College of Nursing Scholarship and Funding Opportunities

The University of Missouri–St. Louis offers several scholarships for which students are automatically eligible for upon admission to the university. The College of Nursing provides donor-funded nursing scholarships in addition to UMSL’s general scholarship and grant opportunities. 

Many nursing scholarships have additional requirements above and beyond UMSL’s general merit scholarship requirements, such as submission of a written essay or letters of recommendation. Students may be eligible to receive a scholarship or grant because of academic merit, financial need, geographical background, or other criteria set forth by scholarship donors. 

Please be sure to read all information carefully before starting the scholarship application. The yearly scholarship application opens October 1 for the next school year.

Two-Step Application Process

Each year, students must complete the UMSL Scholarship Application and the nursing scholarship-specific applications. All students must complete the General Application before they can apply to specific scholarships. Once the General Application is complete, one of two things will happen:

1. The General Application will automatically be applied to those scholarship opportunities that don’t require additional information.
2. The student will be able to apply to specific scholarships that have additional questions.

Apply for Scholarships

If you have questions about submitting the scholarship application or completing the FAFSA, please contact Student Financial Services. If you have questions about the scholarships themselves, please contact the College of Nursing.

Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP)

The Nurse Faculty Loan Program (NFLP) is a loan forgiveness program that prepares and trains qualified nurse educators to fill faculty vacancies and increase the number of trained nurses entering the workforce. Each year, the UMSL College of Nursing must apply for and receive NFLP funding.

Funding is limited and students are not guaranteed NFLP funding in any specific amount or for any number of years. Students must reapply for funding each year. Applications are Due September 1st.
Students awarded NFLP funding may cancel 85% of their loan in return for serving four years full-time as faculty in any accredited school of nursing.

NFLP recipients must obtain full-time employment as a nurse faculty member within 9 months of graduation. NFLP recipients who do not obtain full-time employment within 9 months are not eligible for the 85% cancellation. At that point the full loan must be repaid, and the interest will be at the prevailing market rate.

Upon completion of years 1, 2, and 3 as a full-time Nursing faculty, NFLP recipients will have 20% of their loan cancelled after each year.

After the fourth year 25% of the loan will be cancelled. NFLP recipients must work for four consecutive years as full-time nursing faculty to receive the 85% cancellation.

The remaining 15% of the loan that is not cancelled is paid back by the NFLP recipient over 10 years at an interest rate of 3%. However, NFLP borrowers may, at his or her option and without penalty, prepay all or any part of the loan at any time.

If awarded, the maximum amount of funding a student can receive is $40,000 per year and students can be funded for up to 4 years.

Student Eligibility

Students enrolled in the Nursing DNP and PhD programs are eligible to apply.

Student Qualifications

To qualify for an NFLP grant, students must meet the following criteria:

1. Be a U.S. citizen or national of the U.S., or a lawful permanent resident of the US and its territories
2. Be enrolled full-time or part-time in a Master’s or Doctoral advanced nursing education program
3. Maintain good academic standing
4. Have no judgment liens entered against him/her based on the default on a federal debt, 28 U.S.C. 3201(e)

*Note that the application asks for information on the applicant’s race, ethnicity, veteran’s status, and background because the College of Nursing is required to report this information to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), which administers the NFLP program. The questions are not used to determine NFLP funding awards.

Contact

Senior Research Associate, Keri Jupka at 314-809-0624 or kjzvf@umsl.edu

Cara Doerr, Associate Dean of Student Affairs, at 314-516-7781 or ccdhdv@umsl.edu