Read the letter from NNECOS Past President Dr. Steven Ades about this exciting new program!
NNECOS will award a limited number of educational grants (typical range between $2,000 and $4,000) in sponsorship of local educational activities. NNECOS will accept requests for applications (RFAs) from NNECOS members to support an educational endeavor (clinician‐focus or patient‐focused) at their practice or institution. These meetings will not be CME‐sponsored. NNECOS will review applications on a rolling basis until available funding has been awarded. Please see our list of available presenters/topics.
Guidelines
Applicant Responsibilities:
- Submit plans for meeting and detailed budget via online application process
- Assume all responsibility for adhering to his/her practice or institution guidelines
- Provide appropriate recognition/acknowledgment of NNECOS as program sponsor
- Provide post-event report/documentation, within 7 days of the event, including a summary of the meeting attendance, budgetary issues, etc.
Recommendations
- NNECOS encourages the use of local expertise within the NNECOS and tri-state area for faculty
- Please consult the online faculty list for topics/suggestions; faculty outside of this list is also acceptable.
NNECOS Responsibilities:
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Review proposals and provide feedback
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Provide guidance as requested
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Provide funding in a timely manner
Past Approved Grants Include
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GI Malignancies Nursing Education - Dinner Program - St. Johnsbury, VT
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OCN Review Course - DHMC Lebanon
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Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Education Program - Vermont Cancer Support (Survivor) Network
Patient Education Symposium - 3/4 day patient symposium for myeloma patients and their families - DHMC
Stowe Weekend of Hope - Hope and Wellness Through Movement Day
Factors Predicting Biomodality versus Trimodality Therapy in Esophageal Cancer
Genomic and Clinical Correlates between Breast Cancer and Bovine Leukemia Virus
Trends in Risk Factors and Screening Practices for newly-diagnosed patients with melanoma
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Visiting Professor - Genetic Evaluation of Breast Cancer Patients (tumor board, lecture, case presentation meetings, journal club) - Northern Light Cancer Institute
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Visiting Professor - Management of Advanced Adenocarcinoma of Prostate - (tumor board, lecture, case presentation meetings, journal club) - EMMC Cancer Care
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Visiting Professor - Bone Marrow Transplant for Heme Malignancies - (tumor board, lecture, case presentation meetings, journal club) - EMMC Cancer Care
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Visiting Professor - Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant - Lecture at UVM Grand Rounds -- Burlington, VT
Visiting Professor - Sarcoma - Lecture at UVM Grand Rounds - Burlington, VT
2019 Funded Programs
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On Saturday, October 26th, 37 nurses gathered for the NNECOS sponsored OCN Review Course, presented in partnership with Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. | On September 24th, Dr. Edwin Choy, Director of Sarcoma Research,
Division of Hematology-Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital
presented at the UVM Medical Center's Hematology-Oncology Grand Rounds. |

NNECOS
President-Elect Dr. Marie Wood was a visiting professor at Northern
Light Cancer Institute in Brewer, Maine. During her visit, Dr. Wood
participated in tumor board, gave a talk about the genetic evaluation of
breast cancer patients, met with physicians for case presentations and
led a journal club over lunch. | 
NNECOS was delighted to once again sponsor the Stowe Weekend of Hope Movement Day
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2018 Funded Programs
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Educational
program grants can also be used to sponsor dinner programs. Last
spring, NNECOS member Anna Schaal submitted an application for a NNECOS
sponsored a GI Malignancies Dinner Program at The Taproom. | NNECOS
is delighted to announce that an educational program grant has been
awarded to the Stowe Weekend of Hope in support of the Hope and Wellness
Through Movement Day. Founded in 2001, the Stowe Weekend of Hope offers
an educational and inspirational retreat for cancer survivors and their
families. |
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Steven
Ades, M.D., M.Sc., Associate Professor of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology
Division, The University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine was the
NNECOS visiting professor at Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor and
Cancer Care of Maine, Brewer on April 4, 2018. He began the day by
attending the multidisciplinary cancer conference, followed by a talk on
‘new advances in the treatment of metastatic adenocarcinoma of the
prostate.’ Dr. Ades also gave a lunchtime seminar on ‘advances in
imaging and treatment of oligometastatic adenocarcinoma of the
prostate.’ Sessions were attended by the medical, surgical and radiation
oncology departments, as well as CCOM nurses, advanced practice nurses
and research staff. Dr. Ades’ visit was sponsored by a NNECOS
Educational Program Grant. | NNECOS
was pleased to support a traveling educational presentation on the
medicinal uses of medical marijuana and CBD to cancer patients and their
families. The program was presented by the Vermont Cancer Support
Network in Berlin, Benington, Rutland and St. Albans. 
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| Last fall, a NNECOS co-sponsored OCN Review Course at
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center was hosted thanks to an Educational
Program Grant |
2017 Funded Programs- June 2017 - bone marrow transplant for heme malignancies - EMMC Cancer Care
- October 2017 - "Acute Leukemia or Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant" - UVM Grand Rounds
2016 Funded Programs