Since 2005, 74% of GAIA nursing scholarships have been awarded to disadvantaged young women. Through the Nursing Scholar Program, recipients are empowered with the skills, tools and confidence to stay in school, secure quality employment, serve as role models for their communities and break intergenerational cycles of poverty.

Through paid fellowships, GAIA provides salary support to newly graduated nurses who have secured internships before obtaining full-time employment. Initially funded by the Steward Family Foundation, GAIA's Fellowship Program bridges the gap between graduation, licensure and deployment to permanent positions. To date, GAIA has supported 342 total fellows, nearly 63% of which are women.

At the community level, GAIA provides in service training and certification for rural clinic staff and community-based health workers to fill gaps in the healthcare grid now and increase capacity for the long term.

Nursing Scholar Program graduates often find themselves working in under-resourced settings with limited access to the tools needed to provide quality care. In response, GAIA offers grants of $1k - $10k to improve service provision at health facilities where alumni work. Graduate grantees also receive training to build communication and grant writing skills and strengthen their ability to advocate and apply for funding.