The NLN Foundation for Nursing Education is proud to offer the DNP Project Fund, to provide support to DNP students who are ready to conduct their final scholarly project and are in need of financial assistance to implement the project. Unlike our NLN Nurse Educator scholarships, this fund will accept applications twice a year and will focus solely on providing assistance for student projects in amounts of up to $500.
Eligible applicants must be current DNP students in accredited programs with projects focused on addressing important issues within healthcare, and will add value to nursing education, clinical practice, and/or health outcomes. Eligible applicants must also be NLN members, either through organizational or individual membership.
Application Requirements
Each proposal must include the below content areas. Applications must be single-spaced, in no less than 11-point size font, submitted as one complete PDF. Carefully review the rubric. Incomplete applications will be disqualified.
- Title Page: Title, DNP student’s name and contact information; names, ranks, and departments of the DNP committee members.
- Abstract: 300 words or less
- CV.
- Letter of Financial Need: A letter (1-page maximum) signed by the project lead indicating why the award is required to complete the DNP scholarly project.
- Budget & Justification: Provide a detailed budget with dollars requested and justification for how the funds will be spent. If the project lead has received other funds to support the project, they should designate which expenses will be charged to which fund.
- DNP Chair Letter of Support: Provide a letter (1-page maximum) signed by the DNP scholarly project chair indicating that the project lead will be a DNP student at the time of the award receipt and attesting to feasibility of completion.
- Project Site/Agency Letter of Support: Provide a letter signed by an authorized person from the project site/agency indicating permission for the project to be implemented at the project site/agency. If no project site/agency will be used, provide a short statement indicating this.
- IRB Determination or Approval Letter: Letter from the IRB affiliated with the nursing program approving the project or determining the project as non-human subjects research. If there is not an affiliated IRB, then the program director can provide a letter attesting that the project is non-human subjects research.
Please note that there is not a specific application template, however, each application should attempt to follow the order of the checklist and use headings indicative of these requirements.
NOTE: If you have questions related to the application process, please contact Emma Wolfe at ewolfe@nln.org or foundation@nln.org.
2027 DNP Project Fund Application
The NLN Foundation for Nursing Education is proud to offer the DNP Project Fund, to provide support to DNP students who are ready to conduct their final scholarly project and are in need of financial assistance to implement the project. Unlike our NLN Nurse Educator scholarships, this fund will accept applications twice a year and will focus solely on providing assistance for student projects in amounts of up to $500.
Eligible applicants must be current DNP students in accredited programs with projects focused on addressing important issues within healthcare, and will add value to nursing education, clinical practice, and/or health outcomes. Eligible applicants must also be NLN members, either through organizational or individual membership.
Application Requirements
Each proposal must include the below content areas. Applications must be single-spaced, in no less than 11-point size font, submitted as one complete PDF. Carefully review the rubric. Incomplete applications will be disqualified.
- Title Page: Title, DNP student’s name and contact information; names, ranks, and departments of the DNP committee members.
- Abstract: 300 words or less
- CV.
- Letter of Financial Need: A letter (1-page maximum) signed by the project lead indicating why the award is required to complete the DNP scholarly project.
- Budget & Justification: Provide a detailed budget with dollars requested and justification for how the funds will be spent. If the project lead has received other funds to support the project, they should designate which expenses will be charged to which fund.
- DNP Chair Letter of Support: Provide a letter (1-page maximum) signed by the DNP scholarly project chair indicating that the project lead will be a DNP student at the time of the award receipt and attesting to feasibility of completion.
- Project Site/Agency Letter of Support: Provide a letter signed by an authorized person from the project site/agency indicating permission for the project to be implemented at the project site/agency. If no project site/agency will be used, provide a short statement indicating this.
- IRB Determination or Approval Letter: Letter from the IRB affiliated with the nursing program approving the project or determining the project as non-human subjects research. If there is not an affiliated IRB, then the program director can provide a letter attesting that the project is non-human subjects research.
Please note that there is not a specific application template, however, each application should attempt to follow the order of the checklist and use headings indicative of these requirements.
NOTE: If you have questions related to the application process, please contact Emma Wolfe at ewolfe@nln.org or foundation@nln.org.