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Awards

Award

Timing & Due Date(s)

Eligibility Requirements

Amount

Research Grant

Annual, due June 1 (awarded July 15)

Please note: Applicants for the Research Grant Award who hold faculty appointments (full- or part-time) at UMSON must submit their applications through the UMSON Office of Research. Contact Steve Pease at spease@son.umaryland.edu to get started with this process. 

Any chapter member who is not a graduate student

$5,000

Doctoral Student Research Grant

Biannual, due June 1 (awarded July 15); or Dec. 1 (awarded Jan. 15)

Please note: Applicants for the Doctoral Student Research Grant who are enrolled in UMSON doctoral programs must submit their applications through the UMSON Office of Research.  Please discuss this requirement with your academic/research advisor.  Then contact Steve Pease at spease@son.umaryland.edu to get started with this process.

Any chapter member who is a student in a PhD, DNP, or other doctoral program; award of funding is contingent on receiving IRB or IACUC approval.

$1,500 maximum per award – one in summer, one in winter ($3,000 per year)

PhD Dissertation Award

Annual, due April 20 and awarded at Spring Induction Ceremony Chapter member; successful defense of dissertation within one year; certified to graduate in May

$500

DNP Capstone Award

Annual, due April 20 and awarded at Spring Induction Ceremony

Chapter member; successful defense of capstone within one year; certified to graduate in May

$500

Scholarly Presentation Award

Biannual, three awards each in fall and spring semesters. Due on a rolling basis but must submit at least four weeks before date of presentation, Awarded on a first-come, first-served basis.

Chapter member; presenting author; scholarly presentation (podium or poster) accepted through peer-reviewed process; may not have received an award in the past three years

$400 per award -  three in fall and three in spring ($1,200 per semester, $2,400 per academic year)

BSN Senior Practicum Poster Awards

Biannual, fall and spring (three awards per semester, two at UMSON, one at the Universities at Shady Grove)

At least one co-author of the poster must be a chapter member or is being inducted that semester

$250 per award x6 per year ($750 per semester, $1,500 per academic year)

Master’s Student Scholarship Award

Annual, due June 1 (awarded July 15); or Dec. 1 (awarded Jan. 15)

Chapter member; student in good standing in MS program; must have completed at least nine credits or first semester of program

Please note: Master's students may only receive one award during the course of their studies.

$1,000 per award, one in fall and one in spring ($2,000 per academic year)

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