The Mississippi Nurses Foundation provides scholarships, stipends and grants to nursing students and registered nurses throughout the state of Mississippi who are pursuing degrees in nursing.

Mississippi Car Tag Stipend Program
$5,000 in stipends are made available to nursing students and nurses pursuing an advance degree in nursing in the state of Mississippi through the Nurses Car Tag Program.
Opens April 1, 2018 – Deadline June 15, 2018

Criteria – Stipend for AD BS Students 2018
Criteria – Stipend Masters Doctoral 2018
Student Information – Stipend 2018

The 2018-2019 Car Tag Stipend Recipients

Associate Degree Nursing Program
Kirsten Hester
 Itawamba Community College
Madison McMillen
Itawamba Community College

Baccalaureate Nursing Program
Karlee Adams
 Mississippi University for Women
Rikki Crimm
Delta State University
Brittney James
 Mississippi University for Women
Sara Leflore
Mississippi University for Women
Anna Littlejohn
Mississippi University for Women
Hannah May
 Mississippi University for Women
 Destiny McClain
 Delta State University
Claire Nipper
Mississippi College
Caitlin Pinter
Mississippi College
Kaitlyn Powell
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Emily Claire Shack
University of Mississippi Medical Center

Masters Nursing Program
Catherine Eldridge
 Mississippi University for Women
Bria Goff
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Angela Jill Burge
William Carey University
Holly Cuevas
University of Mississippi Medical Center

 Doctoral Nursing Program
Glenda Lee
William Carey University
Keisha Oliphant
Delta State University

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Eileen S. and Earl C. Whittemore Advance Practiced/Nurse Practitioner Scholarship

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 Date – EXTENDED TO July 31, 2018

2018 Eileen S. and Earl C. Whittemore Fund Application

2018 Eileen S. and Earl C. Whittemore Advance Practiced/Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Recipient:

Holly Cuevas of Wiggins, MS
University of Mississippi Medical Center

MNF PhD Research Grants
MNF will provide up to $10,000 in research grants. Applicants must be currently enrolled and in good standing in a PhD Nursing program in Mississippi; must be a resident of Mississippi; and must be a member of the Mississippi Nurses Association (MNA).

The Georgia Ann Benard Hall Award of Excellence
This $500 scholarship is given in honor of Georgia Ann Benard Hall to a Mississippi nursing student every year.

Opens September 1st – Deadline November 16, 2018.

2018 Georgia Ann Benard Hall Award of Excellence Scholarship Recipient:
Breonka Simpson
Mississippi University for Women

Student Information 2018

Criteria 2018

Arthur L. Davis Scholaly Writing Scholarship
$1,000 scholarship awarded to an RN who is a member of MNA and enrolled in a doctoral nursing program in Mississippi

2018 Call for Entries, Scholarly Writing

2018 Student Information Form, Scholarly Writing

Opens October 1st – Deadline is December 1, 2018

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The Hiawatha and Eunice Northington Memorial Scholarship $1,000 Scholarship
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 excellence of medical care to these patients in their sunset years.
Deadline – November 30, 2018

2018 Hiawatha and Eunice Northington Memorial Scholarship Recipient:
Tamecia Herbert
University of Southern Mississippi

Hiawatha and Eunice Northington Memorial Scholarship Criteria 2018

Student Information – Northington -2018

The Brantley-Fletcher Award of Hope Book Scholarship
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 18, 2018

2018 Brantley-Fletcher Award of Hope Book Scholarship Recipients:
LuCretia Johnson
Mississippi Delta Community College

Breonka Simpson
Mississippi University for Women
2018 Book Scholarship Fletcher and Brantley

2018 Brantley – Fletcher Award of Hope Scholorship Application

Nurse Oneita Dongieux Award for Excellence
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 1, 2019

2018 Nurse Oneita Dongieux Award for Excellence Scholarship Recipients:
Ifeoma Anakor
University of Southern Mississippi

Tiffany Slaughter
Mississippi University for Women

Oneita Dongieux Award for Excellence Criteria 2019

Oneita Dongieux Student Information Form 2019

Betty Dickson Health Policy Award
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.

2019 Betty Dickson Health Policy Scholarship Criteria

2019 Betty Dickson Health Policy Scholarship Information Form
Opens December 1  – Deadline is February 8, 2019

2018 Betty Dickson Health Policy Award Recipient
Juanita Graham, DNP-RN, FRSPH

Martha Douglas Memorial Scholarship

Martha Douglas Student Information 2019

Martha Douglas Scholarship Criteria

Opens December 1st – Deadline is February 15, 2019

 Mississippi Nurses Foundation School of Nursing Scholarship

SON 1000 scholarship criteria 2019
SON 1000 Scholarship Application 2019

Opens January 1, 2019 – Deadline is March 15, 2019

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

Congratulations to the 2018 Winners of the MNF School of Nursing Scholarship!

To learn more about the Mississippi Nurses Foundation scholarships, please call 601-898-0850.