New Careers in Nursing Program

Posted by on November 07, 2011

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing Program Announces Call for Applications
Deadline: January 11, 2012

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing program is designed to help alleviate the nursing shortage and increase the diversity of nursing professionals. Through grants to schools of nursing, the program will provide scholarships to college graduates without nursing degrees who are enrolled in accelerated baccalaureate and master’s nursing programs.

Through the program, funds to support up to four hundred scholarships of $10,000 each will be awarded to selected schools of nursing annually over a three-year period. A school of nursing may apply for between five and thirty scholarships a year, to be awarded to students from underrepresented groups in nursing or who are economically disadvantaged. Preference will be given to schools which can demonstrate that the availability of scholarship funds will expand enrollment in their accelerated nursing programs.

To be eligible, applicant institutions must offer an entry-level accelerated baccalaureate nursing program or master’s nursing program for non-nursing college graduates, and be accredited by a nursing accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is committed to programs that embrace racial, ethnic, and economic diversity. Applications should address the applicant organization’s past achievements and future plans to recruit and retain a diverse student body.

Optional informational applicant Web conferences will be held on November 3 and December 1, 2011.

Visit the RWJF Web site for the complete call for applications, the application form, and Web conference registration information.

http://www.rwjf.org/applications/solicited/cfp.jsp?ID=21377