Scholarship Opportunity

TO: Nurse Practitioner Students

FROM: Scholarship Committee CANP- Sacramento Chapter

CANP- Sacramento Chapter is offering a scholarship for an NP student currently enrolled in a Nurse Practitioner Program. The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage local students to participate in their state and local professional organization. For NP's the state organization is the California Association for Nurse Practitioners (CANP).

To facilitate this endeavor we will pay the registration fees, lodging and travel expenses for the recipient to attend their California statewide NP meeting. The CANP conference will be held in the Spring, location and date TBA. We will also pay one year's membership fees to CANP CANP- Sacramento Chapter! $1,000 maximum amount of award.

Qualifications for Scholarship: To be eligible for this scholarship, you must be a NP student, currently enrolled and in good standing in a California Nurse Practitioner program, due to graduate in 2010 or beyond, and be a student at the time of the conference. Prospective applicants must also live in the CANP- Sacramento Chapter area. Our Region 6 catchment area includes Yolo, Placer, Solano, Sacramento, El Dorado, Amador and Alpine counties.

Eligibility Criteria: Applicants will be evaluated on the following criteria: Academics, GPA, Leadership, volunteerism, Professional goals and activities.

All of the following must be submitted for consideration: By email: 1. CANP- Sacramento Chapter Scholarship Application Form 2. Letter of interest 3. Professional Goals Form By mail (US Postal Service) if need be: 4. Proof of academic standing (Letter of good standing from school or copy of transcripts)

Submit required forms to:

CANP- Sacramento Chapter Scholarship Committee, c/o Ann Soloway at asoloway@sbcglobal.net or

Mail proof to:

Ann Soloway, FNP-BC 4601 Francis Ct.
Sacramento, CA 95822

Application Deadline: All of the application materials must be submitted on or before October 31, 2010. Late entries will not be considered for review.

The scholarship will be awarded to the lucky recipient at the December 2010 CANP- Sacramento Chapter educational dinner meeting (TBA).

CANP- Sacramento Chapter SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION FORM

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