Nurse Corps Scholarship 2017-2018

[Zeemud]

Hi everyone,

I am interested in applying to the nurse corps scholarship 2017 2018 in order to pay for my accelerated program of sixteen months. I have a bachelors in sociology. I have done quiet a few researches. The application cycle will be open this month but I don't know which exact date. I have read discussion threads of previous years and have found really helpful information. I want to create a platform where interested applicants can ask questions, share information, discuss and help each other.

Thanks

[hbs1521]

If anyone would mind sending it to my email, I would appreciate it. [email protected] is my email address.

Also, when filling out the portion regarding when your program starts/ends and when your graduation date is, are you guys putting exact dates? I don't have those yet and probably wont get them until closer to the beginning of the semester. What are you guys doing about this?

[Zeemud]

You can join the nurse corps technical conference call taking place right now.Number: 1-888-989-9859

passcode :4280610

[kmn1]

I was on that conference call--it was so frustrating! I waited an hour and a half and not only did they not answer my question, now I have more questions! For example, they said that DNP is tier 2, but they said that a graduate nurse practitioner is tier 1. I am getting a DNP in Nurse Practitioner, so does that make me Tier 1 or Tier 2? For years they have only had enough funds to award tier 1 so this is kind of an important distinction.

[kmn1]

HRSA emailed it to me today but thank you for offering :)

[hbs1521]

Yes, I agree that the conference call was very frustrating as I was not able to ask my question. Hopefully, I am able to ask it during the next conference call on Monday.

Do any of you know if they typically are able to fund all of the eligible applicants in the first tier?

[wannabemsf]

Per supporting document - proof of citizenship, does anyone know what qualifies for lawful permanent residents?

the application guideline specified the documents for citizens but not for lawful permanent residents.

Does permanent resident card suffice as the supporting document??

I have never been able to reach the call center.

Thanks

[kmn1]

Yes, according to page 36 of the Nurse Corps Guidance PDF (you can download it off the Nurse Corps Scholarship page) a permanent residency card suffices. It says:

b. Documentation of Status as a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, or Lawful Permanent Resident

Proof of U.S. citizenship or U.S. national status may include a copy of a birth certificate issued by a city, county, or state agency in the United States, the identification page of a valid U.S. passport, or a certificate of citizenship or naturalization.

 A permanent resident card, driver's license, marriage certificate, or social security card are not acceptable as proof of U.S. Citizenship.

[FutureNurseEmilyP198]

Master's level NP is tier 1, all others are tier 2.

I was on that conference call--it was so frustrating! I waited an hour and a half and not only did they not answer my question, now I have more questions! For example, they said that DNP is tier 2, but they said that a graduate nurse practitioner is tier 1. I am getting a DNP in Nurse Practitioner, so does that make me Tier 1 or Tier 2? For years they have only had enough funds to award tier 1 so this is kind of an important distinction.

[FutureNurseEmilyP198]

The numbers for how many are accepted vs how many apply are listed in the guidance pdf. I think 230 people were awarded last year out of about 2500, but it does not classify them by Tier.

[embrothers]

Hi everyone! Question: I am starting a 15-month ABSN program on June 19th, but the application states that "start date must be after July 1" - so do I just put 7/1/17 as the program start date?

I'm planning on just calling HRSA on Monday to get an official answer, since I don't want to take any chances, but in the meantime it would ease my mind to hear from others, if anyone knows the answer. Thanks! :)

[FutureMs.NP]

Hi everyone! Question: I am starting a 15-month ABSN program on June 19th, but the application states that "start date must be after July 1" - so do I just put 7/1/17 as the program start date?

I'm planning on just calling HRSA on Monday to get an official answer, since I don't want to take any chances, but in the meantime it would ease my mind to hear from others, if anyone knows the answer. Thanks! :)

I actually called HRSA last week and asked the same question because I'm starting my program in May instead of August. Btw I waited an hour on hold to get this question answered. The information specialist explained to me that HRSA's school year is from 7/1/2017-6/30/2018. Not the traditional school year from August thru May. So because you would have already started your program before their official "school year", you would put 7/1/2017 for the program start date. For the question that asks when "will/did" you start the program for 2017-2018 school year you would put your June 19 date because you "did" start already. Please let me know if this makes sense. I had to get the information specialist to explain it to me thoroughly because I didn't want any discrepancies to disqualify my application.

[embrothers]

Ugh, 1 hour wait?? That sounds awful, thanks so much for getting the deets and passing the info on! Yeah that makes sense to me, looking at the "Degree Information" tab of the application.

Another question that you may or may not be able to answer: I am going to be in a 15-month program, from 6/19/17-8/17/18. When I entered that I will have 11 months left in the program on Sept. 30, 2017, the "Year 2 Start Date" and "Year 2 End Date" boxes disappear - making it so that I can't enter the last 1.5 months of my program (7/1/18-8/17/18) and request to be covered for those months by checking the "request funding for year 2" box. Does that make sense? Did you come up against this problem? If so, did you get any information from the HRSA specialist on how to handle it?

Thanks again!