ISPN Foundation Scholarships and Grants
ISPN 2022 Annual Conference

Applications will open soon!

Two Conference Scholarships each for $1,500.
One Conference Scholarship will be offered to a Full/Retired ISPN Member
One Conference Scholarship will be offered to an ISPN Student Member
For Full/Retired ISPN Members
For Student Members

One Research grant for $1,500: Mental Health and Wellness Research Project or Clinical Inquiry Project Grant
Mental Health and Wellness Research Award

One Research grant for $3,000: ISPN Foundation Joyce Fitzpatrick Psychiatric Nursing Research Grant
ISPN Foundation Psychiatric Nursing Research Grant

2021 Scholarship and Grant Winners

ISPN Foundation Joyce Fitzpatrick Psychiatric Nursing Research Award
Jelena Komanchuk, RN, BN, PhD Student

2021 Conference Member Scholarship
Roxanna Sheppard, B.SC.NCPMHN (C)

2021 Conference Student Scholarship
Yixi Dong, BSN, RN

2020 Scholarship and Grant Winners

2020 Conference Member Travel Scholarship (deferred to be used to travel to 2021 conference)
Tessa Schultz

2020 Conference Student Travel Scholarship (deferred to be used to travel to 2021 conference)
Brittany Abeln
Lynwood Carlton
Alicia Stringfellow

2019 Scholarship and Grant Winners

ISPN Foundation Joyce Fitzpatrick Psychiatric Nursing Research Award
Kalyn Renbarger
Click here to see how Kalyn used this research award

ISPN Foundation Mental Health and Wellness Research or Clinical Inquiry Project Grant
Cynthia Handrup

2019 Conference Member Travel Scholarship
David Ampong

2019 Conference Student Travel Scholarship
Kathleen Miley

2018 Scholarship and Grant Winners

ISPN Foundation Joyce Fitzpatrick Psychiatric Nursing Research Award
Julie Bertram
Click here to see how Julie used this grant

ISPN Foundation Mental Health and Wellness Research or Clinical Inquiry Project Grant
Sharon Ward-Miller

2018 Conference Member Travel Scholarship
Rose Mary Xavier

2018 Conference Student Travel Scholarship
Brayden Nicole Kameg

2017 Scholarship and Grant Winners

ISPN Foundation Joyce Fitzpatrick Psychiatric Nursing Research Grant
- Sara Jones
Click here to see how Sara used this grant

Mental Health and Wellness Grant
- Allison McCord
Click here to see how Allison used this grant

ISPN Foundation Student Travel Scholarship
- Jeehae Chung

ISPN Foundation Student Travel Scholarship
- Denise Matel-Anderson

ISPN Foundation Student Travel Scholarship
- Melissa Waybrant-Ennis

2016 Scholarship and Grant Winners

ISPN Foundation Research Grant
- Kayla Herbell, BSN, RN

Mental Health and Wellness Grant
- Chieh (Sunny) Cheng, MSN, RN

2016 Conference Student Travel Scholarship
- Kayla Herbell, BSN, RN

2016 Conference Student Travel Scholarship
- Adam Searby

2016 Conference Student Travel Scholarship
- Rhonda Schwindt, DNP, RN, PHHCNS-BC

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What's New

The Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice is sponsoring How Right Now: Supporting Mental Health for All, In Celebration of World Mental Health Day on October 12. Join the conversation online and live at 4:30pm EST on October 12. Learn more here.

ISPN President Elect, Ukamka Oruche, has been recognized with Health Care Heros Award by Indianapolis Business Journal! Congratulations Ukamaka! Read the article here.

ISPN Member, Dr. David Foley, has been working to finish his book "Zero Days in Safety: One Nurse's Journey into Trauma and Recovery." The book tells the story of the sudden and traumatic externalization of his locus of control in 2016 when he suffered a serious accident. Within the book's narrative he celebrates his Faith, nursing theory, and even the QSEN Competencies. To view or purchase his book please visit this link.

New Podcast Series The Future of Nursing 2020-2030. This 8-part series will explore practical strategies for the nursing profession to advance health equity. These strategies reflect the recommendations from the report The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity. New episodes will be released every Tuesday. Click here to see the podcasts.

ISPN would like to congratulate all 225 distinguished nurse leaders that will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing 2021 Class of Fellows, especially to the members of ISPN who are being inducted: Cynthia Taylor Handrup, Heeyoung Lee, and Jeffery Louie Ramirez! ISPN sends a big congratulations to the three of you!

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 provides some temporary relief for individuals, families, and communities challenged by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the time ahead will require extensive efforts to move the United States toward healing and justice. Our partners, The Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice’s leadership and policy committee have developed a set of recommendations designed to address systemic injustices for the Biden=Harris Administration. The core recommendations are described in this open-access article, published in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry: https://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2021-57735-001.html

ISPN would like to extend our congratulations to ISPN Members Evelyn Parrish, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAANP, who has been awarded APNA Psychiatric Nurse of the Year! Congratulations Dr. Parrish!

Read the report: Move Your Mental Health that has been put together by the John W Brick Mental Health Foundation which is based on their review of all published research between 1990 and 2020 reporting on how over twenty different forms of physical activity impact mental health outcomes. https://www.johnwbrickfoundation.org/move-your-mental-health-report/

Nurse Faculty Tool Kit Based on the Film 5B Under Development The faculty tool kit is being developed by a team of subject matter experts selected by AACN and led by Edilma Yearwood, PhD, PMHCNS- BC, FAAN, Chair of the Department of Professional Nursing Practice at the Georgetown University School of Nursing & Health Studies. The new 5B teaching resources will be accessible online from AACN’s website in October 2021.

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