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Mid-East Region Poster Presentation Award: Minimum $250 per recipient
An annual award will be presented to two (2) MER WOC Nurse members who
present posters at the WOCN National Conference. This award encourages
and supports individual work exclusive of industry funding, assistance or
support. If only one applicant qualifies for the award, then $500.00 will be
provided to the applicant.
Criteria includes:
1. Funding is for support of poster presentation at National WOCN
Conference.
2. Applicant has not received ANY funding from industry/commercial
means.
3. Applicant must be a member of MER WOCN.
4. Abstract must be accepted for poster presentation at National WOCN
Conference.
5. Deadline for application will determined based on when acceptance
notification is posted on WOCN website and the date of the National
WOCN conference.
6. Application must be postmarked by deadline date, or if sent via email,
must be emailed to MER Poster Award Chairperson (Research
Committee Chair) by deadline.
7. Award may be used to defray expense of poster development, travel to,
registration for, or lodging during the WOCN National conference.
8. Statement of disclosure on poster, if abstract selected, should read,
“Expenses partially funded by an award from Mid-East Region
WOCN”.
9. Only one author (preferably primary author) of the abstract/poster will
be eligible for the award.
10. If for some reason the poster is not presented, the funds must be
returned to the MER within 30 days of National WOCN conference.
Once abstracts have been accepted for poster presentation by National WOCN, a
group mailing will be sent to accepted poster abstract authors from Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia. The Research Chair will work
with the National WOCN Office to obtain names and addresses of appropriate
individuals. Some of the individuals may not be MER members, and the
application form process will screen them out.
Review Process:
The MER Poster Presentation Award Chairperson (Research Chair), will blind
each application. The applications will be reviewed by three (3) MER board
members or committee chairs. Two awardees will be selected in time to allow for
disclosure statements to be added to posters and for posters to be completed.
Applicants not selected will be subsequently notified as well.
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