Samford University’s Ida V. Moffett School of Nursing is one of 63 schools that will receive funding to award eight scholarships from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing through the RWJF New Careers in Nursing (NCIN) scholarship program. Samford is one of three Alabama institutions to receive the grants and the only private university in the state. The other grant recipients are the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of South Alabama in Mobile.
The scholarships are designated for students traditionally underrepresented in the field of nursing, including men and minorities, according to Janet Alexander, director of Samford’s accelerated second degree baccalaureate nursing program. Alexander and Joy Whatley, associate dean of the undergraduate program, wrote the grant proposal.
Eight NCIN scholarships in the amount of $10,000 each will be awarded to Samford students entering the accelerated baccalaureate nursing program during the 2010–11 academic year. Students can use the money for tuition or living expenses while enrolled in the program.
NCIN was launched in 2008 to address the national nursing shortage and fuel the pipeline of diverse nurse faculty. To date, the scholarship program has supported 1,917 students at 101 schools of nursing and continues to develop culturally competent health professionals and future leaders of the profession.
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