The National Association of School Nurses provides the following scholarships to its members for academic courses and career enrichment. Application deadlines vary. Please visit: www.nasn.org/membership/benefits.htm#awards .

The NASN Educational Advancement Award was established to improve the practice of school nursing by assisting registered nurses employed in schools to advance their education by awarding scholarships. Two awards of $1500.00 per person.

Requirements:
• Current and active NASN member for at least the past two years.
• Currently employed as a school nurse.
• Currently licensed as a registered nurse.
• Bachelors Degree or pursuing BSN/MSN combination degree.
• Commitment to healthy students and advancing school nursing practice.

Deadline for application: October 15th.

To Download an Application (MS Word document): Visit www.nasn.org.
or contact NASN@nasn.org.

The Sally Williams Legislative Award ($1500) is intended to provide funding for an NASN member to attend a legislative education program, improve school nursing practice and promote school health through legislation, and to advocate for the children through legislative action.

Requirements:
• Current and active NASN member for the past five years.
• Currently employed as a school nurse.
• Currently serving in an elected or appointed position in state school nurse organization or NASN.
• Letter of recommendation from state school nurse organization.
• Letter of support from employer granting time to attend.

Responsibilities:
• Develop a plan to increase your legislative activities.
• Complete the selected program within a year.
• Submit a written action plan after the legislative course.

For an application please visit www.nasn.org/members/williamsguide.htm.
Deadline for application: April 1st.

To Download an Application (MS Word document): Visit www.nasn.org.
or contact NASN@nasn.org.

Intended to recognize an outstanding school nurse educator for significant contributions to school nursing. Nominations must come from NASN Affiliate State Organizations or the National Consortium of School Nurse Educators. (Note: This year's applications must be sent electronically to nasn@nasn.org.).

Deadline for application: March 1st.

To Download an Application (MS Word document): Visit www.nasn.org.
or contact NASN@nasn.org.

New Member Annual Conference Scholarship - all new members who join prior to April 1st each year are eligible for to be selected for one $1,500 scholarship for NASN Annual Conference expenses. Please visit: www.nasn.org/conference/conference.htm.

NASN is proud to announce, beginning in calendar year 2004, the initiation of a new scholarship program dedicated to helping recognize continuing education as a priority among school nurses. This scholarship, which will be awarded on an annual basis, is dedicated to a special school nurse who has for many years, been untiring in her efforts to make continuing education a priority.

Jeanne Kiefner began over ten years ago serving as the NASN representative to the American Healthcare Institute (AHI). When she arrived, it was a great match, and the beginning of a very successful partnership. Jeanne takes her responsibilities very seriously. The AHI conferences have continued to grow over the following years, complementing NASN’s annual conference in that they offer a program in sites distant from the annual conference. This affords more school nurses the opportunity to attend a school nurse conference.

In her role as program chair person, Ms. Kiefner seeks out new talent for speakers, identifying content experts who have a great deal of knowledge and clinical wisdom to share with school nurses. Her intuition serves her well. Jeanne Kiefner knows school nursing. Her goal is straightforward: Provide quality conference speakers so that the school nurse can in turn provide quality care for children.

Stephen Winter, President of AHI, states that “Jeanne has done an outstanding job each and every year, and her personal commitment to being sure that things run smoothly, and that school nurses walk away with something of lasting value that they can apply in their practices, has truly been admirable.” He further added that, “We simply cannot say enough good things about this hard-working and very nice woman, and the contribution she has made toward making these meetings successful.”

The scholarship, funded annually by AHI, will formally be named, "The NASN-AHI Scholarship” and will be in an amount up to one thousand (1,000) dollars. This amount will cover tuition for one annual regional AHI meeting and pre-symposium meeting, all food functions, travel, lodging, and a daily stipend to cover meals. Specific guidelines for applying for the scholarship will be determined jointly by the NASN and AHI Boards of Directors and will be announced at the beginning of November 2003.