Back to News Final Cohort of RWJF NCIN Program Awards Grants to 400 Scholarships Wednesday, May 28, 2014 | Policy & Advocacy, Press Release Final Cohort of RWJF New Careers in Nursing Program Grantees Receive Awards to Provide 400 Scholarships for Accelerated Degree Nursing Students 听 Fifty-two schools of nursing to receive funding and assistance to support second-career nurses from groups underrepresented in the profession. PRINCETON, N.J. 鈥� The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) today announced awards to 52 schools of nursing that will comprise the final cohort of RWJF鈥檚 prestigious听. For the 2014-2015 academic year, the schools will receive grants to support traditionally underrepresented students who are making a career switch to nursing through an accelerated baccalaureate or 尘补蝉迟别谤鈥檚 degree program. NCIN is a program of RWJF and the 性视界 (AACN). 听 鈥淣ew Careers in Nursing has made amazing strides in helping schools of nursing recruit and retain diverse students in these competitive and rigorous accelerated degree programs,鈥� said David Krol, MD, MPH, FAAP, RWJF senior program officer. 鈥淭hrough supporting these institutions, NCIN is working to increase the diversity of our nursing workforce, while also assisting schools of nursing in making their institutions more inclusive. The leadership, mentoring and other support these institutions provide are helping to prepare a diverse nursing workforce able to meet the challenges associated with building a culture of health in our nation.鈥� 听 Each NCIN Scholar has already earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in another field and is making a transition to nursing through an accelerated nursing degree program, which prepares students to assume the role of registered nurse in as little as 12-18 months.