Nurse faculty Loan Program funds are available for full-time students. Please contact the Program Director for further information.

Stafford Loans, as well as Villanova Loans and other alternative loans, are available through the Villanova University Office for Financial Assistance.

Traineeships are available through the College of Nursing Graduate Program. Applications are found on the Student Intranet (and can be e-mailed to you if you do not yet have access) and are due April 15. Doctoral students should use the Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship application.

A limited number of graduate assistantships are available to full-time students.

Audio Clip: Listen to doctoral student Anne Fink, MSN, RN explain how she handled financial concerns when starting the PhD program.

Additional potential sources of financial assistance include:

• American Association of Colleges of Nursing Education Center
  
  www.aacn.nche.edu/Education/finaid.htm
  http://aacn.campusrn.com/scholarships/scholarship_rn.asp
   
• American Association of University Women
  
  www.aauw.org/fga/index.cfm
   
• American Cancer Society Doctoral Degree Scholarships in Cancer Nursing
  
  www.cancer.org
   
• Collegenet.com/mach25
  
  http://collegenet.com/mach25
   
• Encouraging Minority Participation in Graduate Education
  
  www.npaihb.org/hpep/Scholarships/nurse/EMPGE.htm
   
• Fastweb
  
  http://fastweb.monster.com/
   
• Health Resources and Services Administration Disadvantaged Faculty Loan Repayment Program (FLRP)
  
  www.bhpr.hrsa.gov/DSA/flrp/index.htm
   
• Hispanic Scholarship Fund
  
  http://www.hsf.net/
   
• National Association of Hispanic Nurses-National Scholarships
  
  http://TheHispanicNurse@earthlink.net/
   
• National Institute of Health
   
  NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Minority Students (F31)
  http://www.grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-069.html
  
  
• NIH Predoctoral Fellowship Awards for Students with Disabilities (F31)
  
  http://www.grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-068.html
   
• National Institute for Nursing Research
  
  National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship
  
  Grants Information Office
  Office of Extramural Outreach & Information Resources
  National Institute of Health (NIH)
  6701 Rockledge Drive MSC 7910
  Bethesda MD 20892-7910
  http://www.nih.gov/
   
• National League for Nursing Foundation for Nursing Education
  
  http://www.nlnfoundation.org/scholarships/index.htm
   
• Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania
  
  http://www.nightingaleawards.org/schola.htm
  http://nurseoptions.com/studentinfo.htm
  
  
• Nurses Educational Funds, Inc.
  
  www.n-e-f.org/faq.html
  
  
• Oncology Nursing Scholarships
  
  http://onsfoundation.org/?p=12909#scholarships
   
• PHEAA Nursing Loan Forgiveness for Healthier Futures (Pennsylvania nurses only)
  
  http://pheaa.org/loanforgiveness/healthier_futures.shtml
   
• Scholarships.com
  http://scholarships.com/
   
• Tylenol Scholarship
  
  http://www.tylenol.com/page.jhtml?id=tylenol/news/subptyschol.inc
  

We suggest that prospective and enrolled students explore educational funding possibilities with their places of employment; their state nurses associations; their specialty organizations at the national and local level; and their Sigma Theta Tau International chapters