The TSAOHN Philanthropic Award is presented at either the Biennial Fall Conference or, on the year without a conference, it is presented in the fall through the award recipient’s chapter.

Purpose

The TSAOHN Philanthropic Project Award promotes Occupational Health Nurses in the Texas Community. This supports the TSAOHN mission by increasing the presence of OHNs in the Texas community, promoting interaction with the business, professional and worker community. TSAOHN nurses will demonstrate their role as trusted leaders in their community. In addition, TSAOHN grants support the much needed TSAOHN nursing family of occupational health, public health and environmental programs that reach out to communities across the state, allowing all of us to impact Texans in a way that each of us acting on our own could not achieve. This award is in the amount of $300 annually to sponsor a Texas philanthropic/benevolence chapter project.

• Funds to be used for programs in the State.
• A selection committee set by the award committee will review the applicants and make selection

Eligibility Criteria

• This grant allocates funds to a TSAOHN chapter for application of a “community sharing” proposal to assist and support community issues. The TSAOHN Program Guidelines are to be used as the primary guide/reference for possible awarding of grants and will be given preference in funding. However, newer innovative giving ideas (e.g. disaster relief) can be submitted for consideration. Project proposals may be submitted that are in the early stages of development (prior to actual donation); however, completed donor projects will not be accepted for consideration.
• Complete attached nomination form and submit to the Director of Awards/Recognition/Benevolence via the online application portal. Deadline for Nominations has been extended thru Nov 1, 2023. (Nomination forms received after the due date specified on the form will be disqualified.)

Selection Criteria

Submit a narrative document of no more than 1 double spaced page with one inch margins in 12 point font (plus any pertinent appendices) that addresses the following weighted criteria:

• 30% – Purpose of project – State the overall objective(s) or specific aims and long-term goal(s) of the project.  Address the relevance of the project to TSAOHN community.
• 30% – Significance of project – Defend why it is important to do this project.
• 5 % – Chapter’s capacity – Address chapter’s capacity to do and complete project and to use this project to build on something previously done or to show the capacity of the project to do something new.
• 25% – Methods – Include specific measurable objectives, description of the target population and characteristics of the subjects, rationale for the project; plan to protect any subjects’ rights (human subjects review), and a discussion of the design and the project completion procedure(s).
• 10% – Data analysis – Describe in detail any available data to be analyzed and interpreted to accomplish the aims of this project

Nomination Form

• all fields are required
• all nominees will receive written receipt confirmation/notification.
• if you prefer to print out the online form to use as a worksheet, CLICK HERE to download, otherwise fill out the form below
• please submit reference letters to admin@tsaohn.org by May 31, 2023