Nursing Students Scholarship Program 2024-25 (FY 2025)

Nursing Students Scholarship Program 2024-25 (FY 2025) is sponsored by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Provides scholarships to eligible professional and vocational nursing students to promote healthcare and educational needs in Texas.

Nursing Students Scholarship Program # 2024 -25 (FY 2025) FACT SHEET To qualify for a scholarship, a student must:  be a resident of Texas;  be registered with Selective Service, or be exempt;  be enrolled in a course of study leading to an undergraduate or graduate degree in professional nursing or one intending to prepare a student for licensure as a licensed vocational nurse;  be enrolled at least half-time; and  have made satisfactory academic progress (SAP) in accordance with their institution's financial aid academic progress requirements.

Discontinuation of Eligibility or Non-Eligibility Unless an extension of eligibility (due to a hardship circumstance) is granted, a student’s eligibility ends: • when the student has attempted 15 credit hours, or the equivalent, beyond the amount required to complete the degree or certificate program in which the student is enrolled.

Please note, in determining eligibility, a student who has received this scholarship during a previous course of study is considered to have started the student’s new course of study with zero credit hours, or the equivalent, attempted if the student: • meets all other eligibility criteria; and • completed the previous course of study by earning the intended degree or certificate.

In the event of a hardship or for other compelling cause, a student who is ineligible to receive the Nursing Students Scholarship may be eligible to receive a scholarship:  while failing to make SAP in accordance with the institution’s financial aid academic progress requirements,  while enrolled less than half-time, and  while enrolled beyond the scholarship receipt limit (relating to Discontinuation of Eligibility or Non-Eligibility).

The institution will determine any acceptable reasons to grant a hardship decision. Each institution must adopt a hardship policy and have the policy available for public review. All hardship decisions must be documented in the student’s record and be available for submission to the THECB, upon request.

This fact sheet highlights requirements that appear in the Texas Education Code (TEC) and Title 19 of the Texas Administrative Code (TAC). This document should be used solely as a resource and does not override the relevant statutes and rules for this program . The Nursing Students Scholarship Program promotes health care and educational needs by providing scholarships to eligible professional and vocational nursing students.

Any public, private, or independent institution of higher education, (see TEC, Title 3, Section 61. 003) , or a nonprofit, tax-exempt, regionally accredited college or university (see TEC, Title 3, Section 61. 651(1)(C)) , are eligible to participate in this program.

Institutions are invited annually to participate in the allocation process for this optional program. Maximum scholarship amounts per semester will vary depending on the type of institution the student attends.

Institutions eligible to participate in the Toward EXcellence, Access, and Success (TEXAS) Grant and Texas Educational Opportunity Grant (TEOG) programs may offer scholarships each semester up to the maximum grant amount for their respective program. Institutions eligible to participate in the Tuition Equalization Grant (TEG) program may offer scholarships each semester up to half the annual TEG exceptional need maximum.

NOTE: This scholarship cannot be used as financial aid to fulfill the TEOG and TEXAS Grant matching requirement for students simultaneously receiving both the scholarship and a TEOG/TEXAS Grant.

> 2024-25 SCHOLARSHIP AMOUNTS > Program Institution Type FY 2025 Sem Max > TEXAS Grant Public Universities & Health Related Institutions > Public State Colleges $1,730 > Public Technical Institutes $4,285 > Public Community Colleges $2,886 > TEG Private/Independent Institutions, $2,905 CONTACT INFORMATION For questions, please call 844-792-2640 or submit a Help Desk ticket through the Grant and Aid Processing Platform. Address: 1801 N.

Congress Ave. , Suite 12. 200, Austin, TX 78701 • Mail: PO Box 12788, Austin, TX 78711-2788 Phone: 512-427-6101 • Fax: 512-427-6127