The NFP’s Abington Alumni Association Scholarship Fund provides scholarships in support of students pursuing their nursing careers at the baccalaureate level.
Current high school students must be a matriculated undergraduate nursing student in the fall of the year in which the award is given.
Current baccalaureate students must be in the first, second or third year of a nursing program when the application is made. Those students in their final year of study or who will graduate in May of the year in which the award is given are not eligible to apply.
Current RN-to-BSN-completion students must have already been accepted into a degree-completion program at the time of application submission.
Applicants who are not already an RN – including BS-to-BSN students/fast-track students – must have already been accepted into a basic RN program at the time of scholarship application.
Applicants should have a minimum of 3.0 GPA.
Applicants are required to attest to their financial need by providing information about all federal and state grant(s) and loan(s), as well as any formal documentation which demonstrates need (for example, letter from financial aid officer regarding work study).
Applicants who can provide proof of their direct relationship to a former graduate of the Abington Memorial Hospital Dixon School of Nursing will receive additional consideration. Confirmation of that individual’s graduation status is the responsibility of the applicant and can be obtained by contacting: Thomas Jefferson School of Nursing Registrar, 901 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.
Membership in the Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania (SNAP) and/or the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) is highly recommended for those applicants who are currently enrolled in nursing prelicensure programs.
Previous recipients of this scholarship are not eligible to apply.
Applicants may only apply to one NFP scholarship per calendar year.
Entries are judged based on essay responses and financial need.