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Financial Assistance & Scholarship Information

Graduate student assistantships are available for guided research and teaching experiences.  Doctoral students are encouraged to apply for National Research Service Awards from the National Institutes of Health.  

Scholarship/Financial Aid Information/Applications

  • Sources of Financial Aid For Students
    Please click on this link and look for all those pertaining to PhD Students: http://nursing.uams.edu/Scholarships/
     
  • The Graduate Nursing Student Loan and Scholarship Program  
     
    Fact Sheet    Application


    The Arkansas Graduate Nursing Rural Loan/Scholarship program provides over $400,000 per year in loans that can be converted to scholarships for PhD nursing students. After graduation, PhD students pay the money back by teaching in an Arkansas nursing school or college full-time, one year for each year money is borrowed.

    Full time PhD student can borrow up to $10,000 per semester (up to a $60,000 maximum). Part time PhD students can borrow up to $5,000 per semester. Full time under the Rural Loan Scholarship program is defined at 9 or more credit hours per semester.  Part time is defined as 6 or more credit hours per semester.
     

  • Graduate Student Assistantships are available for guided research and teaching experiences.
     

  • A limited number of Professional Nurse Traineeships from the Division of Nursing are available.
     

  • Cornelia Beck Gerontology Research Award is given to a doctoral student engaged in Gerontological research. Award $1,000/yr. Please click on the following link for additional scholarship information and applications (See Endowed/Named Scholarships):  http://nursing.uams.edu/Scholarships/
     

  •  Dr. Carolyn Cason Scholarship. This scholarship will support a student in the doctoral program in nursing. It is a tribute to Dr. Carolyn Cason, a former faculty member. Please click on the following link for additional scholarship information and applications (See Endowed/Named Scholarships): http://nursing.uams.edu/Scholarships/
     

  • Dr. Elois Field Nursing Scholarship  This scholarship supports a student in the PhD Nursing Program.  It is a tribute to the past Dean, Dr. Elois Field.  Award $1,000/yr. Please click on the following link for additional scholarship information and applications (See Endowed/Named Scholarships): http://nursing.uams.edu/Scholarships/
     

  • Dr. Patricia Heacock Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to a master's or a doctoral nusting student. Donations were made by the CON faculty and fiends in honor of Dr. Heacock. Please click on the following link for additional scholarship information and applications (See Endowed/Named Scholarships): http://nursing.uams.edu/Scholarships/
     

  • William Randolph Hearst Scholarship. This scholarship is made possible by the Hearst Foundation, restricted to domestic minority students enrolled in the PhD program. Please click on the following link for additional scholarship information and applications (See Endowed/Named Scholarships): http://nursing.uams.edu/Scholarships/


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For additional information, please contact Student Financial Aid 
in the Graduate School at (501) 686-5454.  
carterpaulv@uams.edu

 
       

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