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Nursing Student Scholarships

About Scholarships

Our students become excellent nurses, life-long learners, and socially responsible citizens who advance health care across the homes, hospitals, and communities they serve.

Your gift to the Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden's Scholarship Fund helps educate the next generation of nurses who will improve the health and well being of people in Southern New Jersey, and around the globe.

Nursing Student Scholarships
  • Kevin R. Emmons Community Health Nursing Scholarship
    • For undergraduates or graduate students based on academic merit and financial need.
       
  • Accelerated Nursing Program Scholarship Fund
    • For undergraduate or graduate students, with a preference for students enrolled in the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program.
       
  • Catherine Pacelli Fayer Endowed Nursing Scholarship
    • For full-time undergraduate students with financial need who are current residents of or have graduated from high schools in South Jersey.
       
  • Daniel Cheney & Family Memorial Scholarship
    • For full-time undergraduates with financial need.
       
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Scholarship Program
    • For graduate students enrolled in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program.
       
  • Dr. Margaret Barton-Burke Annual Scholarship
    • For undergraduates in the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree program, with further preference for first-generation college students.
       
  • Elizabeth Crowther-Boehret Nursing Scholarship Fund
    • For full-time undergraduates based on academic merit and financial need.
       
  • Joseph and Loretta Lopez Endowed Scholarship
    • For full-time traditional or accelerated nursing program students based on academic merit and financial need. Recipients must have and maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA.
       
  • Lauren Rose Albert Foundation Endowed Scholarship
    • For undergraduates with financial need, with a preference for nontraditional students.
       
  • Nagtalon-Ramos Book Scholarship Fund
    • For full-time undergraduates based on academic merit and financial need, with a preference for students interested in pursuing a career in women's health or sexual and reproductive health and involved in the Rutgers Camden Filipino League of Innovative Pinoy Students student group.
       
  • Patt Orrino Memorial Scholarship Fund
    • For full-time students with financial need and a GPA of at least 3.2. Preference will be given to students over 24 years of age.
       
  • Rutgers University-Camden School of Nursing Scholarship Fund
    • For undergraduate or graduate students.

 

How To Apply

STEP 1: If you haven't done so already, complete your FAFSA today!

Log on to https://fafsa.ed.gov/ to do so. Need help? Visit our Financial Aid Office https://financialaid.rutgers.edu/ (856-225-6039) on the first floor of Armitage Hall.

If you feel that you are not able to complete the FAFSA but do have documented financial need, you may still apply for the scholarships and complete additional information in the application. If you are having difficulty with your FAFSA application, please contact a financial aid counselor for assistance.

STEP 2: Update and submit your resume.

You'll need to upload a resume. If you need help developing or updating your, please visit the Career Center in the Lower Level of the Campus Center, call (856) 225-6046, or email careercenter@camden.rutgers.edu.

STEP 3: Apply online via the Rutgers University-Camden Endowed Scholarship Application by 5:00 p.m. on April 11. Make sure to read the application carefully and complete ALL requested steps.

 

Additional Scholarships

Scholarships outside of Rutgers University are available to students. Here is a list of some possible scholarships:

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