• 2021 Scholarship Awards Application Form

  • Deadline:  May 1, 2021

  • Current School of Nursing Enrollment:

    (School listed below is where your official transcript should be mailed from)

  • Personal Statement Instructions (REQUIRED)

    Each applicant must ubmit a personal tatment of 500 words maximum responding to the following statement:  "An NBNA Scholarship will allow me to"

    • I hereby affirm that the information provided is complete and true. Any false statement(s) will make my application null and void.  
    • Consent/willingness to publish photograph in NBNA Publications and/or NBNA website.
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  • Click the link below to print, sign, and upload Your NBNA Honor Pledge to complete your scholarship application.

    NBNA Honor Pledge

  • General Instructions

    Follow all instructions for preparation and submission of your application.  The following is required for submission:

    1.  A completed JotForm application form.

    2.  Two letters of recommendation:

    One letter from either your NBNA Chapter president (past or present), other chapter leader (past or present), or member (past or present), attesting to your membership and involvement at the chapter level.

    If you are a DIRECT member you can submit a letter from any NBNA member who can attest to your involvement in NBNA-like activities or a letter from someone who can attest to your community volunteer and /or other activities.

    The second letter can be from a teacher or work supervisor.

    3.   One official copy of your current school transcript (mailed directly to NBNA)

    4.    A copy of your current resume or CV (5 pages max)

    5.    Personal statement (500-word max)

    6.    Current high-resolution professional photo

     

    Application Submission Instructions

    Applications and supporting materials will ONLY be accepted electronically

    Assemble the following materials and save as one pdf file (only pdf files will be accepted) with this file name FORMAT: (Your Last name – Scholarship Application), Ex: Jones - Scholarship Application

    1.      Completed application form

    2.      Two letters of recommendation

    3.      Resume or CV

    4.      Personal statement

    Submit the pdf file via email using the same file name (Ex: Jones - Scholarship Application) in the Subject to: admin@nbna.org.

    Submit your high-resolution head shot photo to the same email address.

     

    Submission of Your Official School Transcript

    Have your school mail your official transcript directly to:

    NATIONAL BLACK NURSES ASSOCIATION

    Attn: Scholarship Committee

    8630 Fenton Street, Suite #910

    Silver Spring, MD 20910

    (Please contact your school in enough time to have the transcript post marked and received at the National Office before or by May 1, 2021)

    RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND ALL REQUIRED INFORMATION AS INDICATED ABOVE MUST BE RECEIVED VIA EMAIL BY CLOSE OF BUSINESS AT 5:00 PM (EST) ON OR BEFORE MAY 1, 2021.
     

    TRANSCRIPT MUST ALSO BE RECEIVED AT THE NATIONAL OFFICE ON OR BEFORE MAY 1, 2021 BY COB.

     

    Questions

    Please direct all questions about the scholarship application process directly to Dr. Sheldon D. Fields, Chair of the NBNA Scholarship and Awards Committee via email at: Sheldon.Fields40@gmail.com.

  • Information needed for the NBNA Final Conference Program Book

    If selected, the typed information below is how your name, credentials and school information will appear in the final conference program book.
     

    Example:

    Full Name and Credentials:      Natalie Devine, MSN, RN
    School Name:                          University of the District of Columbia
    Department:                            School of Nursing
    City, State:                               Washington, DC
    Full Chapter Name:                  Black Nurses Assocation of Greater Washington, DC Area

  • ATTENDANCE AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE

    • PhD scholarship award recipients are REQUIRED to attend the national conference as a condition of award acceptance at their own expense in order to receive their award in person. 
    • NBNA prefers the presence of all scholarship recipients at the National Conference to receive their awards in person, however travel funds are not available.
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