An Eligibility Certification/Payment Request roster, listing qualified applicants who have been awarded a Nurse Educator Scholarship is sent to the college who certified the student’s application. The roster lists the maximum NESP benefits that can be claimed.  Scholarship funds are paid directly to the school.

Award Amount

Nurse educator scholarships include an amount applicable toward tuition and fees and a stipend that can be applied to the cost of attendance, including living expenses. 

The maximum award amount for tuition and fees is $19,178.

• The scholarship for a recipient attending a public institution shall not exceed the tuition and fees at that institution.
• A recipient attending a private institution may receive a scholarship sufficient to pay the tuition and fees, provided the award does not exceed the maximum amount payable to a student enrolled in the most expensive comparable program of student at a public institution.  

The maximum stipend amount is $10,000 for full-time enrollment.  The stipend can be used to cover the cost of attendance, including living expenses. Stipends for recipients enrolled less than full-time will be prorated according to the credit hours taken. (For example, the prorated stipend amount for a student enrolled for 9 credit hours is 9 hours / 12 full-time hours [based on the school’s definition of full-time] x $10,000 = $7,500).

Each student's annual award (combined tuition, fee and stipend) may not exceed the maximum of $29,178. The total amount of NESP assistance, when added to other financial aid available to the qualified applicant for that year, cannot exceed the cost of attendance of the school.

Eligibility Certification/Payment Request Roster

Awards are applicable to two semesters or three quarters of full-time study within an academic year.  Payment for all terms will be made in one disbursement. Therefore, in order to properly track payment by term, schools need to indicate the amounts for each term for each student on the Eligibility Certification/Payment Request roster.

The Eligibility Certification/Payment Request roster lists qualified applicants who are awarded a Nurse Educator Scholarship. Only the last four digits of the Social Security Number (SSN) are displayed for personal identity security. Note there are separate columns to request the tuition and fees and the stipend.  

Payment claims, including the information listed below, must be submitted no later than 30 calendar days after payment information has been sent to the institution by ISAC.

• Select an enrollment status full-time or half time for each student by deleting the status that does not apply. Students must be enrolled at least halftime.
• Provide the tuition and fee amount requested for each term in the Request Award column. The total per student for all terms may not exceed the annual maximum of $19,178.
• Provide the stipend amount requested for each term in the Request Stipend column. The total per student for all terms may not exceed $10,000.
• Prorate the stipend amount if the student's enrollment is less than full time but at least half time.
• Provide the ineligible reason code (legend provided at bottom of roster) if applicable.
• Sign and date the certification statement at the top of the roster.  
• Rosters can be returned electronically (schoolservices@isac.org), via fax (to the attention of School Services at 847.831.8549) or by mail (ISAC, D-2A, 1755 Lake Cook Road, Deerfield, IL 60015. If returning the completed roster electronically, retain the password protection.

By submitting a payment request, the institution is certifying that the applicants meet the program’s eligibility requirements. Upon receiving the scholarship funds, the institution must verify the enrollment status for each recipient for the term(s) for which the award was intended. The institution may credit the scholarship funds to the recipient’s account for tuition and fees that are due and payable, and disburse any remaining stipend funds to the student.

If a recipient has withdrawn from enrollment for the term(s) for which the award was intended, the institution must return the amount of the scholarship payment to ISAC.

ISAC authorizes a voucher in the amount of the payment claim and submits it to the State Comptroller’s Office that issues payment to the institution. A copy of the voucher is sent to the college by ISAC that can be matched with the payment from the Comptroller.