Hope for Healing Scholarship

The Hope for Healing Scholarship is an evergreen offering that awards two recipients annually. The purpose of the scholarship, awarded to one undergraduate and one graduate student each year, is to encourage more of America’s best and brightest to pursue a vocation in the field of addiction and mental health.

Who Can Apply?

• Any Undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled in a degree program in mental/behavioral health, nursing, or addiction medicine
• We Welcome: Veterans, minorities, and people with disabilities currently enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate degree program in mental/behavioral, nursing, or addiction medicine. (This is not a requirement for applying)

Deadline for Applications and Timeline for Award

FHE Health is currently accepting applications for two Hope for Healing scholarships:

• A $5,000 scholarship to one qualified, college-level applicant enrolled in an undergraduate program of study
• A $5,000 scholarship to one qualified, graduate-level applicant enrolled in a Masters or Doctorate program of study

This is a continuously running scholarship, the next group of winners will be announced on March 10th, 2025.

Scholarship award money will be paid directly to the school in which the student will be enrolled on May 1st 2024.

Undergraduate

• Undergraduate Scholarship applicants must be currently enrolled in a four-year degree program or show proof of acceptance to an institution that offers four-year degrees.
• Must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the last completed academic year at a four-year institution, a GPA of 3.0 or higher in the most recent quarter or semester, or if no college has been completed a 3.5 high school GPA.
• Academic focus in the area of mental and behavioral health or psychiatric nursing as demonstrated by a major or minor course of study

Graduate

• Graduate Scholarship applicants must be currently enrolled in a graduate degree program or show proof of acceptance to an institution that offers Masters and Doctorate degrees.
• Must have graduated from an accredited four-year institution with a GPA of 3.0 or higher
• Academic focus in an area of study related to mental and behavioral health, nursing or addiction medicine

Application Requirements

All applicants are required to complete a form on this website page. From those applicants, finalists will be selected.

All applicants will be required to submit the following materials:

• High school or college transcripts
• Proof of current college enrollment or acceptance
• Documentation of course of study
• A typed essay that describes why you are pursuing study in mental and behavioral health, nursing or addiction medicine, and what you want to contribute to the field
• A completed application form

The Selection Process

200 qualified applications (100 undergrad 100 grad) will be chosen for review by drawing. Our Scholarship board will review the 200 selected applications for:

• Academic performance.
• Quality of essay.
• And the applicant’s potential for positive impact on the field of mental and behavioral health (as demonstrated by the essay and level of current volunteer activities or employment in the field).