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NSNA Foundation Scholarships
The Foundation of the National Student Nurses Association (FNSNA) funds undergraduate nursing scholarships through a single Kaleidoscope application. The current portal lists approved nursing pathways, required transcript and faculty forms, and selection based on academics, need, and nursing involvement. Awards pay schools for tuition, fees, and books.
Best for: Enrolled nursing students in approved undergraduate pathways seeking FNSNA awards, and will confirm each award with its sponsor.
Limitation: Applying needs a Kaleidoscope account with faculty and financial aid forms, and FNSNA scholarship web pages open a shop cart.
Foundation tied to the National Student Nurses' Association. Confirm the current application portal (fnsna.org) each year.
Our rating
3.0out of 5
What our research found
Matching Power (1.5 / 5)
- One application covers all undergraduate nursing awards.
- Eligible nursing program types are listed clearly.
- No award list, search or filters on the site.
Scholarship Quality (4.5 / 5)
- The 2027-28 application window runs September 8 to January 11.
- FNSNA is the named foundation sponsor of the awards.
- Portal lists required transcript, faculty and aid forms.
Ease of Use (3.5 / 5)
- Menus and links are readable on a phone screen.
- Applying moves to a separate portal page.
- The page fits phone screens without sideways scrolling.
Privacy & Marketing (3.5 / 5)
- No ads or sweepstakes on the Kaleidoscope apply landing.
- Kaleidoscope policy discloses marketing and ad partner sharing.
- Marketing emails can be unsubscribed; Do Not Track is ignored.
How we rate
Matching Power
How well it helps you find the scholarships it lists, by filtering on location, need, merit, major, college and high school.
A 5 means you can narrow the list by where you live, need, merit, major, college or high school, and a big site brings the best fits to the top. A 1 means little or no way to narrow, and in the middle some filters work but many results still do not fit.
Scholarship Quality
How complete, current and traceable its scholarship listings are.
A 5 means nearly every listing is current, links to the real sponsor and gives enough detail to act on. A 1 means most are out of date, incomplete or do not lead to the sponsor, and in the middle you will need to double check a fair share.
Ease of Use
How easily you can understand the controls and reach actionable scholarship information.
A 5 means clear controls and a quick path from the list to a scholarship and its sponsor, including on a phone. A 1 means walls, confusing steps or a broken phone view keep getting in the way, and the middle is workable with some tradeoffs.
Privacy & Marketing
What data it asks for, how much advertising or sign-up pressure gets in the way, and how much control you have.
A 5 means the site asks only for what it needs, says why, keeps ads and partner offers out of the way and leaves you in control. A 1 means heavy data requests, sign-up pressure, loan offers or sweepstakes get in the way, and the middle has some of that pressure but it stays manageable.
Our ratings are our opinion of each site, not an endorsement or a prediction that you'll win.