Other Award Opportunities
University Department Scholarships
Each department has its own scholarship and awards based on its own requirements. For more information, visit the departments' pages.
National and Community Service Program
A new program provides full-time educational awards of $4,725 a year. A student can work before, during or after college and the funds can be used either to pay current educational expenses or to repay federal student loans. Only high school graduates or those students with a GED may participate. For more information call (800) 942-2677 or write to: The Corporation for National and Community Service, 1100 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington DC 20525.
Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students (SDS) Program
The goal of the SDS Program is to support students with financial need in graduating with a B.S. in nursing and then working in medically underserved communities — which are defined as areas or populations that have too few primary care providers, high infant mortality, high poverty or a high percentage of elderly people. Ultimately, the SDS grants aim to increase the diversity of health care professionals and improve health care in communities of need.
The grant enables Mercy to provide at least partial scholarships to cover tuition, fees and textbooks in order to support students in Mercy’s traditional nursing baccalaureate program. Students in the program will conduct their clinical rotations in medically underserved communities or in facilities that serve patients from medically underserved communities. The hope is that at least 75% of these students choose to continue remain in these communities after graduation.
For more information contact Susan Moscou, Program Director, at smoscou@mercy.edu.
Communication Disorders
Scholarships, fellowships and other forms of financial assistance are available for study in speech-language pathology. Interested students should contact ASHA at (800) 638-8255 or (301) 897-5700.
Computer Science, Engineering and Mathematics Scholarship Program
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, this scholarship provides tuition support as well as support for other expenses such as books, supplies, fees and equipment. To be eligible students must be a declared Computer Science, Computer Information Systems or Mathematics major and have completed at least CISC 231; must be a US citizen or national; must be PELL eligible and have a minimum 3.0 GPA and be a full-time student. Selection is made by the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and is competitive. Please see the program director for more information.