Nursing Student Success Fund
Pathways to Practice - Supporting Success
This Nursing Student Success Fund will provide financial and other support services to nursing students to eliminate barriers of successful completion of school and transition to practice. Continuing the Center's commitment to support underserved and marginalized communities, the focus of this program will be to build the nursing workforce in communities that need them most.
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As Colorado’s only nursing focused healthcare workforce center, our focus now, along with the rest of the country, is to help increase the number of nurses serving our communities.
This Nursing Student Success Fund will provide financial and other support services to nursing students to eliminate barriers of successful completion of school and transition to practice. Continuing the Center's commitment to support underserved and marginalized communities, the focus of this program will be to build the nursing workforce in communities that need them most.
This is where you come in. We invite you, and/or your organization, to partner with us to help build the fund aimed at building our state’s nursing workforce. There are multiple ways to donate and every donation makes a difference. 100% of all donations go directly into the Nursing Student Success Fund.
How to Donate to the Nursing Student Success Fund
These funds will provide financial and other support services to nursing students to help eliminate barriers of successful completion of school and transition to practice.Â
One Time Donation
If your bank doesn’t support QR code scanning use email: zelle@coloradonursingcenter.org
One Time or Recurring Monthly Donation
$5,000 can support a nurse for a year - give today to support a nurse. One-time payment of $5,000 or make a monthly payment over a year or more.
Corporate / Organization Donations
The Center welcomes Community Partner donations. Donations can made online through the links above. If your organization wants to donate and prefers not to donate online, please contact Laura Chandler - Laura@coloradonursingcenter.org.
Nursing Students - Information about the Fund
Apply for the Nursing Student Success Fund
Applications for the 2024-2025 Academic Year are Closed
Please check back in March of 2025 for the announcement of the 2025-2026 application release date.
Receive $5000 to support you while in nursing school!
Purpose: Provide you with income for support while in nursing school. Funds may be spent on daycare, groceries, travel expenses, rent, books, tuition, student fees or cover other expenses you may have.
Eligibility: Any undergraduate nursing student admitted to a CO Board of Nursing approved, accredited nursing program and working towards an ADN or BSN in the state of Colorado.
Contact Susan Moyer at susan@coloradonursingcenter.org if you have any questions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Application opens April 1, 2024. Complete the application. Top candidates will be interviewed.
Applications will be reviewed and scored by a standardized rubric. Reviewers are comprised of Nurses from Professional nursing organizations, academia, acute care, and Center advisory committees. Each application’s demographic data is redacted from reviewers and each application will be reviewed and scored by several reviewers.Â
Top candidates are then required to interview virtually with Center program staff. Each candidate will answer standardized questions which are then scored by a rubric. From these candidates four will be chosen.Â
After the first 50 applicants are received or May 30th at 17:00 whichever happens first.
Any undergraduate nursing student admitted to a CO Board of Nursing approved, accredited nursing program and working towards an ADN or BSN in the state of Colorado.
Check these links to see if your school is approved by the Colorado Board of Nursing:
$5,000 dispersed over 10 months.
In the 2024-2025 academic year 4 awards will be awarded.Â
No, the purpose of the financial award is to provide income to support the student while in nursing school. Funds may be spent on daycare, groceries, travel expenses, rent, books, tuition, student fees or cover other expenses the student may have.
Aug 1, 2024
Remain in good academic standing, meet with a coach once a month during the award period and agree to work as an RN in the state of Colorado for two years upon graduation.
Yes
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