2 Scholarships will be awarded for October 11-13th
DiabetesEd Training Conference
Making a Difference & Flower Scholarship

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Two Scholarships

We will award two diabetes educators who provide care and education to under-served communities that lack access to Diabetes Specialists and health care resources. Applicants will be taking their CDCES exam within a year. Each scholarship covers course registration for our Live in San Diego: DiabetesEd Training Conference Registration and 2 nights hotel stay.

We are offering two scholarships, both for the entire registration of the Live Training and 2 hotel nights:

• Flower Scholarship Recipient Seminar – Registration + Hotel (valued at $1000)
• Making a Difference Scholarship Recipient – Registration + Hotel (valued at $1000)

*These scholarships cover the course registration fee and 2 nights hotel stay. It does not cover any other expenses incurred by the winners (including travel expenses, food, transportation, etc.). Please consider travel and other costs prior to applying for the scholarship. Each applicant must currently reside within the United States. If you are interested, please click on the button below to complete the scholarship application.

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Eligibility Requirements for Both Scholarships

The goal of these scholarships is three-fold:

1. To support U.S. healthcare professionals who are going above and beyond to improve diabetes care in their community; and
2. To support applicants’ efforts to become Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (CDCES) and
3. To provide financial assistance with the DiabetesEd Course registration fee.

Flower Scholarship: This scholarship is awarded to Diabetes Nurse Educators and is available because of the generous contribution of an anonymous colleague, friend, co-instructor, and mentor.  Our donor worked as a Nurse Practitioner and Diabetes Specialist, serving her community, plus mentoring healthcare professionals about diabetes for over 30 years. With the Flower Diabetes Educator Scholarship, she wants to keep investing in the health of our future by supporting future diabetes educators. 

• Applicants must be diabetes nurse educators who come from an under-served community and are providing care and education to communities that lack access to Diabetes Specialists and healthcare resources
• The nurse applicants will be taking their CDCES exam within a year.
• Preference is given to those facing financial hardships that are interfering with their ability to pursue this dream of achieving their CDCES.
• All applicants must be a U.S. residents.

“Making a Difference” Scholarship: Diabetes Education Services is committed to improving equity and access to diabetes training and education for a diverse group of healthcare professionals. We don’t want financial barriers to stop anyone from attending this conference. In appreciation of those who are role models and advocates for practicing the best diabetes care in their communities

• Available to all diabetes educators who are eligible to apply for the CDCES exam who come from an under-served community and are providing care and education to communities that lack access to Diabetes Specialists and healthcare resources
• The applicants will be taking their CDCES exam within a year.
• Preference is given to those facing financial hardships that are interfering with their ability to pursue this dream of achieving their CDCES.
• All applicants must be a U.S. residents.

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A special thanks to our donor for the Flower Scholarship

This scholarship is available due to the generous contribution of an anonymous colleague, friend, co-instructor, and mentor.

Our donor worked as a Nurse Practitioner and Diabetes Specialist, serving her community, plus mentoring healthcare professionals about diabetes for over 30 years.

With the Flower Diabetes Educator Scholarship, she wants to keep investing in the health of our future by supporting future diabetes educators.

Her vision is to increase diversity in the diabetes education workforce by supporting diabetes nurse educators who come from underserved communities. By increasing the number of diabetes educators who represent the population demographics of those living with diabetes, we can make more meaningful connections on an individual and community level while promoting the best care.

The Flower Scholarship is a tribute to our donor’s last name, which translates to flower. The flower is a perfect symbol for this scholarship that aims to support the growth of novice diabetes educators into Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists.

Flowers are a symbol of hope and can be found growing in the most unexpected places, including harsh cities and forgotten spaces. With just a little sunlight and water, they have the ability to thrive in even the most difficult situations and shine their fierce beauty. Given a chance, as these flowers are tended to and nurtured, they grow stronger and brighter, spreading their beauty to new places to give people hope. These resilient flowering seeds perpetuate the opportunity for a future generation of diabetes specialists.

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Past Scholarship Recipients

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The use of DES products does not guarantee the successful passage of the diabetes certification exams. CBDCE & ADCES does not endorse any preparatory or review materials for the certification exams, except for those published by CBDCE & ADCES.

**To satisfy the requirement for renewal of certification by continuing education for the Certification Board for Diabetes Care & Education (CBDCE), continuing education activities must be applicable to diabetes and approved by a provider on the CBDCE List of Recognized Providers (www.ncbde.org). CBDCE does not approve continuing education. Diabetes Education Services is accredited/approved by the Commission of Dietetic Registration which is on the list of CBDCE Recognized Providers.