Graduate Nurse Training Scholarships

Advanced Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW): Grow and Stay

The KU School of Nursing offers the Advancing Nursing Education Workforce (ANEW) Grow and Stay graduate nursing scholarship. It is designed to expand the nursing workforce needs of rural, urban, and/or tribal underserved populations in Kansas.

The project will focus on the areas of mental health, maternal-child health, and substance use disorders.

Traineeship Eligibility

Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Nurse-Midwives (NM) currently in practice in rural, urban, and/or tribal underserved communities
Rural, urban, and/or tribal underserved nurses who want to become Family or Psychiatric-Mental Health NPs and NM
Current students in their last year of advanced practice Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) training or in a post-master's advanced practice certificate in a primary care specialty
Those with an expressed interest and commitment to practice in a rural, urban, and/or tribal underserved community-based clinic setting after program completion
Email soninfo@kumc.edu to take advantage of these funds

Program Benefits

Trainees can earn up to $25,000 for full-time study
Simulation and skills training can be completed at the Salina or Kansas City campus locations
Provides professional development in the clinical settings to improve retention, focus on employee/practice wellness, and encourage service within the rural setting
Develops and sustains clinical faculty and preceptors

Program Goals

The ANEW: Grow and Stay program goals will positively serve rural, urban, and tribal underserved populations by:

Increasing the trained number of nurse practitioners and certified nurse-midwives
Enhancing clinical immersive experiences in each specialty area with a focus on increasing student clinical experiences
Recruiting students and faculty from these populations
Increasing the number of academic-clinical partnerships and training opportunities in these areas
Providing clinical training, professional development, and preceptor support to our academic-clinical partners annually

We have developed relationships with colleagues across Kansas to facilitate future employment in underserved areas and to guarantee rich clinical experiences in targeted health professional shortage areas and frontier/rural areas.

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This ANEW: Grow and Stay project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $2.58 million with 0 percentage financed with non-governmental sources. The ANEW: Grow and Stay project period runs from 07/01/2023 to 06/30/2027. The contents are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government. For more information visit HRSA.gov.