Nursing Scholarships

Please call the Division of Nursing at (916) 278-6525 for application details.

Colonel Edwin J. and Elvera E. Lindholm Cook Nursing Scholarship/Loan Fund

Award Amount: $200
Minimum GPA: 2.5
Class Level: All
Financial Need: No
Enrollment: Half-Time
Additional Requirements: Students who are interested in military, Veteran's Administration, or Indian Affairs nursing careers, and for other nursing students to the extent funding is available. The awards will be in the form of a loan to be repaid in accordance with normal CSUS short-term loans. For recipients who graduate and begin careers in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Veterans Administration, military Reserves, or Indian Affairs nursing programs, the loans will be forgiven in full with the completion of two years' full-time service.

Award Amount: $1000
Minimum GPA: 3.5
Class Level: Senior or Classified Graduate
Financial Need: No
Enrollment: Full-Time or Half-Time
Additional Requirements: Candidates must demonstrate significant efforts to improve the health of the community, particularly the health of vulnerable populations such as the uninsured or underinsured.

Award Amount: $500
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Class Level: Degree Program
Financial Need: No
Enrollment: Half-Time
Additional Requirements: Candidates must submit a statement about their commitment to work within the Latino community, fluency in Spanish language would be helpful.

Award Amount: $250
Minimum GPA: 2.0
Class Level: Degree Program
Financial Need: No
Enrollment: Enrolled
Additional Requirements: Recipient must be a Kaiser employee who has been successfully admitted to the Sac State Division of Nursing Degree program.

Award Amount: $400
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Class Level: Junior, Senior or Classified Graduate
Financial Need: No
Enrollment: Half-Time
Additional Requirements: Applicants should exemplify strong team player aspects and willingness to help their co-workers. Letters of thanks for exceptional patient care and examples of professionalism and compassion will be considered for selection. Solid clinical skills and understanding, exercise of sound judgment and demonstrate strong critical thinking skills will be attributes of a successful candidate.

Award Amount: $500
Minimum GPA: 3.0
Class Level: Graduate
Financial Need: No
Enrollment: Enrolled
Additional Requirements: Applicants have been advanced candidacy and registered for thesis or project.

Minimum GPA: 3.5
Class Level: Sophomore, Junior, Senior, 2nd Degree or Graduate Student. Must be admitted to the Clinical Nursing Program
Financial Need: No
Enrollment: Full-Time
Additional Requirements: To establish a strong link between The Sutter Health Scholars and the Sutter Health organization, scholars will, in writing or in person, present progress reports to the Sutter Health Foundation annually. Other criteria will include: 1. Special honors, recognition, or accomplishments in the areas of scholarship, leadership or community service; 2. Paid and unpaid work experience related to career goal; 3. Career plans after graduation; 4. Personal circumstances, i.e., financial need, disadvantaged status; 5. Statement of values indicating commitment to caring, service, learning and leadership; 6. Demographics of scholarship recipients reflects the demographics of the greater Sacramento region community served by both the colleges and Sutter Health Sacramento Sierra Region. The counties are Sacramento, Placer, Yolo, and El Dorado.