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

Karen H. Martens 1992-1993 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Karen H. Martens was awarded the American Journal of Nursing / NEF Scholarship. read more.
Lois M. Martens 1949-1950 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Lois M. Martens was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Rainey Martin
Rainey Martin 2015-2016 Winner | Master’s Degree
Winner of a NEF scholarship, earned her Masters of Science in Nursing as an Adult – Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist from Indiana University in May of 2015, and began working as a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist for Community Health Network... read more.
Stephen Martin 1986-1987 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Stephen Martin was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Mary M. Marvin 1917-1918 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Mary M. Marvin was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Jocelyn Marx
Jocelyn Marx 2024-2025 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Jocelyn Marx has received the Edith M. Pritchard Scholarship for the 2024-2025 school year. Jocelyn Marx received her BSN from York College in Pennsylvania in 2015. She then received her master's in nursing education in 2019 from Chamberlain Universi... read more.
Sr. Joseph Mary Watson 1968-1969 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Sr. Joseph Mary Watson was awarded the Nurses’ Scholarship & Fellowship / Mead Johnson Scholarship. read more.
Jacqueline Massaro
Jacqueline Massaro 2025-2026 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Jacqueline (Jackie) Massaro, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CWOCN is honored to be the inaugural recipient of the Maxine E. Elkan Scholarship established by Dr. Diane Mancino. Jackie earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Saint Anselm College and her Mast... read more.
Helen Masters
Helen Masters 2012-2013 Winner | Master’s Degree
Helen Masters, Liesel M. Hiemenz award winner, worked as a Med/Surg nurse at Crittenden Regional Hospital but came to realize that her passion is oncology and the reason she became a nurse in the first place. She now works weekends providing direct p... read more.
Laura Mata Lopez
Laura Mata Lopez 2023-2024 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Laura Mata Lopez, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP is pursuing a PhD at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHSON) in Baltimore, MD and is a recipient of the 2023 Nurses’ Educational Funds (NEF) and Johnson & Johnson Health Equity Scholarship. Sh... read more.
Gean Mathwig 1965-1966 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Gean Mathwig was awarded the Mead Johnson Scholarship. read more.
Gean Mathwig 1966-1967 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Gean Mathwig was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Linda Matjcayk 1978-1979 Winner | Baccalaureate Degreee
Linda Matjcayk was awarded the C.V. Mosby Scholarship. Degree: BA read more.
Alice P. Maull 1922-1923 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Alice P. Maull was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Elsa M. Maurer 1913-1914 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Elsa M. Maurer was awarded the Isabel Hampton Robb Scholarship. read more.
Barbara Mawn-Wright 1983-1984 Winner | Master’s Degree
Barbara Mawn-Wright was awarded the Nurses Scholarship & Fellowship / Michael Kelly Memorial Scholarship. read more.
Gloria Gilbert Mayer 1973-1974 Winner | Unspecified Degree
Elizabeth McAfee 1965-1966 Winner | Doctoral Degree
Elizabeth McAfee was awarded the Pet Milk Scholarship. read more.
Kelly McAllister
Kelly McAllister 2018-2019 Winner | Master’s Degree
Kelly Anne McAllister, BSN, RN, OCN, CBCN, is the 2018 recipient of the Nurses Educational Funds Scholarship. Kelly knew she wanted to be a nurse from a very young age and cannot remember a time when she didn’t plan to care for oncology patients. She... read more.
Devon McCabe
Devon McCabe 2017-2018 Winner | Master’s Degree
My name is Devon McCabe and it is with much gratitude that I am accepting the Laura D. Smith National Student Nurses' Association (NSNA) Scholarship. I received my undergraduate Bachelor’s in Science (BSN) from Binghamton University, and I am current... read more.

FEATURED SCHOLAR

Leslie Rhodes

Leslie Rhodes

(2013-2014 Winner)

The Margaret Tyson Award went to Leslie Rhodes who is pursuing her doctorate at St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri, while working as a pediatric nurse practitioner at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in... 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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