Scholarships and grants

• The March of Dimes awards community-based program grants.
• Scholarships are available for graduate perinatal nurses.
• The Agnes Higgins Award spotlights maternal-fetal nutrition.

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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 2013 scholarships are due on January 15, 2013.

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.

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