Nursing Scholarships
On this page you’ll find information about:
Nearly $3 million
in grants and scholarships awarded in 2023-2024
Over 270
grants and scholarships awarded in 2023-2024
OHSU nursing scholarships
OHSU scholarships for nursing students
Award amount: $1,000 to $12,000
Who is considered: Current and incoming nursing students
Deadline: While the priority deadline was April 1, 2024, we are still considering applications on a rolling basis. Applications received after the priority deadline will be reviewed for second priority and awarded if funding allows.
How to apply: Apply for OHSU scholarships for nursing students
OHSU President's Fund Scholarship
Award amount: Full tuition and fees throughout the length of your program.
Who is considered: Students from diverse communities entering specific degree programs in health care.
How to apply: All applicants are automatically considered for this scholarship. You don’t need to apply.
Qualifying programs:
- B.S. in Nursing
- M.S. in Nursing Education
- Doctor of Nursing Practice
- Ph.D. in Nursing
OHSU Provost Excellence Scholarship
Award amount: Half of your tuition and fees for the length of your program.
Who is considered: Students from diverse communities entering specific degree programs in health care.
How to apply: All applicants are automatically considered for this scholarship. You don’t need to apply.
Qualifying programs:
- B.S. in Nursing
- M.S. in Nursing Education
- Doctor of Nursing Practice
- Ph.D. in Nursing
Provost Workforce Development Scholarship
Award amount: $2,000 toward your tuition and fees to use during the 2024-25 academic year (summer 2024, fall 2024, winter 2025 and spring 2025). Students starting in spring 2025 must enroll in six OHSU credits that term to receive the full $2,000 scholarship.
Who receives this: New RN to B.S. students starting in the 2024-25 academic year. Students awarded the Provost Excellence Scholarship or the President’s Fund Scholarship are not eligible to receive this scholarship.
How to apply: New RN to B.S. students will automatically receive this scholarship. You do not need to apply.
The scholarship must be used in the 2024-25 academic year.
Scholars for a Healthy Oregon Initiative
Award amount: Full tuition and fees throughout the length of your program.
Who is considered: Students from Oregon entering specific clinical degree programs. In return, students agree to practice in a rural or underserved community for the first few years of their career.
Qualifying programs:
Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) in:
- Nurse Anesthesia
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Nurse Midwifery
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
- Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
- Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
How to apply: Learn more about the Scholars for a Healthy Oregon Initiative
Street Nursing Team Scholarship
Award amount: Up to $5,000
To be considered, enroll in one of the following programs:
- OCNE 3-year program on the Ashland campus (only available to students graduating in 2025)
- OCNE 3-year program on the Klamath Falls campus (only available to students graduating in 2025)
- Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (D.N.P.) on the Ashland campus
Application closed. Estimated to reopen for Accelerated Bachelor of Science students in November 2024 and in summer 2025 for OCNE and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner students.
Oregon Nursing Education Academy Scholarship
Award amount: Full tuition and fees throughout the length of your program.
Who is considered: Students who are residents of Oregon, Washington, Idaho or Alaska and enrolled in the M.S. in Nursing Education program.
Application closed. Estimated to reopen spring 2025.
OHSU 30-30-30 Workforce Initiative
Award amount: Full tuition and fees throughout the length of your program with a two-year commitment to teach full-time.
To be considered, you must:
- Be in your first or second year of the M.S. in Nursing Education program.
- Be nominated by the director of an OCNE partner community college.
- Be a full-time faculty member at a nominating OCNE partner community college.
- Be an Oregon resident and eligible for in-state tuition.
Application closed. Estimated to reopen spring 2025.
OHSU Nurse Faculty M.N.E. Scholarship
Award amount: Full tuition and fees throughout the length of your program with a two-year commitment to teach full-time at OHSU School of Nursing after graduation.
To be considered, you must:
- Be in your first or second year of the M.S. in Nursing Education program.
- Be nominated by the campus associate dean or the undergraduate Portland assistant dean.
- Be a full-time OHSU faculty member.
- Be a resident of Oregon and eligible for in-state tuition.
- Be in and remain in good academic standing.
Application closed. Estimated to reopen late summer or early fall 2024.
OHSU Nurse Faculty D.N.P. and Ph.D. Scholarship
Award Amount: Full tuition and fees throughout the length of your program with a two-year commitment to teach full-time at OHSU School of Nursing after graduation.
To be considered, you must:
- Be an OHSU faculty member admitted into an eligible program at the University of Arizona, University of Colorado, University of Utah or Washington State University for D.N.P. or Ph.D. or Portland State University for Ed.D.
- Be nominated by the campus associate dean, the undergraduate Portland assistant dean or the graduate program director.
- Be a full-time faculty member of the nominating OHSU School of Nursing program.
- Be a resident of Oregon and eligible for in-state tuition.
- Be in and remain in good academic standing.
Application closed. Estimated to reopen summer 2025.
Health Equity Grant ANEW Scholarship
Award amount: Up to $21,700.
Who is considered: Family nurse practitioner students, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner students, pediatric nurse practitioner students and nurse-midwifery students can apply. Applicants must commit to working with rural, urban and tribal populations in Oregon after graduation.
Application closed. Estimated to reopen summer 2025.
MatCare
Award amount: Up to $34,304 each year of your program, plus a stipend for living expenses.
Who is considered: Nurse-midwifery students who are committed to working in rural and/or underserved communities after graduation.
Application closed. Estimated to reopen early fall 2024.
Scholarships are awarded to 18 students. Students receive funding for the time remaining in their program, up to three years. You do not need to re-apply once awarded.
The Michaelson Gerontological Nursing Scholarship
Award amount: Up to $3,000.
Who is considered: M.S. in Nursing Education students in their second year of the program whose focus is gerontological nursing.
Application closed. Estimated to reopen summer 2025.
The Hearst Endowed Scholarship
Award amount: Up to $15,000
Who is considered: Doctor of Nursing Practice students in their final year of the program whose focus is on gerontological advanced practice nursing.
Application closed. Estimated to reopen spring 2025.
School of Nursing Ph.D. Student Scholarship
Award amount: Full tuition and fees and a monthly stipend for the first four years of your program.
Who is considered: Applicants of the Ph.D. program.
How to apply: Ph.D. applicants will automatically be considered. You don’t need to apply.
Nursing degree programs
We offer undergraduate, masters and doctorate degree programs at six locations across Oregon, and online degree options.
Have questions?
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Outside nursing scholarships
- American Association of Colleges of Nursing scholarships
$500 to $5,000
Explore American Association of Colleges Nursing scholarships.
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Foundation
$2,500 to $5,000
Explore American Academy of Nurse Practitioners scholarships.
- Army Nurse Corps Association (for students planning to serve with the US Army)
$3,000
- Barbara Rhomberg nursing scholarship
$1,000
- Caring.com caregiver scholarships
$1,000 to $5,000
- DiversityNursing.com education award
$5,000
- F.A. David undergraduate scholarship
$1,000
- Ford Scholars Program (for graduating high school seniors in Oregon)
up to $40,000
- Ford Opportunity Program (for parents in Oregon)
up to $40,000
- Ford Transfers Program (for Oregon community college juniors)
up to $40,000
- Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association Education scholarship
$500 to $10,000
Explore the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association scholarship.
- HRSA Nursing Scholarship Program
Amount varies
- Leo Adler Scholarship
$1,200 to $4,500
- National Student Nurses Association Foundation scholarship
$1,000 to $7,000
Explore the National Student Nurses Association Foundation scholarship.
- Nurses Education Funds, Inc.
$250 to $10,000
- Oregon Nurses Foundation
$1,500 to $5,000
- William G. and Ruth T. Evans Nursing Scholarship (for Ashland Nursing students)
Amount varies
Explore the William G. and Ruth T. Evans Nursing Scholarship.
Loans
Harding Loan
Amount: $850 per term
Interest rate: 5% fixed interest rate
Requirements: For current students who need additional assistance beyond their existing financial aid package. Only available to students who are not fully funded.
Loans come due three months after graduation.
Deadline: Rolling if funding allows
How to apply: Harding Loan Application
Emergency Loan
Amount: Varies
Interest rate: 0%
Requirements: For undergraduate students.
Deadline: Rolling
Application information: Contact the financial aid office at 503-494-7800 or finaid@ohsu.edu.
Evalee C. Schwarz Charitable Trust for Education Loan
Amount: $5,000 to $15,000
Interest rate: 0%
Requirements: Undergraduate or graduate students with strong academic performance and high financial need.
Deadline: Visit their website for the most up-to-date deadline.
How to apply: Evalee C. Schwarz Charitable Trust for Education application
Loan forgiveness and repayment programs
Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP)
Amount: Partial loan cancellation (up to 85%)
Requirements: For Ph.D., D.N.P. and M.N.E. students. Students must complete specific nursing education courses. After graduation, the NFLP cancels part of the loan for graduates who work full-time as faculty at an accredited nursing school.
D.N.P. graduates will have their loans forgiven if they work in their specialty and serve as a full-time preceptor for one student per term at OHSU’s School of Nursing or another accredited nursing school.
How to apply: The financial aid office will email eligible students about when and how to apply.
Primary Care Loan Forgiveness (PCLF)
Amount: One or more years of tuition and fees
Requirements: Students must commit to practice at an approved rural Oregon site after graduation.
Deadline: Visit their website for the most up-to-date deadline.
How to apply: Primary Care Loan Forgiveness application
Federal Loan Forgiveness
Amount: Cost of eligible loans minus 120 monthly payments
Requirements: Available only to students not fully funded through financial aid.
Deadline: Visit their website for the most up-to-date deadline.
How to apply: Federal Loan Forgiveness application
Faculty Loan Repayment Program
Amount: Up to $40,000 loan repayment
Requirements: Two-year commitment to work as faculty at an accredited health professions college or university.
Deadline: Visit their website for the most up-to-date deadline.
How to apply: Faculty Loan Repayment Program application
National Health Service Corps
Amount: Up to $170,000 loan repayment
Requirements: Minimum of two years full-time commitment to work at a National Health Service Corps approved site.
Deadline: Visit their website for the most up-to-date deadline.
Application link: National Health Service Corps application