Nightingale Foundation General Guidelines & Instructions
- Funding programs are available to prospective and current nursing students attending Nightingale College.
- All applicants must demonstrate a need for gap funding and proof of High School graduation or GED completion.
- Each Fund Program has respective guidelines and eligibility requirements. Please ensure you are eligible for the program you are applying for. Ineligible applicants will be removed from the review process.
Questions about the Funding Programs? Contact Katy Shoemaker, Executive Director. If you need assistance in completing the Scholarship Application, please reach out to the Nightingale College Scholarship Success Team.
Summitable Instructions
- You will need to create a free Submittable account or sign in with Google or Facebook credentials to submit to these forms.
- You can save a draft of your work if you would like to finish filling out the form at a later date.
- If anything changes with the information you submitted, please request to edit the submission
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- We will follow-up with you about your submission by email. Please be sure to safelist notification emails from Submittable and check the email you used to sign up for your Submittable Account regularly.
Technical Questions?
Check out the Submitter Resource Center or contact Submittable Customer Support.
The Learner Disaster Relief Fund is offered to current Nightingale College Learners who are experiencing or have been affected by a current disaster and need financial assistance to be able to continue their respective nursing program at Nightingale College. When disaster strikes, Nightingale College learners may not have access to their everyday support systems, resources, and basic needs. Yet, even in the face of adversity, many learners want to continue their education and give back to their communities as future nurses.
Fund Donor(s): Various Nightingale Education Group Collaborators
Fund Eligibility: To be considered for the Learner Disaster Relief Fund from the Nightingale Foundation, applicants must meet all of the following eligibility criteria.
- Be currently enrolled as a learner at Nightingale College
- Be currently experiencing a disaster*.
- Have a financial need for support due to the effects of aforementioned disaster. Examples of financial needs include tuition (due to in ability to pay for basic resources), basic resources (shelter/housing, utilities, food, supplies, sanitation, transportation, first aid, hospital fees (due to accidents or issues incurred during disaster), emergency blankets and clothing, and other essentials.
*Disaster is defined as one or any of the following: A serious disruption of the functioning of a community or a society at any scale. An unforeseen event that overwhelms local capacity, necessitating external assistance. It results in significant damage, destruction, and human suffering. An event where a community faces severe danger and incurs significant losses to persons or property, taxing available resources. An event that results in great harm, damage, or death.
Examples of disasters may include (but are not limited to):
- Hurricanes
- Tornados
- Earthquakes
- Floods
- Fires (house or wild)
- Other Natural Disasters
Fund Budget: Varies
- This fund will remain open and available for applications at any time. Funding to be disbursed as funds are available and at the discretion of Nightingale Foundation.
Fund Restrictions
- Funds are only available to learners attending Nightingale College that are experiencing a disaster.
- Nightingale Foundation has the right to refuse an application if eligibility conditions are not met.
All scholarship awardees will be required to sign an Award Agreement and provide Nightingale Foundation with impact stories post award.