NEF Scholar Celebration
Nurses Educational Funds is proud to present the October 23, 2025, NEF Scholar Celebration Video. The event, honoring the 2025-2026 NEF Scholars was well attended by NEF Board Members, Members Emeritus; scholarship benefactors; scholarship facilitators; and Deans and Directors from the scholars graduate nursing programs. Each scholar presented a two-minute personal story.
Summarizing the program, NEF's President, Joan Marren, noted that for many of the scholars an NEF Scholarship represents much more that a monetary award, the scholarship was an affirmation of their commitment to and passion for nursing.
NEF stands out as an organization that puts your donations where our belief is. NEF believes that raising money to annually award scholarships to exceptional nurse leaders attending master's and doctoral nursing programs in Colleges and Universities across the USA, fortifies and energizes the future of the nursing profession.
FEATURED SCHOLAR
Victoria Fisher
(2026-2027 Winner)
Victoria Fisher, MSN, CRNP, PMHNP-BC, is honored to be a recipient of the M. Louise Fitzpatrick Scholarship from Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. (NEF). Currently pursuing a PhD in Nursing at Villanova University... read more.
Support Graduate Nursing Education
Nurses Educational Funds, Inc. (NEF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established by nurses for nurses in 1912, and since then, the organization has awarded over 1,500 scholarships to support the pursuit of advanced degrees in nursing.
NEF’s named scholarships, created with a minimum donation of $50,000, honor and memorialize nurse leaders, from Isabel Hampton Robb to Thelma Schorr to Susan Bowar-Ferres. 100% of donations help to keep NEF scholarships funded in perpetuity; organization expenses are covered by prudent management of NEF’s investments.