Scholarships By Major

A good website to look for scholarships that are major specific is http://www.scholarships.com/financial-aid/college-scholarships/scholarships-by-major/

Nursing Scholarships

A wide range of nursing scholarships can be found at the following Websites:

www.discovernursing.com/scholarship-search
www.idph.state.il.us/about/rural_health/rural_scholarship.htm
www.nursewebsearch.com/nursing_scholarships.htm

BrainTrack Nursing Scholarship

This scholarship is designed to help others considering nursing related careers by taking advantage of the experiences of entrants.

• Selection Criteria: Winners will be selected based on the creativity, focus, overall thoughtfulness, accuracy, and practical value of responses to essay questions.  The questions ask students about their experiences as a nursing student and their suggestions for prospective students.  BrainTrack will publish the most helpful responses for use by future students.
• Awards: The best entry for each competition is awarded $1000; the runner-up $500. 
• Deadlines: Scholarship competitions run twice a year, for each semester.  Submission deadlines are March 1st and November 1st, with the next deadlines being March 1, 2012 and November 1, 2012.
• Costs: None.
• Privacy: All entrant names and contact information will be kept private for use only in the scholarship, except for the winners whose names will be published.
• Requirements: Entrants must be currently taking classes in an appropriate nursing degree program with at least one semester of studies completed.  Studies can be full-time, part-time, on-campus, or online and must be at an accredited US college.

For more information, visit http://www.braintrack.com/colleges-by-career/registered-nurses#scholarship.