Bittner Scholarship Fund - Fall 2026 Cycle - Round 1

The Bittner Scholarship Fund is offered annually to support individuals desiring to enter the nursing profession who demonstrate the fundamental values an individual must hold to provide caring and professional care to others. These values include a strong work ethic, passionate about healing, and promoting improved health outcomes within populations. 

Fund Eligibility: The Bittner Scholarship Fund is open to any prospective or current learner at Nightingale College, who has demonstrated need for gap funding. Scholarship funds can only be used to support tuition and books. Preference will be given to learners who: 

• Awarded funds would mitigate risk for a potential nurse not entering the program due to lack of funds. 
• Demonstrate dedication to the nursing program who are in jeopardy due to economic situations. 
• To prevent a potential drop from the program due to economic hardship. 

Application Timeline: The Bittner Scholarship Fund has a two-round application process. 

• Round 1: The first part is open to all who are eligible to apply by filling out the scholarship application open from 9/11/2026 - 10/11/2026. 
• Round 2: The top 3 finalists from the application round will be invited to provide a video interview (11/2/2026 - 11/8/2026), as the second part of the process. To be considered for the Bittner Scholarship Fund, all selected applicants must participate in this process. 

Selected scholarship awardees will be required to write a letter and present to the Foundation Board of Directors on how this funding helped to achieve nursing school goals, how this funding prevented a potential need to drop out of the program and/or how the funding gave more time to focus on academic progression. 

 Fund Awards: One scholarship per academic year will be awarded, in the amount of $6,000. The scholarship recipient will be announced by December 4, 2026.