Who Can Apply:
- Nursing is an incredibly demanding profession both physically and emotionally. It requires resilience and an unwavering call to serve those who suffer.
- Nurses provide life-saving emergency medical care through critical thinking, refined technical skills and attention to detail, and honed prioritization and delegation. More than that, nursing is a calling that requires a unique set of skills including preserving and protecting the dignity and autonomy of the patient, an unmatched level of genuine kindness and care for the well-being of patients and most importantly: unconditionally compassionate care to those who are vulnerable and alone.
- Inspired by the memory of public health nurse Evelyn Stacey Blackwood who dedicated her life to providing healthcare where it was needed most. From the streets of Newark, New Jersey, to soldiers serving in World War II, Evelyn provided unconditionally compassionate care to the most vulnerable and worked tirelessly towards improving the state of public health and access to healthcare for those without a safety net.
- This scholarship aims to support a year of tuition for nursing students who share that call to care and service.
- Any student actively enrolled in the School of Nursing of a four-year Bachelor’s Program at a university in the states of Washington or Idaho may apply for this scholarship. Applicants from the School of Nursing at Boise State University are preferred. Applicants should demonstrate a passion for caring for the vulnerable and a belief that nursing is a team sport.
Submission:
- Please share a little about yourself, what brought you to pursue nursing, what type of nursing interests you most right now and why now is the time.
- Please discuss your philosophy of care and any experience you have serving or caring for vulnerable people in or out of the healthcare setting.
Deadline: February 5, 2026
Amount: $9,943
Learn More: https://bold.org/scholarships/blackwood-memorial-scholarship-for-nursing/