans to exercise the “voice” of nursing through speaking,... read more.
Lettie Christenson 1926-1927 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Lettie Christenson was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Teresa Christy 1965-1966 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Teresa Christy was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. read more.
Barbara Chronister 1964-1965 Winner | Master’s Degree
Barbara Chronister was awarded the E.R. Squibb & Sons Scholarship. read more.
Marianna Ciecerchi 1960-1961 Winner | Master’s Degree
Marianna Ciecerchi was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Rebecca Ann Clark 1967-1968 Winner | Master’s Degree
Rebecca Ann Clark was awarded the Pet Milk Scholarship. read more.
Renee Clark 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree
Renee Clark, awarded a Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. (NEF) Scholarship, is pursuing her masters in nursing (MSN) in nurse midwifery and women’s health at Frontier Nursing University. A nurse for nine years, she has provided nursing care in the Unite... read more.
Tammy Clark 2001-2002 Winner | Master’s Degree
Tammy Clark was awarded the BOC/ Nurses Scholarship. School attended: Virginia Commonwealth University Degree: Nurse Anesthesia read more.
Vivian V. Clark 1962-1963 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Vivian V. Clark was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Laura Clarke 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree
Laura Clarke was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / Mead Johnson Scholarship. read more.
Jacqueline Clinton 1976-1977 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Jacqueline Clinton was awarded the Mead Johnson/ American Journal of Nursing Scholarship. read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Ifeyinwa Asiodu

Ifeyinwa Asiodu

(2011-2012 Winner)

Winner of the M. Elizabeth Carnegie scholarship is native Californian Ifeyinwa Asiodu, a nurse since 2003. Ifeyinwa received her Bachelor’s degree from USC. After attending a Summer Research Training Program at... read more.

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NEF’s only purpose is to provide nursing scholarship assistance to make graduate level nursing education possible. NEF is one of the largest, national, private, professionally endorsed source of funds for advanced nursing study with over one hundred years of service to and for professional nursing.

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