Nursing Scholarship Application Form

Streamline Your Nursing Scholarship Applications with Paperform

Finding and securing nursing scholarships can be a complex process for both educational institutions and aspiring nurses. This Nursing Scholarship Application Form template transforms what's typically a paper-heavy, multi-step ordeal into a streamlined digital experience that respects applicants' time while gathering all the documentation you need.

Built for Healthcare Education Programs and Nursing Schools

Whether you're managing scholarships for an academic nursing program, a healthcare foundation, or a professional nursing association, this template handles the full application lifecycle. It collects academic transcripts, essays, clinical hours verification, financial need documentation, and reference letters—all in one organized submission.

The form intelligently uses conditional logic to show relevant questions based on applicant circumstances. Students indicating financial need see additional documentation requirements, while those with prior clinical experience can detail their hours and placements. This keeps the form lean for every applicant while ensuring you collect complete information where it matters.

Professional, Accessible, and On-Brand

Paperform's doc-style editor means you can customize every aspect of this template to match your institution's branding—fonts, colors, logos, and background images all update globally. The form works beautifully on mobile devices, crucial for busy nursing students juggling clinicals, coursework, and applications.

Use file upload fields for transcripts, financial documents, and supporting materials, with clear file type restrictions and size limits. Essay responses use multi-line text fields with optional character counts, helping applicants stay within your guidelines. The form automatically validates required fields, email addresses, and phone numbers before submission.

Automate Your Review Workflow with Stepper

Once applications arrive, you can use Stepper to route submissions through your review process automatically. Send confirmation emails to applicants, notify reviewers when new submissions arrive, create tracking spreadsheets, and even score applications based on specific criteria. Conditional workflows mean urgent applications or those meeting threshold requirements can be fast-tracked to decision-makers.

Connect reference request forms directly to applicant submissions, tracking which letters have been received and sending automated reminders to recommenders who haven't responded. This eliminates the manual tracking that typically bogs down scholarship administration.

Secure Document Collection and FERPA Compliance

Paperform is SOC 2 Type II compliant with robust security measures protecting sensitive student information. All file uploads are encrypted, and you can control access through roles and permissions, ensuring only authorized committee members review applications.

While Paperform isn't HIPAA-compliant, it provides the security framework educational institutions need for scholarship programs, including data residency controls and secure submission storage.

Perfect For

• Nursing schools and universities managing institutional scholarship programs
• Healthcare foundations awarding grants to future nurses
• Professional nursing organizations supporting members through education
• Hospital systems investing in future workforce development
• Specialty nursing associations funding certifications and advanced degrees

Integrate With Your Existing Tools

Connect this form to your student information system, CRM, or spreadsheet tools through native integrations or Stepper workflows. Applications can automatically populate selection committees' project management tools, trigger calendar events for review deadlines, or sync with communication platforms for collaborative evaluation.

Financial aid offices can receive flagged notifications when applications indicate exceptional need, while academic affairs teams can track transcript submissions and GPA thresholds in real-time.

AI-Powered Application Review

After submission deadlines close, use AI Insights to analyze essay responses at scale, identifying common themes, standout narratives, and alignment with your program's values. This helps review committees work more efficiently through large applicant pools while maintaining fairness and attention to individual stories.

Easy Customization for Your Program

This template includes standard nursing scholarship requirements, but you can easily modify sections for specific awards—add questions about specialty interests for critical care scholarships, rural practice commitments for community health awards, or research experience for academic excellence programs.

The calculation engine can even help applicants understand their award eligibility based on credit hours, enrollment status, or other program-specific criteria, improving application quality by helping students self-screen before submission.

Get Started in Minutes

With Paperform's AI form builder, you can describe specific modifications in plain language—"add a question about veteran status" or "include fields for previous degrees"—and watch the form update instantly. Then refine the details using the same intuitive editor.

Join the thousands of educational institutions and healthcare organizations using Paperform to modernize their application processes, reduce administrative burden, and create better experiences for the next generation of nursing professionals.