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
