The Oley Foundation is pleased to offer the Nutrishare HomePN Research Prize. Sponsored by Nutrishare, Inc., the prize has been established to encourage clinical studies focused on improving the quality of life for home parenteral nutrition consumers.

The Prize

Each year, the Oley Foundation will award $2,500 for each of the top three clinical papers dedicated to helping parenteral nutrition consumers at the Foundation’s national consumer/clinician conference (http://www.oley.org/annualconf.html). A portion of each prize ($1,000) will be used to cover travel expenses to bring the winning recipients to the Oley conference to present their research.

Applying for the Prize

The principle author must apply to the Oley Foundation for the award. Applications are available at www.oley.org or by calling (800) 776-OLEY. For the 2011 prize, the paper/abstract must have been accepted for poster presentation, standup presentation or publication by a respected, relevant professional association such as; ASPEN, ESPEN, INS, AGA, etc. between July 2009 and March 2011. Please note: Multiple submissions are encouraged, but only one winner will be selected from an institution or company.

Deadline for submissions for the 2011 prize is April 1, 2011.


Selecting the Winners

Papers will be awarded points for each of the following criteria:

How well the research fits with Oley’s mission to enhance the lives of homePN patients
How much interest the research would generate among homePN patients
How practical the research is for improving the well-being of homePN patients.
The three papers with the highest averaged scores will be awarded prizes.

Awarding the Prize

The 2011 prizes will be awarded at the awards ceremony at the Annual Oley Consumer/Clinician Conference in June 2011 - dates and location TBA.  Winners will share their research at an afternoon breakout session.  More details on the 2011 Oley annual conference are available at www.oley.org.

Please direct questions to Joan Bishop bishopj@mail.amc.edu or Roslyn Dahl dahlr@mail.amc.edu or call (800) 776-6539.