Nursing program scholarship

Children’s Wisconsin is committed to developing a trained workforce to meet both current and future healthcare needs. Children’s Wisconsin desires to provide scholarships to students who are pursuing a career in nursing. These scholarships will be funded by a grant awarded to Children’s Wisconsin by Outagamie County to help support healthcare career exploration.

Application requirements

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must:

• Be enrolled in a nursing program
• Have a satisfactory school performance record (No academic discipline for at least one year prior to applying. Receiving academic discipline during the application review process will automatically disqualify applicants from the scholarship).
• Reside in Outagamie County

Please complete the three application steps listed below no later than December 10, 2024:

1. Complete your online scholarship application
2. Two online recommendations
   • Send the link to two professional references to complete a recommendation on your behalf.
     • One recommendation must be from a teacher or professor.
     • The other recommendation can be from the head of the nursing program, a professor, teacher or professional recommendation from your work history.
3. Official transcripts or letter of acceptance
   • Please email your transcripts or letter of acceptance to ID&E@childrenswi.org.

Note: All documents should be submitted prior the application deadline. No late or incomplete applications will be accepted.

2024 scholarship timeline

• December 10: Submission deadline for scholarship application, recommendations, transcripts and/or a letter of acceptance
• December 11 – 23: Application review and interviews between applicants and the nursing scholarship selection committee
• December 23 – 27: Scholarship recipients notified and awarded.

Scholarship selection

The Nursing Program Scholarship selection committee will evaluate the scholarship candidates, based on the student's:

• Enrollment in a nursing program
• Commitment to pursuing a nursing career and/or healthcare career
• Interest in healthcare, based on volunteer and work experience
• Prior academic achievement 
• Financial need

Note: Scholarship recipients will receive up to $5,000 of education assistance paid to the college enrolled. These monies may only be used for tuition expenses.

Children’s Wisconsin’s is committed to increasing the diversity of our workforce and encourages all applicants to apply. 

Questions?

Please contact Holly Murray, Workforce Development Consultant, at hmurray2@childrenswi.org or (920) 858-9301.