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GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

To recognize and promote excellence in nursing care of mothers and babies, the March of Dimes offers several $5,000 scholarships annually to registered nurses enrolled in graduate programs of maternal-child nursing.

Applications for 2012 scholarships were due on January 16, 2012.

Eligibility Requirements

Applicant must be a registered nurse.
Applicant must currently be enrolled in a graduate program in maternal-child nursing at the master's or doctoral level.
Applicant must have at least one academic term to complete after December of the year in which the scholarship is awarded.
Applicant must be a member of at least one of the following professional organizations: the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses; the American College of Nurse-Midwives; or the National Association of Neonatal Nurses.
Applicant cannot be a previous recipient of the March of Dimes graduate nursing scholarship.
Employees of the March of Dimes, members of its Board of Trustees, and their family members are not eligible.

Scholarship recipients are announced in May each year.

To download the application, click here.

Previous Recipients

2011
Rachel Newhouse, RN, Chicago, IL, University of Illinois at Chicago

Julia Vigdis Perkins, RN, Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University & Shenandoah University

Rebecca M. Pfender, RN, BSN, Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania

Annie J. Rohan, MSN, RNC, NNP/PNP, Stony Brook, NY, Columbia University

2010
Kirsten Hanrahan, ARNP, DNPc , Iowa City, IA, University of Iowa

Amana Alcala Moss, MN, RN, Corvallis, OR, Oregon Health and Science University

Amy E. Starke, MPH, RN, Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan

Leah M. Peterson, RN, SNM, San Francisco, CA, University of California, San Francisco

2009
MaryJane Lewitt, RN, CNM, MN, Atlanta, GA, Emory University

Priscilla M. Nodine, CNM, MS, Lakewood, CO, University of Colorado at Denver

Ping Jin Porter, RN, BSN, SNM, Albuquerque, NM, University of New Mexico

Lauren Thorngate, Ph(c), RN, CCRN, Seattle, WA, University of Washington

2008
Ashley E. Darcy, BSN, RN, Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania

Lorie Smith Goshin, RN, MSN, New York, NY, Columbia University

Cynthia Jensen, RN, BSN, CCRN, San Francisco, CA, University of California

Amy Law, MS, CNM, San Francisco, CA, University of California

Ana Luisa Ralston, RN, Washington, D.C., Georgetown University

Libby Averill Rosen, RN, BSN, PhDc, Kansas City, KS Kansas University

Erin Hannah Tenney, RN, BSN, Hyden, KY, Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing

Kristin VanderEnde, RN, MSN, CNM, Atlanta, GA, Emory University

2007
Anjli Aurora, RN, MPH, Duluth, GA, Emory University

Sandra A. Banta-Wright, RNC, MN, NNP, Portland, OR, Oregon Health & Science University

Jessica Brumley, CNM, Tampa, FL, University of South Florida

Jane M. DeLuca, RN, PNP, APNG, Rochester, NY, University of Rochester

Laura R. Jenson, RN, SNM, Portland, OR, Oregon Health & Science University

Laura Kostura, RN. Georgetown, MA, Currently on active duty in Iraq. University of Cincinnati

2006
Kate E. Becker, RN, BSN, MTS, Philadelphia, PA, University of Pennsylvania

Mary Ann Dominick, RN, Mentor on the Lake, OH, Case Western Reserve University

Dawn Kingston, RN, MSC, Ontario, Canada, McMaster University

Gwen Latendresse, CNM, MS, PhD(c), West Jordan, UT, University of Utah

Jody Lori, CNM, Ann Arbor, MI, University of Arizona

Nicole Rouhana, CNM, Vestal, NY, Binghamton University

2005
Mary K. Barger, CNM, Cambridge, MA, Boston University

Robin Cutler Bratt, RN, Minneapolis, MN, University of Minnesota

Julia Chachere, SNM, MPH, Sag Harbor, NY, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Kathleen Utter King, CNM, Rochester, NY, University of Rochester

Rebecca Matthews, RN, Jonesboro, AR, University of Tennessee

Elizabeth A. Thomas, MSN, RNC, PhD(c), Lubbock, TX, University of Arizona

2004
Robin B. Knobel, RNC, MSN, NNP, Greenville, NC, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Christie N. Lawrence, RN, BSN, Country Club Hills, IL, University of Illinois at Chicago

Gina Novick, CNM, MSN, Hamden, CT, Yale University

Bridget Rene Robinson, RN, BSN, Trenton, MO, University of Kansas Medical Center

2003
Margie A. Campbell, RNC, Columbus, IN
Dawn E. Dailey, RN, MSN, CS, Vacaville, CA
Kelli Dyer, BSN, RN, ICCE, Columbus, GA
Debra L. Hamilton, RN, BSN, CCM, CNLCP, Cheyenne, WY

2002
Jo Ann Dotson, RN, MSN, Helena, MT
Judith Hilton, MSN, RNC, Hickory, NC
Barbara McFarlin, CNM, MS, RDMS, Chicago, IL
Linda Shewey, ICCE, RN, PhD, Kent, WA

2001
Carolyn Constantin, MSN, RNC, Atlanta, GA
Cecily Floyd, BSRN, Pocatello, ID
Eileen Ehudin Pagano, CNM, Columbia, MD
Laura Warren, RN, Oakland, CA

2000
Emily Merideth, RN, MPH, Berkeley, CA
Therese McMahan, RNC, MSN, OGNP, Somerville, MA
Verna J. Schad, RN, MS, FNP, SNM, Lantry, SD
Laura B. Strange, RN, MN, Dunwoody, GA

1999
Terry Griffin, RNC, MS, NNP, Long Grove, IL
Wendy Rasso, RN, Pueblo, CO

1998
Ginger L. Breedlove, CNM, MSN, Kansas City, MO
Carol Sue Omel, RN, MPH, Portland, OR

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