Scholarship Application Period Now Open

Students in Washington State enrolled during the 2025-26 academic year are encouraged to consider applying for a Lois Price Spratlen Scholarship and/or a Donna Poole Scholarship. Applicants who apply for both scholarships may only be awarded one of them.

Lois Price Spratlen Scholarships

The Foundation will award up to six $2,500 Lois Price Spratlen Scholarships this Fall.

The Lois Price Spratlen Scholarships provide financial support for students pursuing a career in advanced practice psychiatric nursing.

Donna Poole Scholarship

The Foundation is proud to welcome applications for the first Donna Poole Scholarship. This scholarship honors the late Donna Poole, whose life-long contributions to the profession in the realm of public policy have established Washington as one of the country’s leading states for PMHNP scope of practice.

The Foundation will award a $5,000 Donna Poole Scholarship if a candidate is selected this Fall.

The Donna Poole Scholarship provides financial support for a psychiatric mental health nursing graduate student or an advanced practice psychiatric nurse pursuing a degree in the areas of law, public policy, or public health.

Supporting the next generation of psychiatric mental health nurses

Scholarships are funded by donations from our colleagues in the nursing and mental health community, Association of Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses members, and community members interested in improving psychiatric mental health nursing in our state.

Applicants may apply for both a Donna Poole Scholarship and a Lois Price Spratlen Scholarship in the same year. Completed applications must be submitted for each scholarship.

Thank you for interest in a scholarship from the Lois Price Spratlen Foundation Scholarship!