ISPN Foundation Scholarships and Grants
ISPN 2025 Annual Conference

Applications will open in fall 2024 for the 2025 Conference

Conference Scholarships 
  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

Peggy Dulaney Conference Scholarship

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

2024 Scholarship and Grant Winners

ISPN Foundation Joyce Fitzpatrick Psychiatric Nursing Research Grant
Arum Lim, MSN, RN

ISPN Foundation Mental Health and Wellness Research Project or Clinical Inquiry Project Grant
Olajumoke Ojeleye, RN, RM, MScN 

2024 Conference Member Scholarship
Jennifer Graber, DNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC

2024 Conference Student Scholarship
Maricar Bana, BSN, RN, CNRN, HNB-BC, Reiki Master

2024 Foundation President's Award
Daniel Wesemann, DNP, PMHNP-BC, ARNP

2023 Scholarship and Grant Winners

ISPN Foundation Joyce Fitzpatrick Psychiatric Nursing Research Grant
Grace Wu, PhD, MSN, RN

ISPN Foundation Mental Health and Wellness Research Project or Clinical Inquiry Project Grant
Brianna Jackson, MScN, RN, CPMHN(c) 

2023 Conference Member Scholarship
Beth Bonham, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN

2023 Conference Student Scholarship
April Hutto, MSN, PMHNP-BC, FNP-BC, APRN

2023 Foundation President's Award
Catherine Kane, PhD, RN, FAAN

2022 Scholarship and Grant Winners

ISPN Foundation Joyce Fitzpatrick Psychiatric Nursing Research Grant
Jennifer Lee

ISPN Foundation Mental Health and Wellness Research Project or Clinical Inquiry Project Grant
Nicole Perez, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC

2022 Conference Member Scholarship
Miriam Kamau, BSN, RN, PHN, PMH-BC

2022 Conference Student Scholarship
David Agor, BSN, RN, CM/DNr

2021 Scholarship and Grant Winners

ISPN Foundation Joyce Fitzpatrick Psychiatric Nursing Research Grant
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 Grant
Kalyn Renbarger
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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 Grant
Julie Bertram
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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
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Mental Health and Wellness Grant
- Allison McCord
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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