UMSON Scholarships

Scholarships at the Universities at Shady Grove

UMSON students at the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) in Rockville, Maryland have access to the same financial aid and scholarship opportunities as students at our University of Maryland, Baltimore location, as well as additional USG-specific scholarships.

Clinical Scholars Program

The Clinical Scholars Program is offered in conjunction with area health care facilities:

  • Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
  • University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC)
  • UMMC Midtown Campus

Qualified BSN and MSN-E students are given the opportunity to:

  • complete their emphasis practicum under the guidance of a clinical preceptor
  • receive tuition support for their final semester
  • upon graduation, work for one to three years in the supporting health care institution.

Students are notified of their eligibility prior to the their final semester of study if they:

  • have earned a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0
  • are enrolled in their final practicum course.

Awards range from $5,000 to $30,000.

Conway Scholarship

You have the opportunity to receive a generous scholarship, thanks to the thoughtful philanthropy of Bill and Joanne Conway.

Learn More and Apply

Donor-Funded Scholarships

The donor scholarship application is now closed for Fall 2024.

Decisions about Donor awards will be communicated via email on Sept. 24, 2024.

UMSON offers additional scholarship support through the generosity of donations made to the school. The following scholarships are awarded to students with the strongest qualifications. Only the selected recipients will be contacted.

Please note that to be eligible for a donor-funded scholarship, you must:

  • be a current/enrolled student
  • complete a FAFSA prior to the scholarship deadline if the scholarship requires demonstrated financial need
  • meet any additional requirements listed on the scholarship's information page

The FAFSA is specifically required for donor scholarships where demonstrated financial need is part of the eligibility criteria.

Following the deadline, the applications will undergo a review process. Notifications concerning the outcomes of these applications will be issued from the end of September to early October.

Available Scholarships:

Please note that all scholarships may not be accepting applications. The scholarship application will list the scholarships that are currently open. 

 

Scholarship Name

Award Range

Special Requirements

Eligible Students

Bertha and Olin Cooper Hoddinott

up to $1,500

  • Demonstrated interests in Oncology and or Cardiovascular nursing
  • BSN, RN-to-BSN, MSN, MSN-E, DNP, PhD

Betty Wagner Scholarship

up to $1,500

  • Demonstrated financial need
  • Demonstrated balance of nursing school and family responsibilities
  • BSN, RN-to-BSN, MSN, MSN-E, DNP, PhD

Bruce Jarrell

up to $500

  • Demonstrated interested in the field of gerontology
  • DNP

Lansdale G. and Gladys B. Clagett Scholarship

up to $1,500

  • Preference to those in rehabilitative nursing
  • BSN, RN-to-BSN, MS, MSN-E, DNP, PhD

Claudia Smith Scholarship

up to $1,000

  • Students focus in Community Public Health
  • MSN

Conway Scholarship

full tuition

Visit the Conway Scholar page for all requirements.

  • BSN, RN-to-BSN/MSN, MSN, MSN-E, DNP, PhD

CVS Scholarships 

$1,000

  • Demonstrated academic achievement
  • Be interested in a career as a nurse practitioner
  • Recipients must have worked with organizations that support underserved populations (as a student, volunteer, or in a professional capacity)
  • DNP - FNP specialty

Darlene Curley Scholars

up to $1,000

  • Doctoral students focus on Community Public Health and Leadership and Administration
  • DNP, PhD

Dean Janet D. Allan Scholarship

up to $2,000

  • Demonstrated academic excellence
  • Demonstrated strong leadership roles in a professional setting
  • master's specialties, BSN-to-DNP, DNP, PhD

Dora and Susan Tancredi Scholarship

up to $2,000

  • Must provide documentation that you have volunteered with an organization within the current academic year
  • BSN, RN-to-BSN/MSN, MSN, MSN-E, DNP, PhD
  • Registered for 6+ credits
  • Minimum 3.5 GPA 

Dr. and Mrs. F.X. Paul Tinker

up to $2,000

  • Demonstrated financial need
  • Demonstrated academic achievement
  • Preference given to those demonstrating interest in focusing on issues related to women's health
  • MSN-E
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA

Dr. Barbara Parker Scholars 

up to $1,000

  • Demonstrated academic achievement
  • Demonstrated financial need
  • PhD

Elizabeth O’Connell, MS '74, Scholars

up to $1,000 

  • Demonstrated financial need
  • Focus on teaching or nurse administration
  • master's specialties, DNP, PhD

 

Frank and Robin Newhouse Scholarship

up to $1,500

  • Focus on academic work reflects a health services research and outcome focus
  • PhD

Ferdinand and Delores Alsruhe Scholarship

up to $1,000

  • Demonstrate interest in gerontology
  • DNP

Guberski Award

up to $1,000

  • Final year of Study
  • Explemify excellence in Adult Primary Care
  • master's specialties
  • DNP, PhD

Hattie Weiner Scholarship Fund

up to $500

  • Focus in Geriatric Nursing
  • master's specialties, DNP, PhD

Heisler Scholarship

up to $1,500

  • Demonstrated academic excellence
  • Demonstrated financial need
  • History of working in gerontology and/or interest in the field of gerontology
  • Entry-into-Nursing BSN and RN-to-BSN
  • Full-time student
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA

Hesselbach Scholarship

up to $2,000

  • Demonstrated financial need
  • History of oncology work experience and/or interest in the field of oncology
  • Entry-into-Nursing BSN and RN-to-BSN
  • Full-time student
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA

Hilgenberg Foundation 

up to $2,000

  • Focus on pursuing nursing education
  • Preference to MD Residents
  • MSN

Honorable Shirley Nathan-Pulliam Scholarship

up to $1,000

  • Undergraduate students who are Maryland residents from populations considered underrepresented in the current and projected nursing workforce
  • Undergraduate students with demonstrated interest in health policy 
  • BSN

 

Jamison, Dr. Mary Susan Scholarship Fund

up to $1,000

  • Graduate students involved in research, with preference given to those with an interest in gerontology
  • DNP

Jihan D. Bing Memorial Scholarship Fund

up to $1,000

  • Certified Nurse Anesthetist Program
  • Demonstrated academic excellence
  • Demonstrated financial need
  • DNP

John Bing CRNA Scholarship

up to $500

  • Certified Nurse Anesthetist Program
  • Demonstrated academic excellence
  • Demonstrated financial need
  • DNP- Nurse Anesthesia

John Repique Scholarship

up to $500

  • Psychiatric Mental Health and Nurse Informatics
  • Demonstrated academic excellence
  • Demonstrated financial need
  • master's specialties, DNP, PhD

Joseph and Mary Kelly Scholars

up to $500

  • Focus in Neonatal
  • Demonstrated academic excellence
  • Demonstrated financial need
  • master's specialties, DNP, PhD

Joyce Gering, MSN ’92, Scholars 

up to $1,500

  • Demonstrated financial need
  • Focus on women's health issues
  • DNP

Katharine Speers Scholarship

up to $1,000

  • Focus on trauma and acute care
  • DNP

Linda Foote Hyatt Scholarship

up to $2,000

  • Demonstrated financial need
  • Demonstrated academic excellence
  • Focus on oncology and palliative care

Faculty recommendation letter required

  • DNP and PhD 
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA

Lisa Rowen Scholarship

up to $1,500

  • N/A
  • BSN, RN-to-BSN, MSN, MSN-E, DNP, PhD

Loizeaux Memorial Scholarship

up to $2,000

  • Demonstrated financial need
  • Demonstrated academic excellence
  • Focus on oncology
  • DNP and PhD

Marriott Scholars Award

up to $2,000

  • Demonstrated academic excellence
  • Focus on gerontology
  • Clinical Experience required of recipient
  • DNP and PhD

Patricia A. Saunders Scholarship

$1,500

  • Employed while enrolled in courses at UMSON

Supervisor recommendation letter required

  • Entry-into-Nursing BSN
  • Full-time student
  • Minimum 3.0 GPA

Poffenberger, Gladys Fund

up to $1,000

  • Previous work or volunteer experience
  • MD resident
  • BSN, RN-BSN/MS, MS, MSN-E, DNP, PhD
  • Full Time

Reanna Greene Scholarship

up to $1,000

  • Adult Gero Acute Nurse Practitioner/Clinical Nurse Specialits Students
  • DNP

Resnick-Sollins Gerontology School

up to $1,000

  • Focus on gerontological research
  • DNP, PhD

Rita Przygocki

up to $500

  • Demonstrated an interest in the field of pediatric nursing or maternal child/family health nursing
  • BSN, MSN, DNP and PhD

Rodriguez Memorial Scholars

varies

  • Nurse Anethetist Specialty
  • Record of leadership & community service in a unrepresented group, express interest in under-serve (bi-lingual) communities
  • Demonstrated financial need
  • Demonstrated academic excellence
  • Must be enrolled in the last 12 months of study prior to graduation
  • DNP

Sue Song Scholarship 

up to $500

  • Career in global health or elder care
  • International student who meets the University visa requirements and/or students from single-parent households
  • BSN, RN-BSN/MS, MS, MSN-E, DNP, PhD

Wendy Luttrell Scholars

up to $1,000

  • Graduate student that has demonstrated determination, perseverance, high standards, and commitment in the face of adversity
  • MSN-E, master's specialties, BSN-to-DNP, DNP, PhD

Merit Scholarships

UMSON offers a limited number of merit scholarships on a competitive basis to new students who have demonstrated excellence in academics. Newly admitted students are automatically considered; no separate application is required. Current students are not eligible for merit scholarships. Scholarship recipients are expected to maintain the required grade point average and credit enrollment for the duration of the scholarship agreement.  

Program/Option *Required Enrollment *Required GPA Merit Scholarship Amount Length
Entry-into-Nursing BSN 12+ credits 3.0 $2,500 Four semesters
MSN-E 9+ credits 3.5 $3,000 Four semesters
master's Specialties, full time 9+ credits 3.5 $3,000 Four semesters
master's Specialties, part time 6-8 credits 3.5 $1,500 Six semesters
BSN-to-DNP with specialties, full time
(3 year plan) 
9+ credits 3.5 $3,000 Six semesters
BSN-to-DNP with specialties, part time
(4 year plan) 
6+ credits 3.5 $3,000 Six semesters
Post-master's DNP, full time 9+ credits 3.5 $3,000 Four semesters
PhD, full time 9+ credits 3.5 $3,000 Six semesters
PhD, part time 6+ credits 3.5 $3,000 Six semesters

*Required to maintain scholarship each semester

Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship

Nurse Anesthetist Traineeships are awarded to U.S. citizens (or eligible non-citizens) who are enrolled in the DNP Nurse Anesthesia program. Funds are awarded on a first come, first served basis until all funds are exhausted.

Applications are now closed.

Students that will serve as graduate assistants are not eligible for this award.

To be eligible for a traineeship, you must be:

  1. Enrolled full time in the DNP Nurse Anesthesia program 
  2. Maintaining the predetermined academic standards of the institution
  3. A citizen of the United States, a non-citizen national, or a foreign national who possesses a visa permitting permanent residence in the United States. (Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible to receive traineeship support.)
  4. Eligible for national nursing certification in the nursing specialty or field of study (as applicable) following graduation