This page is intended to provide prospective and enrolled master's students with information about resources that assist in finding financial aid, scholarships, grants, and other funding for their studies. Every attempt has been made to provide accurate information. However, deadlines and other requirements may change so it is recommended that students contact the source of assistance directly.
Several types of financial assistance are available for graduate students. The university financial aid office can facilitate a variety of types of student loans. For more information, contact Student Services at 617-552-3320.
INTERNAL RESOURCES
- Tuition remission credit: Tuition remission is awarded on a competitive basis at the time of admission for the following academic year. The value of the tuition credits awarded is credited to the student's account. A limited amount of additional tuition remission may be available for continuing students.
- Federal Traineeship: Federal traineeship monies are usually available each year to full time graduate students or to students enrolled in their clinical practica (Full-time study requires a minimum of 9 credits per semester). Students must be a US citizen or a resident alien. Students in the Master's Entry Option are eligible after successful completion of the first year of study. Awards are usually announced by the federal government in the late spring. The Graduate Office announces the availability of applications and the deadline as soon as possible thereafter.
- Teaching Assistantships: Graduate students are eligible to be considered for a teaching assistantship in the School of Nursing. This assistantship provides a stipend. Teaching Assistants may teach an undergraduate or graduate course, assist faculty members in their teaching roles, assist with other responsibilities related to teaching and/or evaluation of students and programs.
- Research Assistantships: Research assistantships may become available depending on faculty grants. Students interested in being considered for such opportunities should monitor bulletin boards and e-mail notices regarding research options.
Boston College and Genesis HealthCare Nurse Scholars Program (Genesis Scholarship)
Application deadline March 15, 2008
Download Genesis Scholarship Application Form »
Genesis HealthCare (GHC) has established a loan forgiveness program at Boston College that provides financial assistance to graduate students at the Connell School of Nursing who have expressed an interest in geriatric nursing and/or palliative care. Students who are named Genesis Nurse Scholars will receive up to $25,000 in forgivable loans, made on a year-to-year basis, in exchange for a commitment to work full time at a GHC facility following graduation. GHC will forgive one year, or up to $25,000, of tuition for every two years of full-time employment with Genesis.
The GHC Nurse Scholars Program will be available to graduate students in the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College who are enrolled in either the traditional Masters Degree track, or the accelerated Masters Entry track (please see attached descriptions). Full tuition amounts are reflected in the chart below. Students will be responsible for covering any additional tuition expenses, if any, and can apply for additional aid from Boston College through the normal channels.
The current cost per credit is $970. In future years, this cost will be updated to reflect any tuition changes. Boston College will notify GHC of any change in fees by July 15 of the year preceding the academic year of the loan.
Eligibility Requirements
In order to be eligible for the Genesis Nurse Scholars Program (NSP), candidates must:
- Be full-time students enrolled at Boston College’s Connell School of Nursing
- Have a specialty focus in gerontologeal or palliative care nursing
- Make a two-year full-time employment commitment to Genesis HealthCare for each year of tuition covered by the Nurse Scholar Program.
Application Process
Through a competitive application process, Boston College will select up to three candidates for the GHC loan. The selection committee will be comprised of the Dean of the Connell School, the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies at the Connell School, and a faculty member specializing in geriatric nursing. Once three finalists are selected, Boston College will forward the students’ transcripts, resumes and letters of recommendation to GHC. Boston College will indicate each candidate’s degree track and the anticipated cost per year of the student’s course load. Download Genesis Scholarship Application Form »
Selection Process
Members of the Genesis HealthCare Nurse Scholars Program Board will review applications, conduct personal interviews, and select finalists. Finalists will be asked to submit to a background check and drug screening, in keeping with the company’s normal hiring process. Those candidates whose applications are not recommended for approval will be encouraged to submit an application the following year.
Responsibility of Students
Selected students who agree to become Genesis Nurse Scholars will sign a loan forgiveness agreement with GHC. Students accepted into the NSP will agree to:
- Satisfactorily complete the degree track approved for NSP funding with a 3.0 average or better;
- Begin full-time employment at a Genesis HealthCare nursing center within 60 days of graduation;
- Meet GHC pre-employment requirements such as background checks, drug screening, and others per GHC policy.
- Maintain a performance appraisal rating of at least “effective” as defined by GHC policy;
- Work a sufficient number of hours in order to maintain full-time status (32 hours per week);
- Gain professional licensure certification within six months following graduation; and
- Comply with other requirements of GHC’s NSP as may be in effect at the time funds are disbursed.
Award Process
GHC will transfer funds up to $25,000 toward the selected student’s tuition to Boston College. Funds will be transferred on or before August 15 for the student’s upcoming academic year.
Download Genesis Scholarship Application Form »
Haley Scholarship
Application deadline March 15, 2008
The Haley Family - Kathleen Powers Haley and her husband Steven Russell Haley have endowed a scholarship for Brigham and Women nurses to attend Boston College School of Nursing for preparation in advanced practice nursing.
The scholarship is for 6 credits per academic year and may continue for a total of 3 academic years if the student successfully completes at least 9 credits per year.
Preference is to be given to nurses employed by Brigham and Women’s Hospital or one of its affiliates (Faulkner, Children’s or Dana Farber). Eligibility is also contingent on practice and anticipated study related to neuroscience nursing (which is broadly defined as caring for patients with actual or potential neurological problems).
Students in either the MS or PhD nursing programs may apply. In addition, RN’s with a baccalaureate degree in another field are eligible for the scholarship if they apply to the RN/MS program. Both new students (non-matriculated into BC who are exploring graduate nursing education and are taking courses as a non-matriculated student at BC may apply) and students already in the graduate program are eligible.
Non-matriculated students who are interested in applying as a special student should (1) complete a special student application; (2) forward this with an official transcript of your BSN to the graduate office; and (3) attach an essay on how attending BC and obtaining advanced practice education will enhance practice in neuroscience nursing. Non-matriculated students who are applying for regular admission should complete the full application process and add the essay described above. Matriculated students should forward the essay described above to the graduate office.
The essay should include: (1) a brief personal and professional introduction; (2) how your current practice relates to actual or potential neuroscience nursing problems; (3) your reasons for choosing a field related to neuroscience nursing practice; (4) your professional goals (related to neuroscience nursing), how you plan to implement those goals, and how the BC experience will facilitate those goals.
Additional information about this scholarship is available from the graduate office. Contact the Graduate Office (617-552-4928 or csongrad@bc.edu).
OUTSIDE RESOURCES
General links
The following are websites that may be useful in helping students to determine their financial needs and to locate scholarships. Note that many of these sites and services are free but may require registration. Please be sure to read the conditions carefully since they often require you to provide personal information and/or to agree to receive commercial mailings or mailings from education institutions. Remember that a site that has .com in its address is a business or commercial site; therefore it is more likely that there could be a fee or a commercial motive behind the service provided. This does not mean one should not use the site or service - just be aware of what information you are providing and how that information might be used.
- Johnson and Johnson
- The Student Guide to Financial Aid from the US Department of Education
- US Department of Education Student Financial Aid
- Americorps
- Tax Benefits for Higher Education
- IRS information regarding taxability of Grants and Scholarships
- Financial Aid Resource Center
- International Education Financial Aid
- FinAid
- College Degree.com
- FastWeb
- Cornell University Graduate School Fellowship Notebook
- CASHE (College Aid Sources for Higher Education)
- Scholarship Resource Network Express
- Peterson's College Quest
- Scholarships for Hispanics
- American Indian College Fund
- United Negro College Fund
- Links for Minority Students
- US News
- MetroWest Community Health Care Foundation Scholarship
Nursing Scholarships, Awards, Fellowships and Research Grants
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Foundation
Nurse Practitioner Scholarships & Grants
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
Bureau of Primary Health Care
Email: hrsagac@hrsa.gov
- American Academy of Nursing
Pre and Post Doctoral scholarships in gerontological nursing
Contact: Claire Fagin
Program Director
John A. Hartford Foundation Scholars Program
American Academy of Nursing
600 Maryland Avenue, SW Suite 100
West Washington, DC 20024-2571 - National Hispanic Scholarship Fund
PO Box 728
Novato, CA 94948
(415) 892-9971 - National Association of Hispanic Nurses
Contact: National Scholarship Award Corporation
1501 16th St., N.W.
Washington, DC 20036 - Jacobs Institute-Ortho-McNeil
Pharmaceutical Scholar in Women's Health Care
Email: mbarbour@acog.org - Nurses Educational Funds, Inc.
Email: bbnef@aol.com - March of Dimes Nursing Scholarship
Email: ProfessionalEducation@modimes.org - Business and Professional Women's Foundation
New York Life Foundation Scholarships for Women in Health Professions - American Cancer Society Scholarships in Cancer Nursing
Email: kjohnson@cancer.org - American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Educational Advancement Scholarships
Email: info@aacn.org - Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program
- Association of Operating Room Nurses Scholarship Program
Email: sstokes@aorn.org - Marion D. and Eva S. Peeples Foundation
Contact: Judith Leavitt, Vice President and Trust Officer
Phone: (317) 321-8189
Fax: (317) 321-8588 - National Black Nurses Association
Recruitment Program for Anesthesia Program at California State University Email: NBNA@erols.com - National Health Service Corps
Scholarship Program Phone:
(800) 221-9393 - National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
Must be of Indian/Eskimo descent
Contact: Mrs. Henry Trotter, Consultant
Phone: (803) 527-3140 - Nurses' Educational Funds
M. Elizabeth Carnegie and Estelle Massey Osborne Scholarships
Master's and Doctoral Degree Nursing Students
Must be of African-American descent
Contact: Barbara Butler, Scholarship Coordinator
Phone: (212) 399-1428 - Oncology Nursing Foundation/Oncology Nursing Society
Doctoral Scholarships
Phone: (412) 921-8597
Fax: (412) 921-6565 - U.S. Army Recruiting Command
Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program-Army
Email: abbadini@emh2.usarec.army.mil - The Professional Women's Club of Boston
Mary E. Corcoran, Scholarship Chairperson
247 Washington Ave.
Winthrop, MA 02152
Phone: (617) 846-6581 - Japanese Medical Society of America, Inc.
Shunichi Homma, MD, Chair of Scholarship Committee
17 East 89th St.
New York, NY 10128
Phone: (212) 305-3068
Fax: (212) 305-9049 - Indian Health Service
Health Professions Scholarship Programs - Massachusetts Nurses Foundation
Janet M. Dunphy Scholarship
340 Turnpike St.
Canton, MA 02021
Phone: (781) 821-4625 - New England Navy Nurse Corps Association
NENNCA Scholarship Committee
C/O Florence K. Job, Chairperson
67 Lambie Circle
Portsmouth, RI 02871-3817 - The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Dissertation Grants in Women's Studies and Women's and Children's Health
Email: charlotte@woodrow.org - American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
Circle of Evidence - Guide to Awards, Grants, Scholarships and Fellowship - American Nurses Foundation
- Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
- National Association of Orthopedic Nurses Foundation
East Holly Avenue, Box 56
Pitman, NJ 08071-0056
Phone: (609) 256-2310 - United States Veteran's Administration
- U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs
Office of Indian Education Programs
1849 C Street NW
MS 3512-MIB
Washington, DC 20240-0000
Phone: (202) 219-1127
Fax: (202) 219-9583 - National Foundation for Long Term Health Care
James D. Durante Nurse Scholarship
1201 L Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005-0000
Phone: (202) 898-9352 - U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - National Health Service Corps Scholarship Program
- Transcultural Nursing Society
- American Nurses Foundation
- Oncology Nursing Foundation Scholarship
Development Coordinator
501 Holiday Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15220 - Allstate Foundation National Student Nurses Association
555 W. 57th Street, Room 1325
New York, NY 10019-0000 - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses
Charles J. Turcotte Academic Scholarship
50 Lenox Pointe
Atlanta, GA 30324
Phone: (404) 262-1162 - Nurses Educational Fund
555 W. 57th Street
New York, NY 10019-0000
Phone: (212) 582-8820 ext. 806 - National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Caroline Holt Nursing Scholarship
1776 D Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006-5392 - American Cancer Society
Doctoral & Master's Scholarships in Nursing
1599 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329-4251
Phone: (404) 329-7558 - March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Agnes Higgins Award
1275 Mamaroneck Ave.
White Plains, NY 10605
Phone: (914) 428-7100
Fax: (914) 428-8203 - Pfizer Inc.
U.S. Pharmaceuticals
Transitional Career Development Award in Women's Health Research
235 East 42nd St.
New York, NY 10017-5755 - National Institutes of Health
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Health Resources and Services Administration
Secretary's Award for Innovations in Health
Download information from the website of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing - The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Investigators Awards in Health Policy Research
Inquiries to the Office of Proposal Management
Route 1 College Rd. East
P.O. Box 2316
Princeton, NJ 08543-2316
Phone: (609) 452-8701
Email: mail@rwif.org - American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Federal Program Opportunity Alert
Career Development Awards - The Komen Foundation
National Grant Programs - Breast Cancer
Email: grants@komen.org - Massachusetts Department of Public Health Office of Research
Prostate Cancer Research Funding
Email: Mary.Beth.Curley@state.ma.us - American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Federal Program Opportunity Alert
Research Grants - University of New Hampshire
Department of Nursing
New England Organization for Nursing Award
Eastern Nursing Research Society Hewitt Hall, Room 220A
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: (603) 862-2891
Fax: (603) 862-4771 - American Massage Therapy Association Foundation
Research Proposals
Email: info@inet.amtamassage.org - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Awards for Minority Students - Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International
International Research Grant
Contact: Ruth Marsch, Grant Administrator
120 Wall St.
New York, NY 10005-4001
Phone: (212) 479-7529
Fax: (212) 785-9595 - NIA funded post-doctoral traineeships at Boston University
Emphasis on aging
Contact: Karen Johnson
Boston University Gerontology Center
53 Bay State Road
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (617) 353-5045
Email: kjohnston@bu.edu - Department of Clinical Bioethics
Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center
National Institute of Health
Building 10/Room 1C118
10 Center Dr.
Bethesda, MD 20892-1156
Phone: (301) 496-2429
Fax: (301) 496-0760
Email: bioethics@nih.gov - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Pre and Postdoctoral Nurse Fellowship Programs
Office of Academic Affiliations (143)
Attn: Fortune T. Kennedy, Ed.D., R.N.
810 Vermont Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20420 - National Rural Health Association
Migrant Health Care fellowship Program
Email: rmckenzie@nrharural.org - American Association of University Women and International Federation of University Women
AAUW/IFEW International Fellowships
AAUW Educational Foundation
PO Box 4030
Iowa City, IA 52234-4030 - Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fellowship
Contact: Elizabeth Ford
Jane Coffin Childs Fund
333 Cedar St.
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone: (203) 785-4612
Fax: (203) 785-3301 - Association for Health Services
Call for Abstracts
Contact: Arnold Epstein, M.D., Conference Chair
1130 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 700
Washington, D.C. 20036
Phone: (202) 223-2477 - The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship
Kari Hannibal, Director, U.S. Schweitzer Fellows Programs
330 Brookline Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: (617) 667-5111
Fax: (617) 667-7989
International Students
- Rotary International
Rotary Foundation Multi-Year Ambassadorial Scholarship
1560 Sherman Avenue
Evanston, IL 60201
Phone: (847) 866-4459 - International Union against Cancer
International Oncology Nursing Fellowship
Contact: UICC Fellowships Dept.
3 rue du Conseil-General
Geneva
CH-1205
Switzerland
Phone: 41 22 320 18 10
Email: bbaker@atge.automail.com - NAFSA: Association of International Educators
ASEAN Student Assistance Awards Program (ASAAP)
Contact: Zara Shulman or Mary Tracy
1307 New York Avenue, 8th floor
Washington, DC 20005-4701
Phone: (202) 737-3699x:226
Email: asaap@nafsa.org - Fulbright Foundation
Fulbright Scholarships
Contact: Institute of International Education
809 United Nations Plaza
New York, NY 10017
Phone: (212) 984-5330
Fax: (212) 984-5325
***For an updated and comprehensive listing of scholarships and study abroad programs, visit www.studyabroad.com
Loan Repayment Programs
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - Nursing Student Loans
Division of Student Assistance
5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8-34
Rockville, MD 20857-0000
Phone: (301) 443-4776
Fax: (301) 443-0846 - U.S. Department of Health & Human Services - U.S. Public Health Service
National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program
2070 Chain Bridge Rd., Suite 450
Vienna, VA 22182-2536
Phone: (800) 221-9393 - American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Federal Program Opportunity Alert
Loan Repayment Program
One Dupont Circle, NW Suite 530
Washington, D.C. 20036-1120
Phone: (202) 463-6930
Fax: (202) 785-8320
Private Sector Loan Sources
- American Express Educational Loans
800-987-7770 - AMSA Advantage Education Loan
888-282-5957 - Chiroloans
800-252-2041 - CitiAssist Loan
800-745-5473 - MedAchiever
800-539-5363 - MedCAP Alternative Loan (MAL)
800-633-2270 - MedChoice Loan
800-255-8374 - MEDFUNDS
800-665-1016 - Medical Access Loan
800-282-1550 - MEDLOAN Alternative Loan (ALP)
800-233-7575 - Nelli-Mae, Inc.
800-634-9308 - Platinum Alternative Loan
800-252-2041 - Signature Educational Loan Program
800-695-3317 - STILL LOAN$
800-626-5266