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Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Research Career Development Award

Funding Source: Funded by the ONS Foundation through an unrestricted grant from Genentech BioOncology.

Award: The one-year award is for $20,000. The fellow receives up to $18,000 to cover research related expenses. The mentor or the mentor’s institution will receive a $2,000 award in the form of an unrestricted honorarium to cover the mentor’s consultative or research-related expenses and/or other institutional costs.

Purpose: To support short-term oncology research training and mentorship. Specific activities that are supported by this funding are listed in the application.

Eligibility: Research Career Development Awards are available for beginning researchers. A beginning researcher is within eight years of completing a terminal degree, or within five years of initiating independent research within a field of inquiry and has not received independent extramural funding in the area of interest.

The applicant must be a registered nurse with an interest in oncology and with a completed PhD/DNSc degree in nursing or a related discipline.

The conduct of a research project (including pilot and feasibility studies) is not permitted for this funding mechanism.

Online Application Deadline: 7/1/2013

If you have further questions, please contact the ONS Research Department at research@onsfoundation.org.

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Research Grant Awards

Letters of Intent Due: September 1, 2013

Online Applications Due: October 1, 2013

Award: Research grant awards are available for up to $25,000 each. The funding period is for two years.

Purpose: These grants support oncology nursing research. Research projects may include pilot or feasibility studies or the development of a new aspect of a program of research. Funding preference is given to research that addresses the ONS Research Priorities and/or the ONS Research Agenda.

Eligibility: The principal investigator must be actively involved in some aspect of cancer patient care, education, or research, and be PhD- or DNSc-prepared or a student working toward one of those research degrees. Funding preference is given to projects that involve nurses in the design and conduct of the research activity and that promote theoretically based oncology practice. Membership in ONS is not required for eligibility.

For more information, contact the ONS Foundation Research Department.

ONS Connections: Advancing Care through Science Conference Scholarship

PURPOSE: To increase the knowledge of nurses interested in oncology

SCHOLARSHIP: Each scholarship recipient will receive an educational scholarship up to $1,200 to apply toward their ONS Connections Conference expenses including travel to and from the conference and per diem conference expenses*. The conference registration fee will be automatically 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 conference registration fee 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 be able to attend the Conference, specific for the scholarship, in its entirety.

3.Applicants must be willing to participate in conference follow-up questionnaire.

NOTES:

•Paid presenters at this conference are not eligible to receive this scholarship.

•Individuals that received a 2012 Congress Scholarship from the ONS Foundation are not eligible to receive this scholarship in 2012.

•An individual cannot receive this scholarship more than one time.

DEADLINE DATE: September 1, 2013

Oncology Nursing Society Foundation Congress Scholarships

All awards, grants and scholarships are tentative and subject to change based on funding availability.

Supported by ONS Foundation Nancy Berkowitz Scholarship Fund, Mary Scherbring Scholarship fund, Issie Rembert “Chappi” Chapman Scholarship

Purpose: To support a registered nurse interested in improving cancer care by developing their personal knowledge as a result of attending the ONS Congress and sharing this new knowledge with others.

Scholarship : 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 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.

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

Application Deadline: 12/1/2013