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NBCSN Scholarship Application 2027

Before submitting your scholarship application, please review all of the scholarship information on the NBCSN Scholarship webpage before submitting your application.

Be sure that you have met the scholarship criteria before starting your application:
  1. Meet eligibility requirements for the Certification Exam for School Nurses and intend to take the exam in 2027
  2. Come from a historically marginalized background or serve historically marginalized school populations
  3. Contact your NBCSN State Liaison at liaison@nbcsn.org
  4. Write a brief personal statement
  5. If you don't already have an NBCSN account, please create one here: https://nbcsn.learningbuilder.com/account/login
Applications are due by Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Identifying information will be removed prior to sending to the approval committee.
1.First Name(Required.)
2.Last Name(Required.)
3.Please provide the following information:(Required.)
4.Please upload a copy of your registered nurse (RN) license.(Required.)
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5.Please select your location.(Required.)
6.Please verify that you have a bachelor’s degree or higher in nursing (BSN, MSN, DNP, etc.) from an accredited institution, OR a master’s degree in education with a concentration in school nursing or school health services from an accredited institution that has also been approved by NBCSN.(Required.)
7.Please verify that you have met the clinical practice requirement of a minimum of 1,000* hours worked within the three years prior to taking the test. (*1000 hours is roughly equivalent to a full-time school nurse working at least 6 hours/day for a school year of 180 days)(Required.)
8.Please indicate your testing window preference.(Required.)
9.Please upload a copy of your correspondence with the NBCSN State Liaison. (A response from your liaison is NOT required.)(Required.)
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10.Please provide a brief description (50 words or less) of your historically marginalized background or experience serving historically marginalized school populations.(Required.)
11.Please provide a personal statement (300 words or less) to describe why you are pursuing national certification, how your background or experience serving historically marginalized school populations informs your perspective/practice, and how you plan to contribute to the diversity of school nursing and/or school health.(Required.)
12.If you are selected for a scholarship, you will need an NBCSN account. Please attest that you either have created your NBCSN account at NBCSN.org or that you will be creating your account at NBCSN.org.
13.If I am awarded a scholarship, NBCSN may share my name and state for marketing purposes when (click all that apply):
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