2025 Scholarships

The Ethics of Caring (EoC) is committed to providing education to nurses and to help develop the next generation of nursing ethics leaders. For the 2025 National Nursing Ethics Conference, EoC has established a variety of scholarships to attend the two-day conference. Funds for these scholarships have been provided by generous donors including Dr. Ann Hamric’s Memorial Fund, Dr. Andrew Jameton’s Memorial Fund, Dr. Carol Taylor, Dr. Catherine Robichaux, past speakers who donated their honorariums including Dr. Connie Ulrich and Dr. Christine Grady, and ethics education supporters including Linda Tigert, RN, MSN, a nurse who has attended the Ethics of Caring Conferences for nearly thirty years.

If you are interested in making a donation to support a nurse or other healthcare professional to attend the conference, please consider a tax-deductible donation.  Donations can be made below.  We encourage directed donations from retirement distributions as one way to support ethics education. Please contact us at ethicsofcaringnnec@gmail.com and we will reach out to share our mission and answer any questions you may have.

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Scholarships & Application Process

Ann Hamric Memorial Graduate Student Scholarships

  • Ann Hamric Memorial Scholarships are for nursing graduate students at the masters or doctoral level with an interest in bioethics.
  • Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for four recipients.
  • Criteria: A nursing graduate student in nursing and/or bioethics; include your educational program.  
  • Application: At the beginning of the application please include your name, credentials, email, home address, phone and your institution (workplace or school). Submit a short bio and brief (no more than 200 words) description of an ethical issue that you find challenging in your clinical setting. Include an assessment of your gaps in knowledge about ethics along with how you will use the new knowledge obtained at the conference. 
  • Submit your application to: ethicsofcaringnnec@gmail.com with Scholarship – Ann Hamric in subject line. 
  • Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.

Deadline to apply is December 15, 2024.

Andrew Jameton Memorial Scholarship

  • Scholarship is for a nurse who has faced moral distress issues in their work.
  • Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for one recipient.
  • Criteria: A clinical nurse who has faced moral distress issues in their work.
  • Application: At the beginning of the application please include your name, credentials, email, home address, phone and your institution (workplace or school). Submit a short bio and a brief (no more than 200 words) description of the moral distress issue(s) faced and how you would use your new knowledge obtained at the conference.
  • Submit your application to: ethicsofcaringnnec@gmail.com with Scholarship – Andrew Jameton in subject line.  
  • Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.

Deadline to apply is December 15, 2024.

Ethics of Caring® Scholarships

(formerly termed NNEC Scholarships)

 These scholarships have been graciously funded by leaders including:
Carol Taylor, Connie Ulrich, and two new donors Christine Grady, and Cathy Robichaux.

  • Scholarships for individuals interested in healthcare ethics.
  • Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for five recipients.
  • Three scholarships will be available for nurses, one scholarship will be allocated for a social worker, and one for a hospital chaplain.
  • Criteria: An interest in ethics.
  • Application: At the beginning of the application please include your name, credentials, email, home address, phone and your institution (workplace or school). Submit a short bio and brief (no more than 200 words) description of an ethical issue that you find challenging in your clinical setting. Include an assessment of your gaps in knowledge about ethics along with how you will use the new knowledge obtained at the conference.
  • Submit your application to ethicsofcaringnnec@gmail.com with Scholarship – Ethics of Caring in subject line.  
  • Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.

Deadline to apply is December 15, 2024.

Fitzgerald Foundation Stanford Children’s Health NNEC Scholarships

(For employees of Stanford Medicine Children’s Health)

  • Fitzgerald Foundation Stanford Medicine Children’s Health Scholarships are for nurses and other clinicians with an interest in pediatric ethics.
  • Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration, travel expenses including airfare, and a two-night hotel stay at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center for four recipients.
  • Criteria: Must be an employee of Stanford Medicine Children’s Health in good standing with a demonstrated interest in pediatric ethics (involvement with the Ethics Liaisons program, service on the hospital ethics committee, service to the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, etc.).
  • Application: At the beginning of the application please include your name, credentials, email, home address, phone and verify that you are an employee of Stanford Medicine Children’s Health. Submit a short bio and brief (no more than 200 words) description of an ethical issue that you find challenging in your clinical setting. Include an assessment of your gaps in knowledge about ethics along with how you will use the new knowledge obtained at the conference.
  • Submit your application to ethicsofcaringnnec@gmail.com with Scholarship – Fitzgerald in subject line.  
  • Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.

Deadline to apply is January 5, 2025.

Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation (HPNF) NNEC Scholarship

Deadline to apply is January 1, 2025.

New Scholarships

Minority Ethnic Nurse Scholarship for the NNEC

The Ethics of Caring Film of the Year, “Everybody’s Work” highlighted the destructive effects of racism within nursing – not only for nurses of color and ethnicity, but for all patients, their families, communities, and the profession itself.  Our commitment in providing ethics education to all nurses, to increase knowledge and ethical sensitivity, now calls us to action, to extend the possibility for a registered nurse with a minority ethnic background to join us at the National Nursing Ethics Conference through scholarship support. This is a start to many efforts and programs that advance diversity and inclusivity.

  • Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for one recipient.
  • Criteria: A registered nurse with a minority ethnic background with an interest in developing further knowledge and skills in ethics.
  • Application: At the beginning of the application please include your name, credentials, email, home address, phone and your institution (workplace or school).  Submit a short bio and a brief (no more than 200 words) description of an ethical issue related to justice that you have encountered in your practice. Include an assessment of your gaps in knowledge about ethics along with how you will use the new knowledge obtained at the conference.
  • Submit your application to ethicsofcaringnnec@gmail.com with Scholarship – ME in subject line. 
  • Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.

Deadline to apply is December 15, 2024.

For the 2025 conference Linda Tigert, RN, MSN has generously donated six new scholarships for the NNEC.

Linda Tigert Nursing Scholarships

  • Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration and two nights hotel at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center for two recipients.
  • Criteria:
    • Early Career: One scholarship is reserved for a nurse early in their career (less than five years) who is interested in developing their knowledge in ethics.
    • Active involvement in Ethics: One scholarship is for a clinical nurse who is actively involved in ethics in their institution such as being on the Ethics Committee, providing ethics education, acting as an ethics champion, participating in clinical ethics research, or developing ethics policies.
  • Application: At the beginning of the application please include your name, credentials, email, home address, phone and your institution (workplace or school). Designate which scholarship you are applying for (Early Career or Active Involvement in Ethics). Submit a short bio and a brief (no more than 200 words) description of your interest and/or involvement in ethics. Include how attending this conference will advance your involvement in ethics. 
  • Submit your application to: ethicsofcaringnnec@gmail.com with Scholarship – Linda Tigert in the subject line.
  • Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.

Deadline to apply is December 15, 2024.

Linda Tigert Nursing Faculty Scholarships

  • Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for two recipients.
  • Criteria: Nursing faculty who are actively involved in teaching ethics in their School of Nursing. 
  • Application:  At the beginning of the application please include your name, credentials, email, home address, phone and your institution (workplace or school). Submit a short bio and brief (no more than 200 words) description of your teaching and course development of ethics. Include an assessment of gaps in your ethics knowledge along with how you believe the conference will enhance your teaching ethics.
  • Submit your application to: ethicsofcaringnnec@gmail.com with Scholarship – Faculty in the subject line.
  • Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.

Deadline to apply is December 15, 2024.

Myra Possman Memorial Scholarships

(For employees of Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center)

Myra Possman was best known as the lovable and longtime Head Nurse of Pediatrics at the Santa Monica Hospital, now the UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center. She also served as Director of Maternal Child Health in the late 1980s and early 1990s, before concluding her career as an administrative Analyst in the Quality Department. She retired in 2005, after serving for thirty years.

  • Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for two recipients.
  • Criteria: Must be an employee of Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center.
  • Application: At the beginning of the application please include your name, credentials, email, home address, phone and your institution (workplace or school). Submit a short bio and brief (no more than 200 words) description of an ethical issue that you find challenging in your clinical setting. Include an assessment of your gaps in knowledge about ethics along with how you will use the new knowledge obtained at the conference. 
  • Selection will be made by representatives from Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center.
  • Submit your application to: ethicsofcaringnnec@gmail.com with Scholarship – Myra Possman Memorial in subject line.
  • Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.

Deadline to apply is January 1, 2025.

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