The awards come from the Evelyn Anderson Research Fund, and cover a wide spectrum of nursing research topics.

The students who received these $1,000 awards include:

- Christine Ceccarelli, for her project "Factors Affecting State Policies for Home-Based Long Term Caregivers.

- Terry Deshefy-Longhi, for her project "Assessing Nonverbal Communication in Couples Living with Parkinson Disease."

- Gina Novick, for her project "Women's Experience of Group Prenatal Care."

- Jessica Pettigrew, for her project "Pica, Pregnancy, and Prevention in Haiti."

- Anna-leila Williams, for her project "Determinants of Meditation Practice Use Among Family Caregivers to Adults with Cancer."