HRET Health Career Scholarships
New Jersey Hospital Association
Award: $2500 – $2500
Deadline: September 7
To encourage and enable New Jersey residents to pursue health careers. Qualifications: Applicants must be a New Jersey resident; accepted into a graduate or undergraduate (junior and seniors only) program in hospital or healthcare administration or a graduate or undergraduate (junior or senior only) program in Nursing or Allied Health Profession; have maintained a GPA of at least 3.0 (on a 4 point system or equivalent); demonstrated financial need with a FAFSA document and financial aid application and/or federal tax return from the previous year. Selection criteria: Selection is based on the application. How to apply: Applicants must provide a two-page essay letter detailing academic plans for the future and substantiating that the eligibility requirements have been met (essays will be 50% of the judging criteria); one letter of recommendation from the head of the program in which the student is enrolled or from a current supervisor; official transcript (online transcript copies are not accepted); FAFSA, Financial aid application and/or federal tax return from the previous year; and provide a current address, phone number and e-mail address. Focus: Health care services; Health sciences; Nursing.