Applying for a Scholarship
Scholarships
The Ethics of Caring® (EoC) is committed to providing education for nurses and to help develop the next generation of nursing ethics leaders. Since 2025 we have added scholarships for our social work and chaplain colleagues.
For the 2026 National Nursing Ethics Conference, EoC has continued to provide 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, the Dr. Andrew Jameton’s Memorial Fund, Dr. Carol Taylor, Dr. Kathleen Barta, Dr. Theresa Drought, Linda Tigert; past speakers who donate their honorariums including Dr. Connie Ulrich and Dr. Christine Grady; and many ethics education supporters including Katherine Brown-Saltzman, Sarah Sumner, and Lynn McCormick.
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.
Learn more about making a donation here. 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.
2026 Scholarships
Ann Hamric Memorial Graduate Student Scholarships
Ann Hamric PhD, RN was a professor in nursing ethics and a past recipient of the Ethics of Caring Ethics Leadership Award
- Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for four recipients.
- Criteria: A graduate student in nursing and/or bioethics at the master’s or doctoral level.
- Application Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your educational institution, and short bio.
- A brief (no more than 200 words) description of an ethical issue that has challenged you and how your education will guide you to address this issue. Include an assessment of your gaps in knowledge about ethics along with how you will use the new knowledge obtained at the conference.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
Andrew Jameton Memorial Scholarship
Andrew Jameton, PhD was an ethics professor and researcher who developed the concept of moral distress and was a past recipient of Ethics of Caring Leadership in Ethics Award.
- Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for one recipient.
- Criteria: A registered nurse who has faced moral distress issues in their work.
- Application Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your educational institution, and short bio.
- 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 to address moral distress.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
Ethics of Caring® Scholarships
(formerly termed NNEC Scholarships)
Graciously funded by leaders including:
Dr. Carol Taylor, Dr. Connie Ulrich, Dr. Christine Grady, as well as other EOC donors
- Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for four recipients.
- Criteria: Registered Nurse with an interest in ethics.
- Application Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your educational institution, and short bio.
- A 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.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
Dr. Marsha Fowler Ethics of Caring® Scholarships
(formerly termed NNEC Scholarships)
A scholarship honoring Dr. Fowler’s significant work in nursing ethics.
- Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for one recipient.
- Criteria: Registered Nurse with an interest in ethics.
- Application Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your educational institution, and short bio.
- A 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.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
Ethics of Caring® Scholarships
(formerly termed NNEC Scholarships)
Social Work Scholarship
- Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for one recipient.
- Criteria: Social Worker who is actively involved in ethics work in their institution.
- Application Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your educational institution, and short bio.
- A brief (no more than 200 words) description of your interest and experience in ethics. Include an assessment of gaps in your ethics knowledge along with how you believe the conference will enhance your work in ethics.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
Ethics of Caring® Scholarships
(formerly termed NNEC Scholarships)
Chaplain Scholarship
- Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for one recipient.
- Criteria: Chaplain who is actively involved in ethics work in their institution.
- Application Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your educational institution, and short bio.
- A brief (no more than 200 words) description of your interest and experience in ethics. Include an assessment of gaps in your ethics knowledge along with how you believe the conference will enhance your work in ethics.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
Minority Ethnic Nurse Scholarships
for the NNEC
- Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for one recipient.
- Criteria: A registered nurse with a minority ethnic background who has an interest in developing further knowledge and skills in ethics.
- Application Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your educational institution, and short bio.
- 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.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
Linda Tigert Scholarships
For a second year, Linda Tigert, RN, MSN
has generously donated six scholarships for the NNEC.
Linda Tigert, RN, MSN has attended the Ethics of Caring Conferences for over 30 years
- Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration and two nights hotel at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center for one recipient.
- Criteria: A registered nurse early in their career (less than five years since graduation) who is interested in developing their knowledge in ethics.
- Application Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your educational institution, and short bio.
- 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.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
- Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration and two nights hotel at the UCLA Luskin Conference Center for one recipient.
- Criteria: A registered nurse who is currently in direct patient care and 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 Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your educational institution, and short bio.
- A brief (no more than 200 words) description of your ethics activities in recent years. Include how attending this conference will advance your involvement in ethics.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
- 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 Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your educational institution, and short bio.
- A brief (no more than 200 words) description of the courses you teach and how you incorporate ethics into your teaching Include an assessment of gaps in your ethics knowledge along with how you believe the conference will enhance your teaching ethics.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
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 who has an interest in ethics.
- Application Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your educational institution, and short bio.
- A 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.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
Kathleen Barta Scholarships
Kathleen Barta, EdD, RN is providing three scholarships named for esteemed colleagues retired from the University of Arkansas
- Memorial Scholarship in Honor of Betty Battenfield, EdD, RN for a pre-licensure BSN student.
- Margaret Sullivan, EdD, RN Scholarship for a Registered Nurse in a BSN program
- Evelyn Eldred, EdD, RN Scholarship for a 2025 New BSN Graduate
- Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for one recipient.
- Criteria: Pre-licensure BSN student who has an interest in ethics.
- Application Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your educational institution, and short bio.
- 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.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
- Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for one recipient.
- Criteria: Registered nurse who is a BSN student with an interest in ethics.
- Application Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your educational institution, and short bio.
- 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.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
- Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for one recipients.
- Criteria: 2025 graduate from a BSN program who has an interest in ethics
- Application Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your educational institution, and short bio.
- 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.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
Kaiser Permanente Scholarship
(For a registered nurse from any Kaiser Permanente facility)
Ken Longshaw Memorial Scholarship to honor those nurses who care without judgment or prejudice.
- Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for one recipients.
- Criteria: Registered nurse working at any Kaiser Permanente facility who has demonstrated an active role in ethics work (e.g., Ethics committee member, unit Ethics Champion, provides ethics education, research or policy development).
- Application Includes:
- Your name, credentials, email, phone, your Kaiser Facility and job role, and short bio.
- A brief (no more than 200 words) description of your involvement in ethics. Include how attending this conference will advance your involvement in ethics.
- Post-conference, recipients will write a one-page essay on the impact of the conference.
Deadline to apply is February 2, 2026.
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Scholarship
(For employees of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles)
- Scholarship will provide a two-day conference registration for one registered nurse and one allied health professional
- Contact to Apply: mayache@chla.usc.edu
Deadline to apply is February 23, 2026.
Saint Catherine Scholarship
(Persons affiliated with St. Catherine University, Saint Paul ,MN)
Sponsored by Katherine Brown-Saltzman, MA, RN
- Scholarship will provide registration for NNEC 2026
- Criteria: An undergraduate student at St. Catherine University, SON in Saint Paul, MN
- Faculty will be announcing the recipient
Organizational Scholarships
Please see below for organizational scholarships available to nurses
American Nurses Association California: Conference Scholarships
(Members of ANA California)
- Scholarships of $1000 for California conferences.
- Criteria: Member of American Nurse Association California
- More Information: anacfoundation.org/scholarships
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation (HPNF) NNEC Scholarship
The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation is offering one scholarship to attend the National Nursing Ethics Conference (NNEC), taking place April 16-17, 2026 in Los Angeles, California.
Application Deadline: January 1, 2026.
- This scholarship includes free conference registration, and up to $500 for airfare, $600 for hotel, and $100 for incidentals.
- Apply here: https://advancingexpertcare.smapply.org/prog/hpnf_conference_scholarships/
Deadline to apply is January 1, 2026.