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

Pamela P. Criscitiello
Pamela P. Criscitiello 2022-2023 Winner | Master’s Degree
Pamela P. Criscitiello felt extraordinarily honored to have received the Nurses Educational Funds Scholarship. She received her undergraduate BSN from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1993 and has two remaining semesters to complete... read more.
Heather Crowe
Heather Crowe 2011-2012 Winner | Master’s Degree
Heather Crowe got her BSN from the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa in 2008 and went on to work as a Cardiovascular ICU nurse for two years. She will use her NEF scholarship monies to pursue her Master’s degree with a concentration in Nurse Anesthes... read more.
Deborah Croy
Deborah Croy 2013-2014 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Winner of the Eleanor Lambertsen Scholarship, Deborah Croy, works with the underserved in rural Appalachia where she hopes her research studies in the doctorate in nursing practice (DNP) program will result in the ability to apply advanced evidence b... read more.
Marica Crutis 1967-1968 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Marica Crutis was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. read more.
Kathy Culpepper 1976-1977 Winner | Master’s Degree
Kathy Culpepper was awarded the C.V. Mosby/ American Journal of Nursing Scholarship. read more.
Lilian E. Cumbee 1933-1934 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Lilian E. Cumbee was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Elizabeth Curtis 1932-1933 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Elizabeth Curtis was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
George Dagis 1997-1998 Winner | Master’s Degree
George Dagis attended Brampton University. read more.
Dawn Dailey 2004-2005 Winner | Master’s Degree
Jennifer DalMonte
Jennifer DalMonte 2020-2021 Winner | Master’s Degree
Jennifer (Jenny) DalMonte is the honored recipient of the 2020-2021 Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Journal of Nursing/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. Jenny received her undergraduate BSN degree at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. This fal... read more.
Ruth Dalrymple 1949-1950 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Ruth Dalrymple was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Cynthia A. Danford 1998-1999 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Cynthia A. Danford attended the University of California, San Francisco. read more.
Mabel M. Davies 1931-1932 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Mabel M. Davies was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Altha Davis 1984-1985 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Altha Davis was awarded the M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Scholarship. read more.
Ashley Davis
Ashley Davis 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Ashley Davis, MSN, APRN, CARN-AP, AAHIVS, FNP-C is the recipient of a Johnson & Johnson Edwidge Thomas Health Equity Scholarship. She is a student in the Psychiatric Mental Health Doctor of Nursing (PMHNP DNP) program at the University of Maryland, B... read more.
Darby Anne Davis 1967-1968 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Darby Anne Davis was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.
Judith Lee Davis 1972-1973 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Judith Lee Davis was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.
Katherine Finn Davis 2003-2004 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Katherine Finn Davis was awarded the Nurses’ Scholarship and Fellowship / Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. School attended: Emory University Degree: PhD read more.
Nettie Davis 1979-1980 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Nettie Davis was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb / Nurse's Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.
Sandra K. Davis 1985-1986 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Sandra K. Davis was awarded the Bernhard J. Springer/ NJA/ NEF Scholarship. read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Francine Bono-Neri

Francine Bono-Neri

(2019-2020 Winner)

Francine Bono-Neri is the recipient of the 2019 Jane Eleanor Knox Scholarship. Francine earned her BSN in 1992 from Adelphi University, after which she began her nursing career as a PICU staff nurse. Falling in... read more.

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NEF’s Board of Directors is comprised of leaders from nursing, education, technology, and business communities. Members donate their time and talent to the advancement of the nursing profession. NEF operates with exceptionally low overhead. NEF employs only one individual who serves in several capacities. NEF is a non-profit organization with 501(c) status; thus, your contributions are fully tax-deductible.