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KBOR > Financial
Aid > Scholarships and Grants > Nursing
Scholarship
The Kansas
Nursing Service Scholarship requires a commitment to practicing as
an LPN or RN in a specific Kansas location. Applicants must locate a sponsor
(generally a hospital or long-term care facility) to provide partial scholarship
funding and provide employment upon licensure of the recipient.
Program
Description:
Designed
to encourage enrollment in nursing programs by Kansans committed to practicing
in Kansas. Recipients sign agreements to practice nursing at specific
facilities one year for each year of scholarship support.
Academic
Criteria:
Minimum
criteria include:
1. Acceptance
to a Kansas nursing program (pre-nursing will not be funded) and,
2. Commitment by an eligible sponsor to fund up to half of the scholarship
and provide full-time employment to the recipient within six (6) months
after licensure.
Recipients:
Awards
are made to students with the earliest receipt date of a completed nursing
application. The FAFSA and the state application must be processed by
the deadline date.
Deadline:
May 1
Award
Amount:
Recipients
who enroll in Licensed Practical Nurse programs are eligible for $2,500
each year of the program. Those enrolled in Registered Nurse programs
are eligible for $3,500. Sponsors pay from $1,000 to one-half of the scholarship
and the State of Kansas pays the remaining amount.
Renewals:
Recipients
receive a renewal service agreement and promissory note from
the Board of Regents in March of each year which must be signed and returned with
a signed sponsor agreement. The Federal application and the front page
only of the state application must also be completed each year.
Recipient
Obligation:
Scholarship
recipients work for the sponsor, who provided a portion of the funds,
one year for each year of scholarship support. If the recipient changes
majors or decides not to work for the sponsor as a nurse, the scholarship
becomes a loan (with an interest rate equal to the Federal Plus Loan +
an additional 5% subject to change annually) accruing from the date scholarship
funds are released by the Board of Regents office.
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