Scholars

Melissa Condren 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Melissa M. Condren, MSN, RN, CPNP is the recipient of the 2020 M. Louise Fitzpatrick Nursing Scholarship Award. Melissa earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Allied Health Sciences with a minor in Psychology from the University of Connecticut in 2... read more.

Courtney Conlan 2024-2025 Winner | Master’s Degree: Courtney Conlan, RN, BSN, RNC-NIC is the recipient of the Philip D. Raso Scholarship. She is currently enrolled in the Nursing Administration and Leadership Master’s Program at the University of Connecticut. Previously, she obtained her Bachelor of S... read more.

Patrick Conlon 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Awarded the Judith G. Whitaker Scholarship, has been involved in diabetes program development and clinical practice for over 15 years. He is currently a full time student in the PhD program at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He was most recently M... read more.

Mary Carole Connaughton 1973-1974 Winner | Unspecified Degree

Dana Connolly 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree: Dana Connolly is honored to have received the Miriam M. Powell Scholarship. She graduated from the UCLA School of Nursing as an undergraduate in 2013 and worked as an ICU and emergency nurse at UCLA before deciding to return to UCLA’s Family Nurse Pr... read more.

Al Lionne Conta 1959-1960 Winner | Master’s Degree: Al Lionne Conta was awarded the Shirley Titus Scholarship. read more.

Christopher Contino 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree: NEF scholarship winner Christopher Contino started his studies in mechanical engineering while working as an emergency medical technician and that led to his true career in healthcare. He first obtained his paramedic certification from Thomas Jeffers... read more.

Kelly Conway 2011-2012 Winner | Doctoral Degree: NEF scholarship winner, Kelly Conway, received her BSN and her MA from the University of San Francisco. Kelly feels a DNP would provide an improved ability to effect needed change on nursing practice, health care and health policy. Working in homeles... read more.

Yvette Conyers 2017-2018 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Yvette N. Conyers recipient of the Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship has been a registered nurse for over 15 years and is currently a DNP student at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY. She obtained her Post Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certifi... read more.

Calli Cook 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Calli Cook awarded the Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship is an Advanced Practice Registered Nursing practicing in Georgia. She holds a BSN from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, a MSN from Emory University, and is currently a DNP student at T... read more.

Connie Coralli 1985-1986 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Connie Coralli was awarded the W.B. Saunders Company Scholarship. read more.

Stacey M. Cordwell 1995-1996 Winner | Master’s Degree: Stacey M. Cordwell attended Yale University. Degree: Gerontologic Nurse Practitioner read more.

Andrew Corley 2020-2021 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Andrew Corley is the recipient of the Henry B. Spencer Scholarship. Andrew received a Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business at Texas Tech University. Soon after graduation Mr. Corley served for two years as a Peace Corps volun... read more.

Andrew Corley 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree: Andrew Corley, awarded the Isabel McIsaac Memorial Scholarship, is studying to receive a joint degree of Master of Science in Nursing and Master of Public Health (MSN/MPH) from Johns Hopkins University’s Schools of Nursing and Public Health in Baltim... read more.

Andrew Corley 2017-2018 Winner | Master’s Degree: Andrew Corley, awarded the Isabel McIsaac Memorial Scholarship for the second year in a row, is studying to receive a joint degree of Master of Science in Nursing and Master of Public Health (MSN/MPH) from Johns Hopkins University’s Schools of Nursin... read more.

Carol Cornwell 1993-1994 Winner | Doctoral Degree

Maura Cornyn 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Maura Cornyn is the recipient of the Mary V. Insall Scholarship for 2025. Maura graduated from Villanova University with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2015. Following graduation, she began her career as a nurse on a progressive care unit at Mem... read more.

Louise Ann Cortese 1982-1983 Winner | Master’s Degree

Jennifer Costa 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Jennifer Costa, PhD-c, MSN, APRN, PNP-BC, is the honored recipient of the Rita Reis Wieczorek Scholarship for Maternal – Infant and Pediatric Nursing. Jennifer is a PhD candidate at the UMass Chan Medical School Tan Chingfen Graduate School of Nursin... read more.

Michelle Couture 2026-2027 Winner | Master’s Degree: Michelle Couture, BSN, RN, CEN, CCRN, is the 2026-2027 recipient of the American Journal of Nursing / Thelma Schorr Scholarship. Michelle is studying to become both a family and emergency nurse practitioner (FNP/ENP) through the University of South A... read more.

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FEATURED SCHOLAR

Karren Geiger

(2022-2023 Winner)

Karen “Keri” Geiger, RN, BSN, ACRN, is the recipient of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship, awarded to the doctoral student with the highest evaluation score. Keri is a PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins Universit... read more.

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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.

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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.

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