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

Mabel Ezeonwu 2005-2006 Winner | Doctoral Degree
My life has been tied around the University of Washington where I started my undergraduate nursing degree, and now pursuing my PhD. The great mentorship and support I receive from the best of the world's innovative faculty have catapulted my academic... read more.
Helen Wright Faddis 1934-1935 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Helen Wright Faddis was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Margene O. Faddis 1927-1928 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Margene O. Faddis was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Ruth W. Fahsing 1962-1963 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Ruth W. Fahsing was awarded the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.
Ann Colleen Falkenberg Olson 2006-2007 Winner | Doctoral Degree
I have been blessed in many ways in my lifetime... my profession as a nurse allows me to give back in ways that are fulfilling and life-changing. As an undergraduate nursing student in the late 1970s, I chose the opportunity to participate in clinica... read more.
Sylvia Fallon 2016-2017 Winner | Master’s Degree
Ramona Famiano-Garica 1981-1982 Winner | Master’s Degree
Ramona Famiano-Garica was awarded the Mead Johnson / NEF Scholarship. read more.
Sheron Farinha-Spence 2007-2008 Winner | Master’s Degree
I grew first up in a family of five children. My parents migrated from Guyana, South America when I was a teenager. I completed my secondary schooling here in the United States at the Tilden High School in Brooklyn, NY. When I graduated I worked at v... read more.
Laura Farrell 1993-1994 Winner | Master’s Degree
Ruth M. Farrisey 1946-1947 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Ruth M. Farrisey was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Mary Fassetta 2001-2002 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Mary Fassetta was awarded the Judith G. Whitaker/ Eleanor C. Lambertsen Scholarship. School attended: Columbia University Degree: PhD read more.
Agnes J. Fattow 1960-1961 Winner | Master’s Degree
Agnes J. Fattow was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Julia Faucett 1987-1988 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Julia Faucett was awarded the Margaret Tyson/ Lucy C. Perry Scholarship. read more.
Marcella Feinauer 1939-1940 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Marcella Feinauer was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Emily Feinberg 1999-2000 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Emily Feinberg was awarded the Liesel M. Hiemenz/Lucy C. Perry Scholarship. School attended: Harvard School of Public Health read more.
Emily Feinberg 1994-1995 Winner | Master’s Degree
Emily Feinberg attended Simmons College/Harvard School of Public Health. Degree: Parent/Child Health read more.
Jodi Feinberg
Jodi Feinberg 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree
Jodi Feinberg is the recipient of the Isabel McIsaac Scholarship. She attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing for her undergraduate degree, and is currently a graduate student at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing in the Adult Geron... read more.
Linda Felver 1981-1982 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Linda Felver was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Melissa Ferdinandi
Melissa Ferdinandi 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Melissa Taylor Ferdinandi followed a unique path towards nursing. She graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Vermont before attending law school at Seattle University. Upon obtaining her law degree, Ms. Ferdinandi worked in various c... read more.
Erin Ferrante
Erin Ferrante 2010-2011 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Winner of the Margaret Tyson award, Erin Ferrante, is continuing her graduate studies at Emory University where she got her MSN in Public Health Nursing. This mother of three young boys is committed to research and to educating both nursing professio... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Meredith Klepper

Meredith Klepper

(2023-2024 Winner)

Meredith Klepper, MS, RN, CPN (they/them/theirs) is the recipient of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. They are currently a 3rd-year PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) and have concurre... 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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