Additional Scholarships

Dr. Marcia Rachel was an amazing nurse that impacted many nursing students as a nursing instructor at Mississippi College, the University of Southern Mississippi, William Carey University, Pearl River Community College, and the University of Mississippi Medical Center where she ended her outstanding nursing career as the Associate Dean of academic programs at the school of nursing. Deadline July 8, 2022

2022 Marcia Rachel Excellence in Leadership Award Criteria

2022 Marcia Rachel Excellence in Leadership Information Form

2021 Scholarship Recipients

Cassie Austin
Mississippi University for Women

Nia Thompson Day
Alcorn State University

Mrs. Irma Brinkley Lane and Dr. Sarah Mazique Ware are retired nurses with greater than 35 years of experience each. They met in the undergraduate nursing program at Alcorn State University and have worked together and kept in touch over the years. Lane and Ware value community service. They have been, and continue to be, involved in the health promotion and maintenance within their local and regional communities. Deadline July 8, 2022

2022 Lane Ware Criteria Form

2022 Lane Ware Student Information Form

MNF and The Gulf Coast Community Foundation will award $2,500 to an APRN student on behalf of the Eileen S. and Earl C. Whittemore, Jr Fund. The applicant must be a member of MNA and be a resident of Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone, or George County. Deadline July 8, 2022

2022 Eileen S. and Earl C. Whittemore Fund Application

2019 Scholarship Recipient

Bailee Rayborn of Bay St. Louis, MS
University of Mississippi Medical Center

MNF will provide up to $10,000 in research grants. Applicants must be currently enrolled and in good standing in a Ph.D. Nursing program in Mississippi; must be a resident of Mississippi, and must be a member of the Mississippi Nurses Association (MNA). Opens May 1st – Deadline July 8, 2022

2022 MNF Ph.D. Research Award Guidelines

2020 Grant Recipients

Amanda Criswell
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Melissa Klamm
University of Mississippi Medical Center

This $2000 scholarship is given in honor of Georgia Ann Benard Hall to a Mississippi nursing student every year. Opens September 1st – Deadline EXTENDED TO November 19, 2021.

2021 Georgia Ann Bernard Hall Award of Excellence Criteria

2021 Student Information Form

2020 Scholarship Recipient

Courtney Williams-Sanders
William Carey University

A $1,000 scholarship is awarded to an RN who is a member of MNA and enrolled in a doctoral nursing program in Mississippi. Deadline July 8, 2022

2022 Arthur L. Davis Scholarly Writing Scholarship Criteria REOPEN

2022 Student Information Form REOPEN

This scholarship established by LaDonna Northington, Monica Northington, and Hiawatha Northington II, in memory of their dear parents, is designed to assist Nurse or Nurse Practitioner students who will work with geriatric clients to assure the excellence of medical care to these patients in their sunset years. Deadline July 8, 2022

2022 -REOPEN Hiawatha and Eunice Northington Memorial Scholarship criteria

2022 -REOPEN Student Information Form

2019 Hiawatha and Eunice Northington Memorial Scholarship Recipient:

Taylor McMurtrey
William Carey University

This $250 scholarship is given in honor and memory of Earlene “Bobbie” Brantley and Allie Mae Fletcher to a Mississippi nursing student. Opens October 1st – Deadline December 10, 2021

2021 Brantley-Fletcher Award of Hope Scholarship Criteria

2021 Student Information Form

2020 Scholarship Recipient

Shakeria Smith
University of Mississippi Medical Center

This $500 scholarship is awarded to a nursing student enrolled in good academic standing at one of Mississippi schools of nursing. Opens December 1 – Deadline February 4, 2022

2022 Oneita Dongieux Award for Excellence Criteria

2022 Student Information Form

2021 Scholarship Recipients

Eli Brand – University of Southern Mississippi
Abbey Climer – University of Mississippi Medical Center

Up to $2,000 to attend a national health policy meeting/conference. (Airline accommodations, if needed, hotel accommodations, conference cost, food, and gratuity.) MNF will reimburse after all receipts have been received. Opens December 1 – Deadline February 4, 2022

2022 Betty Dickson Health Policy Scholarship Criteria

2022 Scholarship Information Form

Award Recipient

Dana Armstrong
Belhaven University

Opens December 1st – Deadline February 11, 2022

2022 Martha Douglas Scholarship Criteria

2022 Student Information Form

2021 Scholarship Recipient

Vanessa Stone
William Carey University

This $1,000 scholarship is for nursing students enrolled in an accredited Associate or Baccalaureate Nursing Program in Mississippi. Deadline September 30, 2021

SON 1000 scholarship criteria FALL 2021

SON 1000 Scholarship Application FALL 2021

This $1,000 scholarship is for nursing students enrolled in an accredited Associate or Baccalaureate Nursing Program in Mississippi. Opens January 1, 2022 – Deadline March 11, 2022

SON 1000 scholarship criteria 2022

SON 1000 Scholarship Application 2022

Winners of the MNF 2021 School of Nursing Scholarship

Daija Gilbert & Jaquala Patrick ($500 each)
Alcorn State University

Ashley Carson & Shaidrika Spencer ($500 each)
Belhaven University

Jessica Montgomery
Coahoma Community College

Amber Letcher
Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Kadraya Johnson
Delta State University

Kayla Clark
East Central Community College

Brittany Murphy
East Mississippi Community College

Anna Grace Attkisson
Hinds Community College

Eugenia Heney
Holmes Community College

Bertoldo Zumaya
Itawamba Community College

Bobbi Gamble
Jones College

Michelle Eakes
Meridian Community College

Lane Oxner
Mississippi College

Lateisha Young
Mississippi Delta Community College

Ashley Elizabeth Cash
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Alaina Newby
Mississippi University for Women

Melissa Skelton
Northeast Mississippi Community College

Chanz Crawford
Northwest Mississippi Community College

Molly Bartee
Pearl River Community College

Kelsey Wilkinson & Fall 2021 student TBA ($500 each)
Southwest Mississippi Community College

Makenzie Byrd
UMMC School of Nursing

M’Tajia Altman
University of Southern Mississippi

Crystal Locklar
William Carey University