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2011 Call for Applications- Round 5
Deadline: 3p.m. ET, Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The Fifth Call for Proposals (CFP) was issued for the New Careers in Nursing Scholarship Program. Please note that all application are due by 3pm Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, January 11, 2012.

To view the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Announcement Please Click Here. To view the Call for Proposals and additional announcements from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Click Here. You also have the opportunity to preview the complete application before beginning the application process.

Program Purpose

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing is a scholarship program to help alleviate the nursing shortage and increase the diversity of nursing professionals.  Through grants to schools of nursing, the program will provide scholarships to college graduates without nursing degrees who are enrolled in accelerated baccalaureate and master's degree nursing programs.

Learn more from the CFP and the Eligibility & Criteria section of this Web site.

Total Awards

A school of nursing may apply for between five and 30 scholarships per year to be awarded to students from groups underrepresented in nursing or who are economically disadvantaged.

A total of up to 400 scholarship awards will be made during this funding cycle.

How to Apply

Applications for this solicitation must be submitted via the RWJF online system. Visit www.rwjf.org/cfp/ncin and use the Apply Online link for this solicitation. If you have not already done so, you will be required to register at http://my.rwjf.org/login.do before you begin the application process.

The deadline for receipt of the online application, including supporting materials, is January 11, 2012, at 3 p.m. ET.


Please direct all inquiries about the program, application process to:
Alexa Tehansky, BA

and selection criteria to:
Vernell DeWitty, PhD, RN

RWJF does not provide individual critiques of applications submitted. The program’s national advisory committee makes recommendations about grants to the Foundation staff. RWJF makes all final grant decisions.

Time line

•    October 12, 2011- Call launched
•    Informational Applicant Web Conferences

•    January 11, 2012 @ 3 p.m.- Application Deadline
•    June 2012- Announcement of grants
•    September 2012- Grant begins
•    August 2013- Grant ends

Evaluation and Monitoring

As a condition of accepting Foundation funds, grantees and scholarship recipients will be expected to meet RWJF requirements for the submission of annual and final narrative and financial reports, as well as periodic information needed for overall project performance monitoring and management. In addition, all schools must report on the progress of scholarship recipients during the academic year. An assessment of the program may be conducted at its completion. RWJF monitors the grantees’ efforts and careful stewardship of grant funds to assure accountability.    


Use of Grant Funds

Schools of nursing are to use all grant funds for scholarships for selected students. Students may use the scholarship funds at their discretion to pay tuition, academic fees and living expenses.