2025 Scholarships
The Wisconsin League for Nursing (WLN) Scholarship Committee is committed to our mission:
"IMPACTING THE LIFELONG LEARNING OF NURSES IN DIVERSE HEALTH CARE ENVIRONMENTS"
WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2025 YEAR. SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS CLOSED ON 10-18-2025 at 12:00AM - Next year's applications will open in mid-September 2026.
To achieve this mission, the WLN Scholarship Committee actively searches for and applies to various grants to receive funding to distribute to students enrolled in nursing programs. Each scholarship grant has different eligibility criteria. The Scholarship Committee reviews all scholarship applications and awards available monies to individuals whose application matches the philosophy of the scholarship funds received.
In order to be eligible to receive a scholarship from the WLN, students MUST BE a Wisconsin resident currently enrolled in a School of Nursing. Scholarship winners are notified prior to WLN Fall conference and awarded at the Fall Conference.
This year, we are pleased to announce we currently have 9 scholarships that we will be awarding! Choose the scholarship application based on eligibility for the scholarship based on your academic enrollment and educational pathway. Feel free to apply for more than one scholarship.
- The Deaconess Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association provides seven scholarships for AY 2025/2026 to support nurses enrolled in nursing programs - each scholarship award is $1,000.
- The Wisconsin League for Nursing (WLN) Nursing Heroes Scholarship will select one student to receive the $250 scholarship, to honor Wisconsin nurse educators who died due to COVID-19. Help us reach our goal of $10,000! Make a tax-deductible donation to this scholarship today.
- The Ruth Seris Gresley Scholarship Fund will award $500 to one student selected by the Wisconsin League for Nursing (WLN). Click here to review Ruth Seris Gresley's Biography.
NOTE: All scholarship applications are due October 17, 2025 by 11:59PM for consideration.
The short essays limit responses to 500 characters (please note character count is different than word count).
