Nursing Scholarships

Investment in the Future of Nursing Fund

Driven by our vision that every patient across the emergency spectrum will receive care from a BCEN-certified nurse, BCEN’s Investment in the Future of Nursing Fund offers scholarships for individual nurses to obtain initial certification, recertification or attend a BCEN Learn Live conference.

Offered for the first time in 2025, the current award cycle for BCEN’s Investment in the Future of Nursing Fund is July 14 to August 3, 2025. Each recipient may only receive one scholarship award in one category per calendar year. For full scholarship terms and conditions, please carefully review the Program Description.

Certification & Recertification Scholarships

 

 

 

 

 

 

BCEN will proudly award funding for up to 20 initial certification exams and up to 25 recertification exams in this award cycle. Funding will be awarded in the form of a voucher to be used for payment by the award recipient and is applicable to any BCEN certification exam, including the CEN, CPEN, CBRN, TCRN, CFRN, or CTRN. The certification exam must be completed within 12 months of the date the voucher is awarded. Similarly, recertification, whether by exam or CE attestation, must be accomplished within 12 months of the date the voucher is awarded. Registered Nurses with an unencumbered nursing license are eligible to apply for these BCEN scholarships once per calendar year. Those interested in the recertification scholarship must also hold a current BCEN credential.

BCEN Learn Live Scholarships

BCEN will also proudly award funding for up to 5 BCEN Learn Live conference registrations applicable to the BCEN Learn Live Destin conference taking place October 13-15, 2025, in Destin, Florida. Each award recipient will receive one complimentary conference registration, a choice of attending one pre-conference session, and two nights of hotel room and tax at the event hotel selected by BCEN. Award recipients will be responsible for all other expenses related to attending BCEN Learn Live, including any applicable taxes, all travel expenses, including airfare, ground transportation fees and expenses, meals and other expenses. Registered Nurses with an unencumbered nursing license are eligible to apply for this BCEN scholarship once per calendar year.

Academic Scholarships

As part of our commitment to helping current and aspiring emergency, trauma, transport and burn nurses achieve all of their professional development goals, BCEN funds approximately 50 academic nursing scholarships each year.

Inclusive of BCEN’s 2024 scholarship contributions totaling $155,000, BCEN has donated over $1.5 million to fund scholarships for nursing students since 2012.

BCEN proudly:

• Donates to established scholarship programs to fund undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral scholarships for BCEN-certified nurses
• Funds paramedic-to-BSN scholarships for paramedics committed to becoming BCEN-certified RNs
• Donates $10,000 to ASTNA’s bereavement fund

To apply for BCEN-funded academic scholarships, please visit our partner organizations’ websites here:

• Emergency Nurses Association (ENA)
• Society of Trauma Nurses (STN)
• Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA)
• Foundation of the National Student Nurses’ Association (FNSNA)

Scholarship applications typically open early in the calendar year for ENA and STN. FNSNA applications open in September, and ASTNA applications typically open by November.**Please check each organization’s website for current year application deadlines and complete eligibility information.

Current Year Scholarship Contributions and Most Recent Awardees: