Scholars

Yoonjae Lee 2025-2026 Winner | Doctoral Degree: The recipient of the 2025-2026 NEF Isabel Hampton Robb scholarship is Yoonjae Lee, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC. Currently she is a PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) and received her BSN from Ewha Womans University i... read more.

Isabelle M. Leport 1968-1969 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee: Isabelle M. Leport was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Shai Lev 2021-2022 Winner | Master’s Degree: Shai Lev, BSN, RN, PCCN, is the honored recipient of the Lucy C. Perry Memorial Scholarship which will support her final year as a student in the Family Nurse Practitioner program at Kent State University. She began her professional career as a regis... read more.

Nina May Levering 1931-1932 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Nina May Levering was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Jackie D. Levin 1998-1999 Winner | Master’s Degree: Jackie D. Levin attended College of New Rochelle. read more.

Nathan Levitt 2014-2015 Winner | Master’s Degree: Nathan Levitt, who was awarded an NEF Scholarship, is pursuing his graduate studies in the State University of New York Family Nurse Practitioner Program at SUNY Downstate College of Nursing. He plans to dedicate his career to working in the lesbian,... read more.

Nathan Levitt 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Nathan Levitt, FNP, MSN, RN, BSN, MA is the recipient of the NEF Laura D. Smith National Student Nurses’ Association Scholarship. Nathan is currently in a nursing PhD program with a focus on health equity at Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing. Prior t... read more.

Carolyn Levy 2019-2020 Winner | Master’s Degree: Carolyn Levy is a 2019-2020 recipient of the “Nurses’ Educational Fund Inc. Scholarship”. She is a nurse, student, veteran, small business owner, and volunteer with a passion for lifelong learning. As a pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP) student at S... read more.

Carol A. Lewis 1959-1960 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee: Carol A. Lewis was awarded the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.

Georgia K. Lewis 1967-1968 Winner | Master’s Degree: Georgia K. Lewis was awarded the E.R. Squibb & Sons Scholarship. read more.

Lois Agnes Lewis 1973-1974 Winner | Unspecified Degree

Lisa Lietzke 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Lisa Lietzke, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN is the recipient of the Judith G. Whitaker doctoral scholarship. Lisa earned her Master of Science in Nursing Leadership, educator track at Wilmington University in 2017. She is currently attending Wilmington Un... read more.

Phoebe Lim-Vuong 2022-2023 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Phoebe Lim-Vuong, the recipient of the Georgette Viellion Scholarship – awarded to nurses who intend to support future nurse educators and leaders, is currently studying for her doctoral degree, specializing as a Family Nurse Practitioner in the Doct... read more.

Roberta Lindberg 1938-1939 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Roberta Lindberg was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Beverly Jean Linde 1977-1978 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Beverly Jean Linde was awarded the Mead Johnson/ American Journal of Nursing Scholarship. read more.

Rose Lindsay 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Rose Lindsay, PMHNP-C is the 2018-2019 recipient of the Evelyn Barclay Scholarship. Rose, a native of New York, began nursing as an Associate Degree graduate in 1999 from Sullivan County Community College (SCCC). While working as a medical-surgical n... read more.

Gertrude Lingham 1932-1933 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Gertrude Lingham was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Gladys M. Liston 1927-1928 Winner | Unspecified Degree: Gladys M. Liston was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.

Sabrenda T. Littles 2001-2002 Winner | Master’s Degree: Sabrenda T. Littles was awarded the NEF Scholars fund / Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarship. School attended: University of Texas Health Science Center Degree: Nurse Anesthesia read more.

Amy Loeb 2015-2016 Winner | Doctoral Degree: Recipient of the Eleanor C. Lambertsen Memorial Scholarship, started her career in 2003 as an associate degree nurse, spending eight years in various roles within oncology nursing. In 2006 she earned a BSN from St. Joseph’s College on Long Island. Th... read more.

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FEATURED SCHOLAR

Abigail Wilpers

(2018-2019 Winner)

Abigail Wilpers, MSN, WHNP-BC is the 2018 recipient of the Edith M. Pritchard Scholarship. Abigail is a doctoral candidate at Yale University with 10 years of experience working with families whose pregnancies... 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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