Scholars


Nita V. Ferriera 1989-1990 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Nita V. Ferriera was awarded the Margaret G. Tyson / Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. School attended: Oregon Health Sciences University Degree: Practitioner/ researcher of nurse midwifery read more.

Jamie Ferris 2026-2027 Winner | Master’s Degree
Jamie Ferris is the recipient of the 2026–2027 Isabel McIsaac Scholarship from Nurses Educational Funds (NEF). She is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Nursing with a Family Nurse Practitioner concentration at Salve Regina University in Newpo... read more.

Janet L. Fickeissen 1992-1993 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Janet L. Fickeissen was awarded the Ursula Springer / Liesel M. Hiemenz Scholarship. read more.

Virginia M. Fidrocki 1977-1978 Winner | Master’s Degree
Virginia M. Fidrocki was awarded the Edith Pritchard/ Nurses’ Scholarship. read more.

Anna M. Fillmore 1938-1939 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Anna M. Fillmore was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Samantha Fils-Aime 2017-2018 Winner | Master’s Degree
My name is Samantha Fils-Aime and I am the recipient of the Freedmen’s Hospital Nurses Alumni Clubs, Inc., "Estelle Massey Osborne Memorial" Scholarship. Ever since I was a teenager pursing my Practical Nursing License at just the age of 17, I knew m... read more.

Anne G. Fine 1987-1988 Winner | Master’s Degree
Anne G. Fine was awarded the Isabel McIsaac Scholarship. read more.

Ashlee Fisher 2025-2026 Winner | Master’s Degree
Ashlee Fisher is the proud recipient of the Mary V. Insall Scholarship. This is a significant milestone in Ashlee's education provides essential financial support as she enters her final year in the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) program at Walden U... read more.

Marlena Fisher 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Marlena Fisher, MSN, RN, CNL, CCRN Alumnus is the recipient of the 2021 M. Elizabeth Carnegie Scholarship. She is currently a third year PhD candidate at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Marlena graduated with her Bachelor’s in Health and S... read more.

Victoria Fisher 2026-2027 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Victoria Fisher, MSN, CRNP, PMHNP-BC, is honored to be a recipient of the M. Louise Fitzpatrick Scholarship from Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. (NEF). Currently pursuing a PhD in Nursing at Villanova University's M. Louise Fitzpatrick College of Nurs... read more.

Laura Fisher-Sova 1998-1999 Winner | Master’s Degree
Laura Fisher-Sova was awarded the Isabel McIsaac Scholarship. School attended: Michigan State University in East Lansing Degree: FNP read more.

Katie Fitzgerald Jones 2021-2022 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Katie Fitzgerald Jones, BSN, MSN, APN is the recipient of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship awarded to the doctoral student with the highest evaluation score. Katie is a Palliative Nurse Practitioner and second-year PhD student at Boston College Co... read more.

M. Louise Fitzpatrick 1970-1971 Winner | Doctoral Degree
M. Louise Fitzpatrick was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Marie A. Flannery 1995-1996 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Marie A. Flannery attended the University of Rochester. Degree: Oncology read more.

Gemma Flattly 1963-1964 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Gemma Flattly was awarded the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Rebekah Lucile Fleeger 1975-1976 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Rebekah Lucile Fleeger was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb / Nurses’ Scholarship. read more.

Karen Fleming 1978-1979 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Karen Fleming was awarded the W.B. Saunders Company Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Louise Fleming 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree
The Cynthia Davis Sculco Scholarship winner, is a fourth year PhD nursing student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she is currently a teaching fellow. Prior to beginning her PhD in nursing studies she received a Masters Degree... read more.

Tommy Flynn 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Tommy Flynn, awarded the 2019 Henry B. Spencer Scholarship for leadership in nursing and health care, is a candidate for the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff Scho... read more.

Mary Ellen Foley 2006-2007 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Mary E. Foley MS, RN, is the Associate Director in the Center for Research and Nursing Innovation at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Project Director for the Betty Moore CalNOC Nurse-Related Outcomes Measurement Initiative. In... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Anne Medley

Anne Medley

(2024-2025 Winner)

Anne Medley, RN, BSN, CCRN is honored to have been awarded the Geraldine Labecki Scholarship through the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. This marks a significant milestone in her educational and professional jou... 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.