Funding | College of Nursing | Michigan State University

Financial support for your nursing education

Several financial assistance resources are available to College of Nursing students and applicants.

Scholarships are open to all nursing students who meet the eligibility requirements described for each award on the Scholarship page. You must be enrolled and in good standing in a College of Nursing undergraduate or graduate program.

Once you apply, you are automatically considered for all scholarships for which you are eligible. However, you are encouraged to note those scholarships which are of particular interest on your application.

Selection and Notification of Recipients
Selection criteria vary for individual scholarships but may include academic achievement, financial need, leadership, and extracurricular involvement.

Scholarship applications are due March 1 of each year, and recipients are notified in May. If you are selected, your scholarship award(s) will be credited to your student account in the following fall semester.

Instructions:

Please complete the scholarship application relevant to your program:
• Undergraduate Scholarship Application
• Graduate Scholarship Application (Advanced Practice)
• PhD Scholarship Application
Please include contact information for one academic reference within the application.
All application materials must be received on or before March 1 for full consideration.
For a full list of scholarships, visit our Scholarships webpage.

For a full list of scholarships, please visit our Scholarship page.

Graduate Fellowships
Michigan State University and College of Nursing Graduate Fellowships provide awards toward the payment of tuition and fees for selected students. Preference is given to full-time students.
Nursing Faculty Loan Program (NFLP)
College of Nursing Graduate Assistantships
The College of Nursing will periodically have a need for graduate assistantships for new and returning students. Graduate students who are in good standing and actively pursuing a graduate degree program are eligible for a graduate assistantship. Graduate assistants may assist in teaching nursing courses, be part of a faculty member’s research project or provide other services to the College. Assistantships are offered as a quarter time (10 hours per week); one-half time (20 hours per week) or three-quarter-time (30 hours per week) appointment. More details about assistantships can be found on the Graduate School's Graduate Assistantship webpage.

Assistantship benefits include:
- A bi-weekly stipend
- A tuition waiver of up to nine credits per semester fall and spring and five credits during the summer
- Enrollment in the university's graduate assistant health plan

There are three types of graduate assistantships: teaching, teaching exclusion and research:

Research assistantship: includes but is not limited to assisting faculty with research grant whose area of research focus is similar to their own
Teaching assistantship: includes but is not limited to preparing handouts, monitoring examinations, and other instructional duties
Teaching exclusion assistantship: see complete list of Teaching exclusion list here: https://www.hr.msu.edu/contracts/documents/GEU2015-2019.pdf

Please contact the Office of Student Affairs, at CON.SpartanNursing@msu.edu for more information.

Overview of Financial Assistance for Graduate Students

(University) Graduate Assistantships

Graduate School Funding