Oncology Nursing Grants

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Pearl Moore Career Development Awards

Pearl Moore Career Development Awards*

Supported by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc.

Awards: Three $3,000 awards and plaques.

Purpose: To support three professional staff nurses for meritorious practice by providing financial assistance to attend a continuing-education program(s) that will further the nurse's professional goal(s). This award is not intended to supplement tuition in a bachelor's or master's program.

Selection Criteria: The candidate currently must be employed as a staff nurse in oncology nursing with a minimum of 75% of his or her time devoted to direct patient care, have two or more years in oncology nursing practice, and possess or be pursuing a bachelor of science in nursing (OCN® credential beneficial). An individual cannot receive this award more than one time.

Pearl Moore was the first chief executive officer of the Oncology Nursing Society.

Application deadline: June 15, 2011

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation
125 Enterprise Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214
(412) 859-6100
(412) 859-6163
foundation@ons.org

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Multidisciplinary Cancer Education Grant

Supported by Meniscus Limited

Awards: One annual grant of $3,000 sponsored by Meniscus Limited

Purpose: To provide seed money to support an oncology RN in developing and/or implementing a cancer related multidisciplinary education or practice project for healthcare professionals. Priority will be given to those projects that focus on survivorship.

* Multidisciplinary education - Education that involves/impacts more than one discipline of the healthcare team as planners and recipients of the program. More than one healthcare discipline must be involved in the planning of the program and more than one discipline must be the targeted audience for the program. (Example: Nurses and pharmacists work together to plan and implement an education program on pain management for patients with cancer. Attendees (target audience) of the program may be nurses, pharmacists, physicians, and physical therapists).

Selection Criteria:

To be eligible for the award:

1. Applicant must be employed as an oncology nurse for a minimum of 1 year.
2. Multidisciplinary program or project may be new or one in progress for future implementation (preference given towards those programs that affect cancer survivorship).
3. Demonstrate that the impact of the program is on more than one discipline within the multidisciplinary health care team

NOTE: An individual cannot receive this award more than one time.

Application deadline: June 15, 2011

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation
125 Enterprise Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214
(412) 859-6100
(412) 859-6163
foundation@ons.org

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Josh Gottheil Memorial Bone Marrow Transplant Career Development Awards

Supported by the Josh Gottheil Memorial Fund for Lymphoma Research

Award: Four $2,000 awards and plaques.

Purpose: To support a professional registered nurse for meritorious practice in BMT nursing by providing financial assistance to attend a continuing education program(s) that will further the nurses' professional goals, or to supplement tuition in a bachelors or masters program.

Selection Criteria:

* Currently employed as a registered nurse working in bone marrow transplantation with a minimum of 75% time devoted to patient care, or in the position of nurse manager, nurse practitioner, or clinical nurse specialist with BMT patient population or a BMT coordinator.
* Two or more years in BMT nursing practice prior to application due date.
* An individual cannot receive this award more than one time.

Application deadline: June 15, 2011

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation
125 Enterprise Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214
(412) 859-6100
(412) 859-6163
foundation@ons.org

Cancer Public Education Project Grant

Awards: Up to $5,000 available for funding.

Purpose: To enhance the public's knowledge and awareness of cancer prevention, detection, and treatment modalities.

Selection Criteria: The candidate must have a current license to practice as a registered nurse and must have an interest in and commitment to oncology nursing. The major focus of the project should be some aspect of cancer public education.

Application deadline: June 15, 2011

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation
125 Enterprise Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214
(412) 859-6100
(412) 859-6163
foundation@ons.org

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Mara Mogensen Flaherty Memorial Lectureship Award

Supported by sanofi-aventis

Award: The lecturer receives a $2,000 honorarium, airfare to ONS Congress to present lecture, and two-day per diem expenses.

Purpose: The Mara Mogensen Flaherty Memorial Lectureship Award supports an annual lecture on a topic related to the psychosocial aspects of cancer diagnosis, treatment, and care presented by an individual who is involved in the field of psychosocial oncology, cancer care, education or research. The lecture is presented at the ONS Annual Congress.

Eligibility: Candidates for this award must be health care professionals, and may or may not be members of ONS. Candidates must agree to deliver a prepared 45-minute lecture during the ONS Annual Congress.

Although not an eligibility requirement of the award, recipients are encouraged to submit an article based on the lecture to ONS for publication. The decision to publish the article would fall within the ONS journal approval process for articles.

Application deadline: September 15, 2010

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation
125 Enterprise Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214
(412) 859-6100
(412) 859-6163
foundation@ons.org

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Advanced Practice Nurse Conference Scholarship

Purpose: To support a professional nurse who has demonstrated innovation in responding to challenges in practice, that has made a difference for the patient/family, institution and/or fellow healthcare professionals.

Applicant: Applicants may apply on their own or be nominated for this scholarship by an ONS Chapter or Special Interest Group (SIG). Each chapter and SIG may nominate one nurse for this award.

Scholarship: Recipients of this scholarship will receive an educational grant for a maximum of $1,200 to apply toward the ONS Oncology Advanced Practice Nurse Conference registration, travel to and from the conference and per diem conference expenses.* The conference registration fee will be automatically deducted from grant prior to payment.

Individual livings or working within a 50 mile radius of the conference location are eligible to receive the conference registration fee only which will be paid directly to ONS.

*Expenses not covered include gifts, entertainment and dry cleaning/laundry.

Qualifications:

1. The applicant must be a registered nurse involved in cancer nursing.
2. The applicant must have demonstrated innovativeness in responding to challenges in practice.
3. The applicant can be nominated by an ONS Chapter or a Special Interest Group or be self-nominated. One nominee per Chapter and SIG only.
4. A biographical data sheet and a written description of the nurse's response to challenges in practice must be completed and submitted with the application. The description must not exceed 350 words and must not have been previously submitted to the ONS Foundation for another award and funded. Word count must be inserted after the essay.
5. The nominee must be able to attend ONS Conference, specific for the award, in its entirety.
6. If the applicant is a faculty member (speaker or poster presenter) for ONS APN Conference, the scholarship may not be applied to the conference registration. Faculty members living or working within a 50 mile radius of the conference are not eligible for this scholarship.

Note:

* Individuals that received a 2009 Congress Scholarship from the ONS Foundation are not eligible to receive this award in 2009.
* An individual cannot receive this award more than one time, per scholarship.

Application deadline: Extended to September 15, 2010

All applications must be submitted electronically to foundation@ons.org.

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation
125 Enterprise Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214
(412) 859-6100
(412) 859-6163
foundation@ons.org

Mary Scherbring Oncology Nursing Society Institutes of Learning Conference Scholarships

Purpose: To support a registered nurse interested in developing their career as an oncology nurse by attending the ONS Institutes of Learning Conference.

The Mary Scherbring Conference Scholarship was established in 2007 by the Southeast Minnesota Chapter of ONS in memory of their colleague Mary Scherbring. Mary, a long time member of the Southeast Minnesota Chapter, was an oncology nurse at the Mayo Clinic when she was diagnosed with a rare form of lymphoma in February 2007. Mary, an advocate for oncology nursing continuing education, chaired the planning committee for the 2006 ONS Institutes of Learning conference.

Scholarship: Recipients of this award will receive a educational grant for up to $1,200 to apply toward ONS Institutes of Learning Conference registration, travel to and from the conference and per diem conference expenses.* The conference registration fee will be automatically deducted from grant prior to payment.

This year an additional $500 funding is available from the Oncology Hematology Care to support a Cincinnati Tri-State Chapter member who meets the recommended cut score.

Individuals living or working within a 50 mile radius of the conference location are eligible to receive the conference registration fee only which will be paid directly to ONS.

Qualifications:

1. The applicant must be a registered nurse involved in cancer nursing.
2. The applicant must describe how their attendance at this conference will make a difference in their practice.
3. A biographical data sheet and essay addressing the applicant's role as an oncology nurse and how attending the ONS Institutes of Learning Conference will impact their practice and the patients in their care. Applicants must address how they plan to share the information they learn with other nursing colleagues. The essay must not exceed 350 words and must not have been previously submitted to the ONS Foundation for another award and funded. Word count must be inserted after the essay.
4. The applicant must be able to attend the conference specific for the award in its entirety.

Note: An individual cannot receive this award more than one time.

Application deadline: Extended to September 15, 2010

All applications must be submitted electronically to foundation@ons.org.

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation
125 Enterprise Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214
(412) 859-6100
(412) 859-6163
foundation@ons.org

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Congress Scholarships

Supported by ONS Foundation Nancy Berkowitz Scholarship Fund, Mary Scherbring Scholarship Fund, Issie Rembert "Chappi" Chapman Scholarship

Purpose: To support a professional nurse interested in improving cancer care by developing their oncology nursing career by attending the ONS Congress.

Awards: Recipients will be chosen annually. Recipients will receive an educational grant for up to $1,200 to apply toward ONS Congress registration, travel to and from Congress and per diem Congress expenses.* The Congress registration fee will be automatically be deducted from the grant prior to payment.

Individuals living or working within a 50 mile radius of the conference location are eligible to receive the conference registration fee only. The Congress registration fee will be paid directly to ONS.

One scholarship is available from the Oncology Hematology Care, Inc. to support a Cincinnati Tri-State Chapter member attending Congress.

One scholarship is available to nurses residing and/or employed in Alabama. This scholarship is in memory of Issie Rembert "Chappi" Chapman.

Application deadline: December 1, 2010

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation
125 Enterprise Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214
(412) 859-6100
(412) 859-6163
foundation@ons.org

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Doctoral Scholarships

Purpose: To provide scholarships to registered nurses who are interested in and committed to oncology nursing to continue their education by pursuing a doctoral degree.

Qualifications:

1. The candidate must be currently enrolled in (or applying to) a doctoral nursing degree or related program and enrolled in the 2011–2012 academic year.
2. The candidate must have a current license to practice as a registered nurse and must have an interest in and commitment to oncology nursing.
3. Candidates entering a doctoral program without a master's degree must have completed the first two years of the doctoral program curriculum to be eligible.
4. At the end of each year of scholarship participation, the nurse shall submit a summary describing the education activities in which he/she participated.

NOTE: An individual cannot receive this award more than one time.

Awards:

* $5,000 Roberta Pierce Scofield Doctoral Scholarship*, supported by the ONS Foundation
* $3,000 Ann Olson Memorial Doctoral Scholarship**, supported by Pfizer Oncology

*This award is in memory of Roberta Pierce Scofield, an oncology nurse and the first president of ONCC, who died of cancer in 1988.
**Ann Olson was an oncology sales representative who died of cancer in 1989.

Application deadline: February 1, 2011

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation
125 Enterprise Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214
(412) 859-6100
(412) 859-6163
foundation@ons.org

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Master's and Post-Master's Certificate Scholarships

Qualifications:

1. The candidate must be currently enrolled in (or applying to) a masters nursing degree or post-masters certificate (CNS or NP) program at an NLN or CCNE accredited School of Nursing and enrolled in the 2011–2012 academic year.
2. The candidate must have a current license to practice as a registered nurse and must have an interest in and commitment to oncology nursing.
3. Upon completion of degree, the nurse shall submit a summary describing the education activities in which he/she participated.

NOTE: An individual can receive both the master's scholarship and post-masters certificate scholarship if they are two separate programs. Individuals can only receive the scholarship one time for each degree/certificate.

Award: $3,000 scholarships.

Purpose: To improve oncology nursing by assisting nurses in furthering their education.

Application deadline: February 1, 2011

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation
125 Enterprise Drive
Pittsburgh, PA 15275-1214
(412) 859-6100
(412) 859-6163
foundation@ons.org