ISPN Foundation Scholarships and Grants
ISPN 2023 Annual Conference

Applications will open September 27, 2022
Deadline to apply is December 16, 2022

Conference Scholarships for free ISPN 2022 Conference Registration.
Multiple Conference Scholarships will be offered to a Full/Retired ISPN Member
Multiple Conference Scholarships 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

2022 Scholarship and Grant Winners

ISPN Foundation Joyce Fitzpatrick Psychiatric Nursing Research Grant
Jennifer Lee

ISPN Foundation Mental Health and Wellness Research Project or Clincial 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
Click here to see how Kalyn used this research grant

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
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

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing is seeking articles for a special issue on the mental health as it relates across the lifespan to the lived experience, consequences and research on firearms violence. Submitted papers are due by December 30, 2022. More information can be found here.

Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice is having an in person conference on October 28-30 in Baltimore, MD. This year's interdisciplinary forum, "New Directions for Behavioral Health: Building Socially Connected and Just Communities" will focus on a major theme each day: equity, behavioral health across the lifespan, and children and families. Register for the Conference.

ISPN would like to congratulate all 250 distinguished nurse leaders that will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing 2022 Class of Fellows, especially to the members of ISPN who are being inducted: Dawn Bounds, Deborah Jones, Karan Kverno, Rene Love, Joyce Shea, R. Lee Tyson, and Rose Mary Xavier! ISPN sends a big congratulations to the seven of you!

988, a revamped National Suicide Prevention Lifeline that is being billed as the 911 of mental health, is now live in the U.S.

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing is seeking articles for a special Issue of on mental health in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and other sexual and gender minorities (LGBTQIA+) population across the lifespan. Submitted papers are due by October 30, 2022. More information can be found here.

Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade - Read ISPN's statement here.

ISPN strongly supports the implementation of this legislation to save lives and increase access to much needed resources. View here. Direct any questions to Sally Raphel, ISPN Policy Committee Chair.

Read the most recent ISPN Connections here: Summer 2022

Dr. Sara Horton-Deutsch, ISPN Past President (2014-2015) and her colleague Dr. Holly Wei are authors of a new book published by Sigma Visionary Leadership in Healthcare: Excellence in Practice, Policy, and Ethics. Free downloadable resources include a sample chapter, Facilitator Guide, and Learner Activities Workbook.
Congratulations, Sara!

Past ISPN President (2016-2017) Dr. Edilma Yearwood led an expert team commissioned by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (ANCC) in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson to develop the Trailblazing Innovation Faculty Tool Kit.
Congratulations, Edilma!

Past President Dr. Cheryl Woods Giscombe Appointed to New AACN Initiative: In conjunction with the 2021 The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education, the AACN announced a new initiative to build leadership capacity in new nurses with a special emphasis on developing essential skills in resilience, self-care, and well-being. Dr. Giscombe joins experts to design innovative clinical learning experiences where students can practice and demonstrate their new competencies.
Congratulations, Cheryl!

Podcast Series The Future of Nursing 2020-2030. This 8-part series explores 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. Click here to see the podcasts.

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The ISPN Peer Support Workgroup has opened up this support to any nurse at this time (members or nonmembers). Click here for more information.

ISPN is a collaborative partner with the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice! If you are not a member, be sure to look at the member benefits to see reasons to join both organizations! Visit their website today!

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Applications will open September 27, 2022Deadline to apply is December 16, 2022