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

Leona Logue 1984-1985 Winner | Master’s Degree
Leona Logue was awarded the Squibbs & Sons / F.A. Davis Scholarship. read more.
Elaine Lombardi 1963-1964 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Elaine Lombardi was awarded the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.
Barbara E. Long 1975-1976 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Barbara E. Long was awarded the Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.
Juanita W. Long 1968-1969 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Juanita W. Long was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.
Tanya Lott
Tanya Lott 2018-2019 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Tanya Lott, winner of the Philip D. Raso Scholarship, holds a master of science in nursing degree from the Medical University of South Carolina (2003) and a bachelor of science in nursing degree from Charleston Southern University (1999). She is curr... read more.
Mary Lough
Mary Lough 2009-2010 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Mary E. Lough, a critical care clinical specialist working on her doctorate at the University of California at San F r a n c i s c o (UCSF), is the winner of the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship, NEF's highest award. After years of implementing resear... read more.
Danilo Lovinaria
Danilo Lovinaria 2026-2027 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Dr. Danilo Lovinaria, DNP, MBA, APRN, CRNA, CHSE, FNAP, FAANA, FAAN, is the recipient of the Henry B. Spencer Scholarship, recognizing his national leadership in nurse anesthesia, nursing education, and professional service. He is currently pursuing... read more.
Frances June Ludwig Storlie 1974-1975 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Frances June Ludwig Storlie was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Deborah Lumley 1983-1984 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Deborah Lumley was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. read more.
Annie K. Lyman 1936-1937 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Annie K. Lyman was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Kathlyrn Lynch 1978-1979 Winner | Master’s Degree
Kathlyrn Lynch was awarded the E.R. Squibb & Sons Scholarship. read more.
Kathryn Lynch 1984-1985 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Kathryn Lynch was awarded the M. Elizabeth Carnegie African American Scholarship. read more.
Ruthanne Lynch 1960-1961 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Ruthanne Lynch was awarded the C.V. Mosby Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.
Shelley Lynch
Shelley Lynch 2009-2010 Winner | Master’s Degree
Winner of the Isabel McIsaac Memorial Scholarship, NEF's top master's award, Shelley Lynch is a critical care nurse with a passion for travel. As an undergraduate at Hartwick College, she studied transcultural nursing in the rural outposts of Jamaica... read more.
Michele R. Lynden 1996-1997 Winner | Master’s Degree
Michele R. Lynden attended Boston College. Degree: Pediatrics read more.
Ellen Lynsky 1965-1966 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Ellen Lynsky was awarded the Mead Johnson Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.
Mary J. M. Namerow 1982-1983 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Mary J. M. Namerow was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
E. Mary MacDougall 1930-1931 Winner | Unspecified Degree
E. Mary MacDougall was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Nancy K. Maebius 1977-1978 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Nancy K. Maebius was awarded the AJN/Thelma Schorr Scholarship. read more.
Jenna Magallanes
Jenna Magallanes 2019-2020 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Jenna Magallanes BSN, RN is the recipient of the Barbara L. Tate Scholarship. Jenna is a DNP student at the University of Michigan and recently completed her studies for Nurse Midwifery. As a non-traditional student, Jenna began her career in 2012 as... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Heather Crowe

Heather Crowe

(2011-2012 Winner)

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 degre... read more.

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NEF’s only purpose is to provide nursing scholarship assistance to make graduate level nursing education possible. NEF is one of the largest, national, private, professionally endorsed source of funds for advanced nursing study with over one hundred years of service to and for professional nursing.

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