ONS Excellence Awards

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

Excellence in Nursing Informatics Award (EC09)

Award: Monetary award of $1000 and a plaque.

Purpose: To recognize and support excellence in the emerging field of oncology nursing informatics leading to enhanced quality cancer care.

Nominee's Eligibility Criteria: The candidate must meet the following criteria:

• Be a registered professional nurse and an active ONS member
• Have a minimum of two years experience in the field of nursing informatics

Criteria: The scoring criteria for judging this nomination packet is as follows:

• Candidate develops or uses information systems that enhance the clinical practice, administrative, research, or education initiatives of oncology nurses.
• Candidate is a recognized expert in the field of nursing informatics (e.g., through publications, presentations, research, peer review activities).
• Candidate serves as a role model for other oncology nurses in using information technology and assists them in doing so.

This award will not be offered in 2010.