Before submitting your scholarship application, please review all of the scholarship information on the NBCSN Scholarship webpage before submitting your application.

Be sure that you have met the scholarship criteria before starting your application:
  1. Meet eligibility requirements for the Certification Exam for School Nurses and intend to take the exam in 2025
  2. Come from a historically marginalized background or serve historically marginalized school populations
  3. Contact your NBCSN State Liaison at liaison@nbcsn.org
  4. Write a brief personal statement
Applications are due by Friday, February 14, 2025

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* 1. Please provide the following information:

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* 2. Please upload a copy of your registered nurse (RN) license.

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* 3. Please select your location.

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* 4. Please verify that you have a bachelor’s degree or higher in nursing OR a master’s degree in education with a concentration in school nursing or school health services from an NBCSN-approved, accredited institution.

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* 5. Please verify that you have met the clinical practice requirement of a minimum of 1,000* hours worked within the three years prior to taking the test. (*1000 hours is roughly equivalent to a full-time school nurse working at least 6 hours/day for a school year of 180 days)

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* 6. Please indicate your testing window preference.

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* 7. Please upload a copy of your correspondence with the NBCSN State Liaison. (A response from your liaison is NOT required.)

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* 8. Please provide a brief description (50 words or less) of your historically marginalized background or experience serving historically marginalized school populations.

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* 9. Please provide a personal statement (300 words or less) to describe why you are pursuing national certification, how your background or experience serving historically marginalized school populations informs your perspective/practice, and how you plan to contribute to the diversity of school nursing and/or school health.

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