On this page you’ll find information about:

• OHSU nursing scholarships
• Outside nursing scholarships
• Loans
• Loan forgiveness and repayment program

OHSU scholarships for nursing students

• Award amount: $1,000 to $12,000
• Who is considered: Current and incoming nursing students for the 2024-205 academic year. Please note the application for the 2025-2026 academic year is not available yet and will open February 2025.
• 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.
• How to apply: Learn more about the Scholars for a Healthy Oregon Initiative
• Deadline: rolling

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

Street Nursing Team Scholarship

• Award amount: Up to $5,000
• Who is considered: Accelerated Bachelor of Science with a major in nursing students on the Ashland campus who will be graduating in summer or fall 2025.

Please note: The Street Nursing Team Scholarship is estimated to reopen in fall 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.

Oregon Rural Nurse Scholars (ORNS) Scholarship

Award amount: Tuition awards are based upon a student’s specific financial aid package. In addition, a monthly stipend of $1,500 for travel to rural sites is provided during the academic year.

To be considered, you must be:

• Entering your second year of the B.S. of Nursing program at either the La Grande or Klamath Falls campus.
• Planning on living and working in a rural setting after graduation.
• An Oregon resident.
• In good academic standing.

Applications are currently closed and will reopen in 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.

Learn more about Health Equity Oregon

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.

Scholarships are given out once a year. If awarded a scholarship, you'll receive funds for the amount of time left in your program, up to a maximum of three years. Once awarded a scholarship, you don't need to apply again.

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.

ONEA Preceptor Scholars Program

• Award amount: Selected recipients will be awarded the full tuition and fees for the length of the program.
• Who is considered: Baccalaureate-prepared nurses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska working in a clinical setting.
• Deadline: Application closed
• Learn more: Preceptor Scholar Program

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. 
• Deadline: Rolling if funding allows 
• How to apply: Harding Loan Application 

Loans come due three months after graduation. 

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

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. 
• How to apply: The financial aid office will email eligible students about when and how to apply. 

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. 

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