The Association of Brethren Caregivers Board awards a limited number of scholarships each year to individuals enrolled in a nursing program. Candidates for the scholarships must be enrolled in a LPN, RN or nursing graduate program and members of the Church of the Brethren. Loans are no longer being offered through this ABC program.

Scholarships of up to $2,000 for RN and graduate nurse candidates and up to $1,000 for LPN candidates will be awarded to a limited number of applicants each year. A preference is given to new applications. Also, a preference will be given to individuals who are in their second year of an associate’s degree or third year of a baccalaureate program. Scholarship recipients are eligible for only one scholarship per degree.

Nominees must be members of the Church of the Brethren. Applications and supporting documentation must be submitted by April 1 to the Association of Brethren Caregivers. Candidates awarded scholarships will be notified in July and funds will be sent in September directly to the appropriate school for the Fall term.

To apply for an ABC Scholarship, print or download this PDF file of the instruction form and application form. To view or print the PDF, you must have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.

Scholarships are awarded from the Health Education and Research Endowment, which was established in 1958 to receive gifts raised through a fund drive authorized by the 1949 Annual Conference to reopen the Bethany Hospital School of Nursing. In 1959, Annual Conference authorized that the resources be placed in an endowment fund with the interest to be used primarily to grant loans and scholarships for nursing students in the school of their choice.