Scholarships for Students in Missouri

New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program aims to ease the nation’s nursing shortage by attracting new students into the profession of nursing while enhancing efforts to recruit students from underrepresented groups in nursing. Besides scholarship funding, this program also provides valuable support to students as they transition from other fields of study into nursing.

Five $10,000 scholarships will be awarded to underrepresented students. Underrepresented is defined by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as ethnicity, gender, and/or financial need. Applications must be submitted to the SSON scholarship coordinator by December 21. 

For more information contact Sherri Ulbrich, PhD, RN ([email protected]) or Cheryl Bausler, PhD, RN ([email protected]).

An endowed scholarship was set up to be awarded to full time undergraduate students enrolled in the School of Nursing at the University of Missouri. Recipients must have demonstrated financial need for assistance in order to attend school. Priority is given to Missouri residents.

For questions or additional information:

Office of Student Affairs
S235 School of Nursing
Columbia, MO 65211

Phone: 573-882-0277 or 
1-800-437-4339

Deadlines

• March 30 (Traditional BSN Scholarships)
• July 1 (RN-BSN, NEW Accelerated and all Graduate Program Scholarships)

 

The scholarship gives annual awards for undergraduate students attending the University of Missouri-Columbia full-time, majoring in Nursing. Applicants must have demonstrated financial need. Preference given to first-generation college attendees. Due date, number of awards and award amount varies. 

This scholarship is for residents of the Heartland Foundation service region, which includes the following counties:

• In Missouri - Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Livingston, Mercer, Nodaway, Platte, Ray, and Worth
• In Iowa - Decatur, Fremont, Page, Ringgold, and Taylor
• In Kansas - Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, and Nemaha
• In Nebraska - Nemaha and Richardson

To qualify for this scholarship, applicants must be accepted and enrolled in 12 hours of study for a regular semester or equivalent full-time status in an approved nursing or health care-related program. Students enrolled in a pre-health program are not eligible.

 

Recipients of this scholarship must be employed at the University of Missouri Hospital.  These funds are meant to help a student seeking to obtain a BSN at an undergraduate or graduate level.

Applicants who are residents of Sedgwick County, Kansas or one of the surrounding counties may attend an accredited nursing program anywhere in the U.S.; applicants from any other state in the U.S. may use the scholarship to attend a qualified program in Sedgwick County, Kansas, one of the surrounding counties, or St. Luke's College in Kansas City, Missouri.

The purpose of this scholarship it to assist qualified students to complete requirements for graduation from a state approved and nationally accredited school of nursing leading to a baccalaureate degree with a major in nursing. Eligibility requirements includes 

• full-time junior or senior student currently enrolled in a nursing major leading to Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree in a program located in the state of Missouri.
• must be a Missouri resident.
• must have a GPA of 3 or higher
• a letter of reference from a nursing faculty member

 

Applicant must be a first-time, full-time freshman and transfer student from an institution not affiliated with the Concordia University system, be a member of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod (LC-MS), and have a minimum 2.5 GPA.

Applicant must be enrolled at the University of Missouri at Columbia.

Applicant must be an incoming freshman at Missouri State University with a minimum 1090 SAT (24 ACT). Minimum 3.7 GPA required.

Applicant must be a resident of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin, or North Dakota. Minimum 3.4 GPA and combined SAT Reasoning score of 1090 (composite ACT score of 25) required. Applicant must be majoring in one of the majors listed on sponsor's application page.

Applicant must be a graduating senior of New Franklin High School in Missouri who is planning to pursue a nursing degree. Academic excellence and financial need must be demonstrated.

This need based program assists high school students with college costs. To be eligible applicants must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and a Missouri resident; must have filed the FAFSA by April 1; must be a current undergraduate student enrolled full time and have an EFC of $12,000 or less.

This merit based program encourages top ranked high school seniors to attend college. To be eligible applicants must be a Missouri resident and a United States citizen or permanent resident; have a composite score on the ACT or SAT in either: the top 3 percent of all Missouri students, or the top 4th or 5th percentiles of all Missouri. Applicants must also enroll as a first time student and receive the scholarship in the academic year immediately following high school graduation.

This merit based program encourages top ranked high school seniors to attend college. To be eligible applicants must be a Missouri resident and a United States citizen or permanent resident; have a composite score on the ACT or SAT in either: the top 3 percent of all Missouri students, or the top 4th or 5th percentiles of all Missouri. Applicants must also enroll as a first time student and receive the scholarship in the academic year immediately following high school graduation.

Applicant must be an admitted freshman whose parent(s) and/or step-parent(s) graduated from the university. Missouri residents will receive $1,000 per academic year; non-Missouri residents will receive $2,000 per academic year.

Applicant must be enrolled at the University of Missouri at Columbia.

Applicant must be a citizen of the United States, Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Chile, Peru, Canada, Mexico or Australia who is a full-time undergraduate sophomore, junior, or senior that is majoring in mining engineering, metallurgical engineering, or geology. Questionnaire, personal essay, and unofficial transcript required. Applicant must attend one of the following institutions: Arizona State University, Colorado School of Mines, Eastern Arizona College, Michigan Technological University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Montana Tech of the University of Montana, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, New Mexico State University, Northern Arizona University, Pima Community College, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, University of Arizona, University of Texas at El Paso, University of Utah, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, or Yavapai Community College.

This merit based program encourages top ranked high school seniors to attend college. To be eligible applicants must be a Missouri resident and a United States citizen or permanent resident; have a composite score on the ACT or SAT in either: the top 3 percent of all Missouri students, or the top 4th or 5th percentiles of all Missouri. Applicants must also enroll as a first time student and receive the scholarship in the academic year immediately following high school graduation.

Applicant must be enrolled at the University of Missouri at Columbia.