Foundation for Neonatal Research and Education Scholarships for Neonatal Nurses
All completed applications must be in the FNRE Central Office no later than May 1st of each year.
Scholarship award notifications will be mailed by September 1st of each year.
The Foundation for Neonatal Research and Education offers scholarship opportunities to neonatal nurses who meet the following criteria:
1. You must be officially admitted to a college or school of higher education for one of the following: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (current RN); Master in Science in Nursing for advance practice in neonatal nursing; Doctoral degree in nursing; Master's or post-Master's degree in Nursing Administration or Business Management.
2. You must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
3. You must be a professionally active neonatal nurse as evidenced by:
* actively engaging in a service, research, or educational role that contributes directly to the health care of neonates or to the neonatal nursing profession (includes all professional neonatal nursing roles and neonatal nursing students).
* being an active member of a professional association dedicated to enhancing neonatal nursing and the care of neonates and whose mission is consistent with the mission of the Foundation for Neonatal Research and Education.
* demonstrating ongoing professional education in neonatal nursing through at least 10 contact hours in neonatal nursing content in the past 24 months, or through being a neonatal nurse enrolled in a degree nursing program (advanced or RN-to-BSN) during the same time period.
4. You must not have received a FNRE scholarship or grant in the past five (5) years.
5. If awarded both a FNRE scholarship and grant concurrently, only one can be kept.
6. You must not be a current member of the FNRE Board or FNRE Scholarship Review Committee.
Foundation for Neonatal Research and Education (FNRE)
East Holly Avenue, Box 56
Pitman, New Jersey 08071-0056
(856) 256-2343
FAX (856)589-7463
