Scholarships
Philanthropic giving allows the UIC College of Nursing to award hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships annually
The College of Nursing encourages students to take full advantage of all scholarship opportunities available both internally and externally. Specifically, the college provides financial support to undergraduate and graduate students in the form of scholarships from many generous donors at varied levels and varying lengths throughout each year.
Current students as well as applicants to a College of Nursing degree program are eligible to apply for scholarship awards. Scholarship applications are evaluated on the basis of academic achievement, financial need and leadership/service experience.
The application opens each December and is due in early March. U.S. citizens and permanent residents applying for support are required to file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form. Non-U.S. citizens must complete a supplemental financial application which will become available with the scholarship application. Scholarship decisions are sent out via email by the end of June.
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– seeking your first baccalaureate degree
– a new first-year or transfer student
– a U.S. citizen, or an eligible undocumented student or non-citizen
– from a household that earns $75,000 per year or less?
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UIC Nursing Scholarship Application
The 2025-2026 Nursing Scholarship Application is now closed.
This page will be updated in the coming months with details on scholarship opportunities available for the 2026-2027 academic year.
For planning purposes, here is last year’s application timeline:
- March 28, 2025: Application closed
- March – June 2024: Scholarship applications are reviewed
- June – July 2025: Preliminary scholarship notifications sent via email
- July 2025: Nursing scholarship award notification sent via email.
- August 2025: Nursing scholarship applied to students’ accounts
Current UIC Nursing Students
All currently enrolled nursing students returning for 2025-26 academic year, must complete the SnAP Nursing Scholarship Application. This application is for all currently enrolled Nursing Graduate and Undergraduate Nursing Students. To clarify; this means any students who will be a senior or returning graduate nursing student for 2025-26. Follow the steps listed below. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
- Login to application section of Scholarship and Awards Program (SnAP) with your UIC Netid and password.
- Fill out the SnAP “General Application” and the “College of Nursing Application” by Friday, March 28, 2025.
- Submit 2025-26 FAFSA no later than 5 p.m. CT on Friday, March 28, 2025.
- U.S. citizens and permanent residents:
- Must complete and submit the 2025-26 Nursing Scholarship Application by March 28, 2025.
- Must submit FAFSA to the University of Illinois Chicago by March 28, 2025. FAFSA will automatically send this information to UIC Financial Aid Office.
- Non-U.S. citizens and international students:
- Must complete and submit the 2025-26 Nursing Scholarship Application by March 28, 2025.
- Are not required to file a FAFSA Application but must complete and submit the Nursing Supplemental Form by Friday, March 28, 2025. Failure to submit this form can result in an incomplete scholarship application.
- DACA students:
- Submit the 2025-26 Alternative Application for Illinois Financial Aid (Alternative Application). Further details are provided on the Illinois Student Assistance Commission’s website.
- Save the document as “Last Name_First Name_2025-2026 AA FAFSA”
- Submit to the secure box account linked below by Friday, March 28, 2025. Failure to save and upload your document can result in an incomplete scholarship application.
Prospective UIC Nursing Applicants
All students who are applying for admission to a UIC Nursing program—undergraduate or graduate—for the 2025-26 academic year are eligible to apply for the 2025-26 Qualtrics Nursing Scholarship Application. This application is for all applicants who are NOT currently enrolled in a nursing graduate or undergraduate program. To clarify, this means any students who will be a junior or new graduate nursing student for 2025-26. Follow the steps listed below. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
- Must complete the Qualtrics Nursing Scholarship Application no later than 5 p.m. CT on Friday, March 28, 2025, to be considered for nursing scholarships for 2025-26 academic year. Students must be anticipating on completing upper-division level nursing courses and/or graduate nursing courses during the 2025-2026 academic year.
- Submit 2025-26 FAFSA no later than 5 p.m. CT on Friday, March 28, 2025.
- U.S. citizens and permanent residents:
- Must complete and submit the 2025-26 Nursing Scholarship Application by March 28, 2025
- Must submit the 2025-26 FAFSA to the University of Illinois Chicago by March 28, 2025. FAFSA will automatically send this information to the UIC Financial Aid Office.
- Non-U.S. citizens and international students:
- Must complete & submit the 2025-26 Nursing Scholarship Application by March 28, 2025.
- Are not required to file a FAFSA application but must complete the Nursing Supplemental Form by March 28, 2025. Failure to submit this form can result in an incomplete scholarship application.
- DACA students:
- Submit the 2025-26 Alternative Application for Illinois Financial Aid (Alternative Application). Further details are provided on the Illinois Student Assistance Commission’s website.
- Save the document as “Last Name_First Name_2025-26 AA FAFSA”
- Submit to the secure box account linked below by Friday, March 28, 2025. Failure to save and upload your document can result in an incomplete scholarship application.
Questions?
If you have questions specifically about scholarships issued through the UIC College of Nursing, please email Caitlyn Cannatello.