JNGNY SCHOLARSHIPS
JNGNY Scholarship For Students Attending Nursing School in Jamaica
JAMAICA NURSES GROUP OF NEW YORK
Scholarship Criteria For Students Attending Nursing School in Jamaica. The closing date for the receipt of applications and required documentation is August 30th, 2026 (postmarked).
Scholarship Criteria For Students Attending Nursing School in Jamaica. The closing date for the receipt of applications and required documentation is August 30th, 2026 (postmarked).
Student must meet the following criteria:
- Be a native Jamaican who resides and attends school in Jamaica
- Have a minimum GPA of 3.5
- Be matriculated in a nursing program and completed two (2) nursing courses
- Demonstrates sensitivity to patient’s needs
- Demonstrate the need for financial assistance
- Actively participates in community activities or school’s professional organization(s)
Interested applicants or students must complete a two-page essay delineating their professional goals, reason for seeking financial assistance and how his/her skills will be used after graduation to enhance continued growth of the nursing profession in Jamaica and elsewhere.
Other required documents:
- Current official transcript
- Two sealed letters of recommendation from faculty and/or community organization where he/she volunteers
- Completed application form with contact information
- Applications will be reviewed by the Scholarship Committee of JNGNY
The closing date for the receipt of applications and required documentation is August 30th (postmarked). Application received after this date will not be considered.
***If selected, it is the expectation of the organization that you will become an active member of the Nurses Association of Jamaica.”
JNGNY Scholarship For Students in New York
ELIGIBILITY:
1 – Meet one of the following criteria:
- Native Jamaican resident on a student visa
- Native Jamaican living in the five boroughs
- Student of Jamaican parents
2 – Student must
- have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
- be matriculated in the nursing program and completed at least two nursing courses
- be sensitive to patients’ needs demonstrate the need for financial assistance
- be involved in community activities and schools’ professional organization
3 – Student must
Submit no more than two pages of stated professional goal, reason for seeking assistance, how his/her talent and skills could be used after graduation to enhance continued growth and progress of the Jamaica Nurses Group of New York, Inc.
Submit a copy of current transcript.
Submit 2 sealed letters of recommendation- one from faculty and one from community organization where she/he volunteers.