Florence (Madden) Grady-Fasick Scholarship Fund

The NFP’s Florence (Madden) Grady-Fasick Scholarship Fund provides scholarships in support of students demonstrating financial need in the pursuit of a nursing degree. Funds are for full-time nursing students in an accredited baccalaureate nursing program or an RN-BSN program in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Please View Criteria for complete eligibility details and application requirements.

Applicant Eligibility Criteria

1. Scholarship funds must be applied to an accredited baccalaureate nursing program or an RN-BSN program in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
   • Current baccalaureate students must be in the second semester or higher of a nursing program when the application is made. Those students in their final year of study or who will graduate in May of the year in which the award is given are not eligible to apply.
   • Current RN-to-BSN-completion students must have already been accepted into a degree-completion program at the time of application submission.
   • Applicants who are not already an RN – including BS-to-BSN students/fast-track students – must have already been accepted into a basic RN program at the time of scholarship application.
2. Membership in the Student Nurses Association of Pennsylvania (SNAP) and/or the National Student Nurses Association (NSNA) is highly recommended for those applicants who are currently enrolled in nursing pre-licensure programs. Member in the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (PSNA) is required for applicants who are currently RNs.
3. Applicants should have a minimum of a 3.0 GPA.
4. Applicants are required to attest to their financial need by providing information about all federal and state grant(s) and loan(s), as well as any formal documentation which demonstrates need (for example, a letter from the financial aid office regarding work-study).
5. Previous recipients of an NFP scholarship are not eligible to apply.
6. Applicants may only apply to one NFP scholarship per calendar year, excluding the Jack E. Barger, Sr. Memorial Nursing Scholarship.