Nursing Scholarships
BCEN’s individual and organizational scholarship donations help nursing students and BCEN nurses achieve their academic goals, fund a certification exam, or attend a BCEN Learn Live conference.
Certification & Recertification Scholarships | Conference Scholarships | Academic Scholarships
Investment in the Future of Nursing Fund
Driven by our vision that every patient across the emergency spectrum will receive care from a BCEN-certified nurse, BCEN’s Investment in the Future of Nursing Fund offers professional development scholarships for individual nurses to obtain initial certification, recertification or attend a BCEN Learn Live conference.
Certification & Recertification Scholarships
BCEN will award funding for up to 20 initial certification exams and up to 25 recertification exams in this award cycle. Funding will be awarded in the form of a BCEN Voucher to be used for payment by the award recipient and is applicable to any BCEN certification exam, including the CEN, CPEN, CBRN, TCRN, CFRN, or CTRN.
Initial certification exam or recertification, whether by exam or CE attestation, must be accomplished within 12 months of the date the voucher is awarded. Registered Nurses with an unencumbered nursing license are eligible to apply for these BCEN scholarships once per calendar year. Those interested in the recertification scholarship must hold a current BCEN credential.
BCEN Learn Live Scholarships
BCEN will also award funding for up to 5 BCEN Learn Live conference registrations applicable to the BCEN Learn Live Las Vegas conference taking place July 21-23, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Each award recipient will receive one complimentary conference registration, a choice of attending one pre-conference session, and two nights of hotel room and tax at the event hotel selected by BCEN.
Award recipients will be responsible for all other expenses related to attending BCEN Learn Live, including any applicable taxes, all travel expenses, including airfare, ground transportation fees and expenses, meals and other expenses. Registered Nurses with an unencumbered nursing license are eligible to apply for this BCEN scholarship once per calendar year.
Nursing Professional Development Scholarship Application
Applications will be evaluated based on the clarity, completeness, and relevance of the information provided in response to each required section of the online application form. Reviewers will assess how well applicants address each question, demonstrate need, and align with the goals and expectations outlined in the official Program Description.
Submission Deadline: Monday, March 16, 2026 at 11:59pm CT. Recipients will be notified on April 21, 2026 and have 48 hours to accept the scholarship. Review the program description for full details.
Past Scholarship Recipients
Investment in the Future of Nursing Fund - 2025
Initial Certification Scholarship
- Phillip Aguet
- Beth Aller
- Hayley Baldwin
- Lance Burden
- Samuel Canales
- Teresa Deviese
- Alexis Espravnik
- Alex Fiala
- Kristin Gonzales
- Michael Green
- Abbey Haas
- Mackenzie Head
- Benjamin Hernandez
- Cheryl Imlay
- Josh Keegan
- Marhsall Mann
- Christina Matias
- Angel Olivera
- Victoria Palandati
- Antonia Roberts
- Katherine Roberts
- Marisa Sligh
- Jennifer Swinney
- Danielle Thomas
- Natasha Tolentino
- Michaella Vecchiarelli
- Addison Watson
- Stephanie Wise
Recertification Scholarship
- Kristi Adams
- Amanda Aguayo
- Jason Farmer
- Anthony Harris
- Carolyn Hill
- Steven Jacobson
- Charissa A Lynn
- Breanna Mendoza
- Bryan Plummer
- Stacey Richerbach
- Diana Ryder
- Gina Slobogin
- Vivian Stewart
- Savanna Suydam
- Michael Yim
BCEN Learn Live Conference Scholarship
- Danielle Daniel
- Jana Kling
- Alexandra Laidman
- Katherine Mulig
- Kristina R Parrish
Academic Scholarships
As part of our commitment to helping current and aspiring emergency, trauma, transport and burn nurses achieve all of their professional development goals, BCEN funds approximately 50 academic nursing scholarships each year.
BCEN has donated over $1.5 million to fund scholarships for nursing students since 2012.
BCEN proudly:
Donates to established scholarship programs to fund undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral scholarships for BCEN-certified nurses.
Funds paramedic-to-BSN scholarships for paramedics committed to becoming BCEN-certified RNs.
Donates $10,000 to the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) bereavement fund.
How to Apply
To apply for BCEN-funded academic scholarships, please visit our partner organizations’ websites.
Scholarship applications typically open early in the calendar year for ENA and STN. FNSNA applications open in September, and ASTNA applications typically open by November. See each organization’s website for current year application deadlines and complete eligibility information.
Recent Scholarship Contributions and Awardees:
ENA Foundation Scholarship - $40,000
2025 Winners
BCEN Doctoral Scholarship Recipients
- Olivia A Brothers, RN, MSN, CEN (AZ)
- Rebecca VanStanton, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN (MI)
BCEN Master’s Scholarship Recipients
- Andrea Frederick, BSN, RN, CEN (FL)
- David Short, MBA, BSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, NR-P, FP-C (NC)
- Kenneth Dock Fox, BSN, RN, CEN, SAFE (CT)
- Maddison Barbarick, BSN, RN, NREMT-P, CEN (IN)
- Pavel Borisov, BSN, RN, CEN (CO)
- Sherah Lewis, RN, MSN, CEN (AK)
Society of Trauma Nurses (STN) Scholarship - $35,000
2025 Winners
BCEN Doctoral Scholarship Recipients
- Jason Carter, MSN, RN, NRP, NE-BC, CEN, TCRN, CPEN, CTRN, CFRN
- Luis Caso Vega, MBA, BSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, NE-BC, TCRN
- Jennifer Colona, MSN, RN, CCRN, TCRN
- Shawn Moreau, MSN, TCRN, CEN
- Dorian Patterson, MSN, RN, CEN, TCRN
- Rebecca VanStanton, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN, TCRN
- Katherine Wright, MSN, RN, CCRN, TCRN
BCEN Graduate Scholarship Recipients
- Brooklyn Campbell, BSN, RN, TCRN
- Anthony Deluvia, BSN, RN, TCRN, TNS
- Britney Ewers, MBA, BSN, RN, CFRN, TCRN
- Jamie Florentine, BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN
- Jennifer Kubisz, BSN, RN, TCRN
- Lisa Lemanski, BSN, RN, CCRN, CEN, TCRN
- Samantha Nicholls, BSN, RN, CEN, TCRN, OR-SANE
- Emily Russell, BSN, RN, TCRN
- Jason Vest, BSN, RN, CCRN, CFRN, CTRN, TCRN, EMT
BCEN Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients
- Heather Bohrisch, RN
- Michael Colona, RN, TCRN
Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) - $35,000
2024 Winners
BCEN Doctoral Scholarship Recipients
- Jonathan T Baxter
- Justin Brooks
BCEN Graduate Scholarship Recipients
- Jeffrey Begay
- Jamie Eastman
- Matt Jenson
- Katherine Mulig
- Joseph Neimann
- Jason Vest
BCEN Paramedic Scholarship Recipients
- Jeffry Massie
- Timothy Whitlock
BCEN Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients
- Krista Christian
- Kristopher Martin
Foundation of the National Student Nurses Association (FNSNA) - $35,000
2025 Winners
- Maxeen Abrams, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
- Brianna Aguirre, California Baptist University, Riverside, CA
- Nicole Aibinder, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
- Julia Hertz, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA
- Kennedy MacIntosh, Widener University, Chester, PA
- Cicely Nichols, Baptist Health Sciences University, Memphis, TN
- Chaise Roberts, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
- Sierra Stanworth, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
- Ashley Telusma, Chamberlain University, Miramar, FL
- Cody Walker, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
- Serena Wilson, Clarkson College, Omaha, NE