About the scholarship
The Helene Fuld Health Trust Scholarship is for Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (ABSN) candidates who demonstrate academic excellence and promise, capacity for leadership in the nursing profession, and financial need. Selected students will be known as Fuld Scholars and will receive up to $10,000 in Fuld Scholarship aid based on the applicant's merit and financial need.
The Helene Fuld Health Trust is the nation’s largest trust devoted exclusively to student nurses and nursing education. In 2018, UNE’s nursing program earned a substantial Helene Fuld Health Trust scholarship grant for students enrolled in the ABSN program who file for financial aid.
Helene Fuld Health Trust Scholarship Application
We are extremely proud of our nursing program and honored to be selected for this award by the largest charitable trust in the country devoted to nursing education. The Helene Fuld Health Trust’s support is a wonderful testament to UNE’s reputation for excellence and the talent of its faculty and students.” — Karen Pardue, dean, Westbrook College of Health Professions
Helene Schwab Fuld had a passionate interest in health during her lifetime. After her death in 1923, her children Leonhard and Florentine created a foundation to honor her memory. Leonhard was a fervent advocate for public health, and in the early 1960’s he focused the foundation’s giving to “the improvement of the health and welfare of student nurses.”
UNE’s Helene Fuld Health Trust scholarship grant is a prestigious honor. Through this award, UNE’s nursing program has joined with renowned nursing schools around the country ambassadors for excellence in nursing by the Helene Fuld Health Trust. UNE is the only nursing school in Maine and northern New England to achieve this distinction.
