INVITATION ONLY - Do not apply if you have not received a direct email from Nightingale Foundation inviting you to apply. 

Plank2bank Scholarship by Dr. J: Empowering Nurses Through Physical and Academic Excellence

A Collaborator Inspired Scholarship

Fund Purpose: The Plank 2 Bank Scholarship focuses on uplifting nurses by recognizing their physical and academic potential. The purpose is to support their journey through financial assistance, promoting overall health and excellence in the nursing profession. Inspired by Dr. J’s own experience as a higher education learner, knows exactly how it feels to stress over finances instead of focusing on exams. As a DPT, he also knows how it feels to treat nurses who have chronic back injuries by just doing their job. That’s why this scholarship exists: to give learners a financial boost while also sparking a mindset shift toward long-term physical endurance and wellness. It’s not just about paying for school - it’s about setting nurses up for success in their careers, and in their bodies, for years to come.

Fund Scope: Physical fitness is crucial for nurses to meet the demanding nature of their work. Nurses often perform tasks that involve heavy lifting, prolonged standing, and patient transfers. Maintaining physical health enhances strength and endurance. Greater strength and endurance help nurses to avoid work-related injuries. 

Prioritizing fitness contributes to overall job performance and patient care. Core strength prevents injuries, especially lower back issues, and physical endurance enhances stamina during long shifts. The demands of the nursing profession necessitate robust physical fitness to prevent fatigue and injury on the job. Regular physical fitness significantly contributes to injury prevention by strengthening muscles and improving body mechanics. Enhanced stamina reduces stress and fatigue, allowing nurses to perform optimally during long shifts. 

Fund Eligibility: Active, matriculated learners in any undergraduate program are eligible to apply and be awarded this scholarship. Foundational learners during Fall 2025 semester are not eligible. MSN program learners are not eligible. 

Fund Process: Please note that this scholarship fund has a unique process, described below.

1. Applicants complete the application form offered via Submittable by October 31, 2025. 
2. The top 5 scoring applicants will be invited to submit a video of their best, longest planking demonstration. 

Award Details: One scholarship in the amount of $1,000 will be awarded to the top applicant from Round 2, the video Planking Challenge. 

Fund Restrictions

• Awarded funding may be used toward tuition and fees. 

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. 

INVITATION ONLY - Do not apply if you have not received a direct email from Nightingale Foundation inviting you to apply. 

Nichols Scholarship Fund - Fall 2025 Cycle - Round 1

Fund Purpose: The Nichols Scholarship Fund is offered annually to support individuals who are actively working in the nursing profession as a PN, CNA, or other associates level nursing degree, and who desire to continue their nursing education to become an RN. This fund is created in gratitude and recognition for the incredible care and compassion that nurses, nurses’ aids, and LVNs provide to individuals and families during challenging times. Their dedication, warmth, and tireless efforts often bring comfort and healing when it is needed most. 

This scholarship is designed to offer a meaningful step up to these individuals: nursing students who are working hard to build a better future, who work diligently to care for their community, and who may need a little extra financial help to get there. Whether the funds go toward tuition, childcare, books, or simply easing the cost of daily life while in school, this scholarship exists to honor the essential work of nurses and caregivers for them to be able to achieve their dreams of becoming an RN.

Fund Eligibility: The Nichols Scholarship Fund is open to any current learner at Nightingale College, who has a demonstrated need for gap funding, lives in the state of California, and is currently enrolled in the LPN-ASN or BSN programs and is currently a working professional in the healthcare field. Scholarship funds can be used for tuition and fees, books, child-care, transportation, housing, and any other social determinants of education needs. 

The Nichols Scholarship Fund has a two-part application process. The first part is open to all who are eligible to apply by filling out the scholarship application. The top 3 finalists from the application round will be invited to provide a video interview, as the second part of the process. To be considered for the Nichols Scholarship Fund, all applicants must participate in this process. 

Selected scholarship awardees will be required to provide impact stories, scholarship awardee data, and communicate with Nightingale Foundation throughout and after the scholarship awarding process. 

Award Details: One learner will be awarded annually in the amount of $3,000. 

Fund Process: 

• Round 1 Applications are open from 9/5/2025 - 10/20/2025
• Top 5 Scoring applicants will be invited to provide a video interview, which will open on 11/24/2025 - 12/8/2025.

Fund Restrictions: 

• Learner must reside in California, be enrolled in either the LPN-ASN or BSN programs, and currently be a working professional in the healthcare field.
• Learners must have a demonstrated need for gap funding. 
• Scholarship funds may only be applied to the following semester and will not be distributed to the learner after withdrawal. If upon withdrawal, the available financial aid creates a negative ledger balance, the excess funds will be returned to the Foundation.