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, 2020 – Deadline June 12, 2020

Criteria – Stipend for AD BS Students 2019
Criteria – Stipend Masters Doctoral 2019
Student Information-Stipend 2019

The 2019-2020 Car Tag Stipend Recipients

Associate Degree Nursing Program
Anthony Daniels
Jones County Junior College
Timothy Harris
Itawamba Community College
Jack “Russ” Trollinger
Itawamba Community College
Jacob Whitney
Meridian Community College

Baccalaureate Nursing Program
Victoria Bailey
Mississippi University for Women
Jeffery Chancellor
Mississippi University for Women
Morgan Dennis
Mississippi University for Women
Tammy Ferrell
Delta State University
Madi Hall
Mississippi College
Iesha Johnson
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Kailey Morton
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Sydney-Kirk Patti
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Shelby Smith
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Rylee Stone
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Demiria Watson
Delta State University 

Masters Nursing Program
William Paul Coe
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Angelia Eason
Delta State University 
Amber Flowers
Alcorn State University
Taylor McMurtrey
William Carey University
Amy Myers
William Carey University
Cindy Renee Quinn
Mississippi University for Women

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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 29, 2019

2019 Eileen S. and Earl C. Whittemore Fund Application

2019 Eileen S. and Earl C. Whittemore Advance Practiced/Nurse Practitioner 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).

2019 MNF PhD Research Award Guidelines

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 15, 2019.

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

Student Information 2019

Criteria 2019

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

2019 Call for Entries, Scholarly Writing

2019 Student Information Form, Scholarly Writing

Opens October 1st – Deadline is December 6, 2019

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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 22, 2019

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 – 2019

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 13, 2019

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

Breonka Simpson
Mississippi University for Women
2019 Book Scholarship Fletcher and Brantley

2019 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 7, 2020

2019 Nurse Oneita Dongieux Award for Excellence Scholarship Recipients:
Kim Graves
Jones County Junior College

Dana Hester
Southwest Mississippi Community College

Oneita Dongieux Award for Excellence Criteria 2020

Oneita Dongieux Student Information Form 2020

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.

2020 Betty Dickson Health Policy Scholarship Criteria

2020 Betty Dickson Health Policy Scholarship Information Form
Opens December 1  – Deadline is February 7, 2020

2019 Betty Dickson Health Policy Award Recipient
Dana Armstrong, Belhaven University

Martha Douglas Memorial Scholarship

Martha Douglas Student Information 2020

Martha Douglas Scholarship Criteria

Opens December 1st – Deadline is February 14 2020

2019 Martha Douglas Memorial Scholarship Recipient
Ashley Walker, Northwest MS Community College

Mississippi Nurses Foundation School of Nursing Scholarship

SON 1000 scholarship criteria 2019
SON 1000 Scholarship Application 2019

Opens January 1, 2019 – Deadline is March 16, 2020

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

Congratulations to the 2019 Winners of the MNF School of Nursing Scholarship!

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