Scholarships
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, 2021 – Deadline June 11, 2021
Criteria – Stipend for AD BS Students 2021
Criteria – Stipend Masters Doctoral 2021
Student Information-Stipend 2021
The 2021-2022 Car Tag Stipend Recipients
Associate Degree Nursing Program
Logan Cuevas
Pearl River Community College
Rosalind McChriston-Williams
Meridian Community College
Hanna Wilcher
East Central Community College
Baccalaureate Nursing Program
Makiyah Buckley
William Carey University
Casea Cheatham
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Samuel Hartnett
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Alexa Perkins
Mississippi College
Masters Nursing Program
Ashanta Jones
Alcorn State University
Donnie Lovell
Mississippi University for Women
Tina McDyess
University of Southern Mississippi
Katherine Shook
Mississippi University for Women
Doctoral Program
Amanda Criswell
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Christy McGregor
University of Mississippi Medical Center
$1000 Dr. Marcia Rachel Excellence in
Leadership Award
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 9, 2021
2021 Marcia Rachel Excellence in Leadership Award Criteria
2021 Marcia Rachel Excellence in Leadership Information Form
2021 Scholarship Recipients
Cassie Austin
Mississippi University for Women
Nia Thompson Day
Alcorn State University
$500 Lane-Ware Graduate Mental Health
Nursing Scholarship
Mrs. Irma Brinkley Lane and Dr. Sarah Mazique Ware are retired nurses with greater than 35 years’ 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 9, 2021
2021 Lane Ware Student Information Form
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 July 9, 2021
2021 Eileen S. and Earl C. Whittemore Fund Application
2019 Scholarship Recipient
Bailee Rayborn of Bay St. Louis, 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).
Opens May 1st – Deadline July 9, 2021
2021 MNF PhD Research Award Guidelines
2020 Grant Recipients
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Melissa Klamm
University of Mississippi Medical Center
The Georgia Ann Benard Hall
Award of Excellence
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
2020 Scholarship Recipient
Courtney Williams-Sanders
William Carey University
Arthur L. Davis Scholarly
Writing Scholarship
$1,000 scholarship awarded to an RN who is a member of MNA and enrolled in a doctoral nursing program in Mississippi.
Deadline December 3, 2021
2021 Arthur L. Davis Scholarly Writing Scholarship Criteria
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 19, 2021
2021 Hiawatha and Eunice Northington Memorial Scholarship Criteria
2019 Hiawatha and Eunice Northington Memorial Scholarship Recipient:
Taylor McMurtrey
William Carey University
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 10, 2021
2021 Brantley-Fletcher Award of Hope Scholarship Criteria
2020 Scholarship Recipient
Shakeria Smith
University of Mississippi Medical Center
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 4, 2022
2022 Oneita Dongieux Award for Excellence Criteria
2021 Scholarship Recipients
Eli Brand – University of Southern Mississippi
Abbey Climer – University of Mississippi Medical Center
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.
Opens December 1 – Deadline February 4, 2022
2022 Betty Dickson Health Policy Scholarship Criteria
2022 Scholarship Information Form
Award Recipient
Dana Armstrong, Belhaven University
Martha Douglas Memorial Scholarship
Opens December 1st – Deadline February 11, 2022
2022 Martha Douglas Scholarship Criteria
2021 Scholarship Recipient
Vanessa Stone, William Carey University
Mississippi Nurses Foundation School of
Nursing Scholarship – Fall
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
Mississippi Nurses Foundation School of
Nursing Scholarship – Spring
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
Congratulations to the 2021 Winners of the MNF
School of Nursing Scholarship!
| Alcorn State University | Daija Gilbert & Jaquala Patrick ($500 each) |
| Belhaven University | Ashley Carson & Shaidrika Spencer ($500 each) |
| Coahoma Community College | Jessica Montgomery |
| Copiah-Lincoln Community College | Amber Letcher |
| Delta State University | Kadraya Johnson |
| East Central Community College | Kayla Clark |
| East Mississippi Community College | Brittany Murphy |
| Hinds Community College | Anna Grace Attkisson |
| Holmes Community College | Eugenia Heney |
| Itawamba Community College | Bertoldo Zumaya |
| Jones College | Bobbi Gamble |
| Meridian Community College | Michelle Eakes |
| Mississippi College | Lane Oxner |
| Mississippi Delta Community College | Lateisha Young |
| Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College | Ashley Elizabeth Cash |
| Mississippi University for Women | Alaina Newby |
| Northeast Mississippi Community College | Melissa Skelton |
| Northwest Mississippi Community College | Chanz Crawford |
| Pearl River Community College | Molly Bartee |
| Southwest Mississippi Community College | Kelsey Wilkinson & Fall 2021 student TBA ($500 each) |
| UMMC School of Nursing | Makenzie Byrd |
| University of Southern Mississippi | M’Tajia Altman |
| William Carey University | Crystal Locklar |