RNFOO Awards &Scholarships

Focus

2010

Research Awards

Prenatal & Parenthood Education Research Award

• Research project related to perinatal nursing.

Provincial Nurse Educators Interest Group (PNEIG) Research Award

• Pursuing education at the masters or doctoral level related to nursing education in an academic or clinic setting.
• Applicants must be members of PNEIG.

Continuing Education

Miriam Bracken Award

• Perioperative certificate, post-graduate Operating Room Nursing Program or post-basic baccalaureate nursing program
• RNAO & Operating Room Nurses’ Association of Canada membership

Baccalaureate Level-Basic

Elsevier Canada Book Award

• Undergraduate student who has successfully completed at least one year of a nursing program
• Demonstrates high academic standing and commitment to the profession.

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Book Award

• Undergraduate student who has successfully completed at least one year of a nursing program.
• Demonstrates high academic standing and commitment to the profession.

Jennifer Award

• 3^rd or 4^th year baccalaureate nursing student or 2^nd year of a second level entry baccalaureate program
• child & family, oncological or mental health nursing

Margaret Avery Memorial Scholarship

• 3^rd year baccalaureate nursing student, in a 4 year program
• High academic standing with outstanding potential and/or contribution to the advancement of clinical practice, education or research

The RNFOO Undergraduate Scholarship

• Baccalaureate nursing students
• High academic standing and outstanding potential in their chosen career

Baccalaureate Level-Post Diploma

Regina Borowska Scholarship

• RN in baccalaureate program
• Focus - open

RNFOO Gala Scholarship

• RN or RPN in baccalaureate program
• Focus – benefit health of Toronto residents

Mary Brunning Harkin Scholarship

• RN or RPN in baccalaureate program
• Career path is dedicated to the care of the elderly

Graduate

Kathleen Howe Mitchell Scholarship

• Masters or doctoral
• Mental health/psychiatric or gerontological nursing

Prenatal & Parenthood Education Services Award

• Masters
• Preference given to applicant with experience in Perinatology or perinatology related program

RNFOO Gala Scholarship

• Masters or doctoral
• Focus- benefit health of Toronto residents

RNAO Interest Group

Awards & Scholarships

Focus

2010

Continuing Education

Mary Ann Murphy Memorial Diabetes Award (DNIG)

• Continuing education
• Focus on diabetes Type I education and care
• Membership in DNIG

Margaret Myers Diabetes Clinical Practice Award (DNIG)

• Continuing education
• Interest in diabetes research
• Membership in DNIG

Ernie "Aieh" Jacobs Memorial Award – Diabetes Nursing Interest Group (DNIG)

• Continuing education
• Type II diabetes: Education and care in Aboriginal population
• Membership in DNIG

Baccalaureate Level – Post RN

Maternal Child Nurses’ Interest Group (MCNIG) Scholarship

• Post-RN baccalaureate
• Pursing further education to become a nurse practitioner (NP) with a focus in maternal child nursing: perinatal, neonatal or obstetrical nursing within the hospital or community
• Membership in MCNIG

Graduate

Maternal Child Nurses’ Interest Group (MCNIG) Scholarship

• Masters or doctoral
• A course or research project related to parent/child, perinatal or obstetrical nursing within the hospital or community
• Membership in MCNIG

Dr. Hildegarde E. Peplau Award – Mental Health Nursing Interest Group (MHNIG)

• Masters or doctoral
• Psychiatric/mental health nursing
• Membership in MHNIG preferred

Provincial Nurse Educators Interest Group (PNEIG) Award

• Masters or doctoral
• Nursing practice or education
• Membership in PNEIG

All Education Levels

Dorothy Ferguson Scholarship

• RN in baccalaureate or graduate degree program
• Must demonstrate outstanding leadership potential.

Julie Hall Scholarship for Neuroscience Nursing

• Baccalaureate, masters or doctoral
• Interest in any aspect of the broad specialty of neuroscience nursing

The Donna Kettyle Award - Ontario Association of Rehabilitation Nurses Award (OARN)

• Rehabilitation nursing - specialty certificate, baccalaureate or masters
• Membership in OARN for a minimum of one year

Ontario Nursing Informatics Group (ONIG)

Scholarship

• Post-RN or graduate education
• Informatics
• Membership in ONIG preferred

The Evelyn Cameron Memorial Bursary (PedNIG)

• Undergraduate or graduate level
• Focus on pediatric nursing
• Membership in PedNIG

The Saint Elizabeth Health Care Community Nursing Scholarship

• Undergraduate or graduate level
• Community Nursing

Dr. Sheela Basrur and GE Oncology Nursing Education Scholarship

• Ontario resident enrolled in or accepted for enrolment into an university graduate program with a focus on oncology
• Intending to practice in Ontario following completion of program