Deloras Jones Scholarship

Applicants to the Deloras Jones RN Scholarship Program must:

• Not be an employee or affiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
• Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. Non-U.S. citizens must submit a photocopy of their Permanent Resident Card. Student visas or temporary Employment Authorizations are not accepted.
• Be enrolled in one of the Pre-approved Kaiser Permanente Affiliate Nursing Programs.
• Be a California resident residing in Southern California
• Be enrolled in an accredited school in a Southern California BRN-approved Associate Degree in Nursing(ADN), Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or entry-level Master of Science in Nursing (MSN/MN).

OR

• Be enrolled in a CCNE-accredited post-graduate Master of Science in Nursing (MSN, MN) or Doctoral Program in Nursing (PhD, DNSc, or DNP).
• Have completed at least one academic term (semester/quarter or its equivalent) or nursing program coursework including at least one clinical nursing course with a clinical rotation (not a lab course) by August 1, 2025.
• Part-time applicants will be reviewed and considered but preference is given to students enrolled full-time for the upcoming academic year as deemed by the nursing program.
• Have a minimum cumulative GPA (on a 4.0 scale) as of August 1, 2025:
• 3.5 GPA: Academic Excellence Pre-licensure (Students enrolled in CA BRN approved ADN, BSN, entry-level MSN or RN-to-BSN programs.)
• 3.5 GPA: Graduate Studies (Registered Nurses pursuing an MSN or MN degree.)
• 3.5 GPA: Doctoral Studies (Registered Nurses pursuing DNSc, PhD, DNP or other qualified doctoral programs, if the applicant has an MSN/MN degree.)
• 2.5 GPA: Affiliate Schools (Must have completed a minimum of one clinical nursing course with a clinical rotation course (not a lab course) in an affiliate college that sends students to a Kaiser Permanente facility for clinical rotations.)

LVN and NP certificate programs are not eligible.

Awards

Scholarships will be awarded in the following categories if there are qualified applicants and adequate funding is available:

• $2,000: Academic Excellence Pre-licensure (Students enrolled in CA BRN approved ADN, BSN, entry-level MSN or RN-to-BSN programs.)
• $2,500: Graduate Studies (Registered Nurses pursuing an MSN or MN degree.)
• $3,000: Doctoral Studies (Registered Nurses pursuing DNSc, PhD, DNP or other qualified doctoral programs.)
• $1,000: Affiliate Schools (Must have completed a minimum of one clinical nursing course with a clinical rotation course (not a lab course) in an affiliate college that sends students to a Kaiser Permanente facility for clinical rotations.)

Preference is given to students enrolled full-time for the upcoming academic year as deemed by the nursing program.

As part of your application, you must upload the following:

Transcript: 

A current, complete transcript(s) for all college coursework related to nursing. Transcripts can be removed from the envelope to upload and must display student name, school name, grade and credit hours earned for each course, and term in which each course was taken. Relevant coursework may include your current program, prerequisite courses, and/or previous degree programs that were taken into account when applying to your current program. Your transcript(s) must include your GPA and must reflect at least one academic term and one clinical nursing course with a clinical rotation (not a lab course) completed by August 1, 2025. If your school does not use a traditional 4.00 GPA grading system, please provide your school’s grading scale explanation.

Enrollment Form: 

 A completed Confirmation of Acceptance or Enrollment Form (click here to view and print). A letter of acceptance from your school is not acceptable and does not replace this requirement.

Financial:  

A copy of the first two pages of the 1040 tax forms used to report the financial information on the application for which you appear as a taxpayer or dependent.

Other:  

If you are not a U.S. citizen, you must also upload a photocopy of your Permanent Resident Card. Students with visas or temporary Employment Authorizations are not accepted.