John and Louise Schira Fellowship

College of Nursing – The John and Louise Schira Fellowship shall be used to provide support to students in the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, or any successor program, to fund activities associated with the conduct and/or dissemination of the Scholarly Project.

Eligibility Criteria
Distributions from the Fellowship will be used to provide support for the conducting and/or dissemination of the Scholarly DNP Project or to fund a practicum activity to enhance their scholarly DNP project for selected doctoral students who meet the following requirements:
Must be enrolled in the UT Arlington DNP Program;
Must be a US citizen or permanent resident;
Licensed in the State of Texas;
Be in good academic standing with a 3.0 minimum GPA
Must have completed all the didactic course requirements for the DNP degree; and
Must be enrolled in one of the practicum course(s) in which the project will be completed.
Students who have met the above requirements will be given additional preference for the following:
1. Students whose non-project activity will enhance their knowledge of evidence-based and quality improvement in their practice area, such as: Conference focused on improving health care outcomes or quality of care; or a specialty conference in the student’s project interest.
2. Students who wish to present their project findings as a podium or poster at a state or national conference.
3. Students whose projects will address: a) caregiver stress b) care of elders c) individual patient adjustment to illness, cognitive dysfunction/decline d) will continue to practice in the State of Texas.