Submit Your Nominations NOW: 2025 Oley Awards

The Oley Foundation celebrates the incredible resilience of those living on nutrition support through its annual HPEN Awards and the Joan Bishop Lifetime Achievement Award, honoring Joan Bishop’s 40 years of dedication to our community. This prestigious award recognizes individuals who have shown exceptional commitment to advancing home nutrition therapy. Nominate someone inspiring by March 21, 2025, at oley.org/nominations. Awards will be presented at the 2025 Oley Annual Conference in Charleston, SC, June 17-20. We encourage winners or their representatives to join us in person! For more details on criteria and applications, visit oley.org/nominations.

The Awards & Criteria

HPN Hero Award

Sponsored by Nutrishare

• Current home parenteral (HPN, or IV nutrition) consumer for one year or longer

• 18 years of age or older

• Demonstrates courage, perseverance, and a positive attitude in dealing with their illness and living a more fulfilling life on HPN

Rising Star Award

Sponsored by Abbott

• Current HPEN consumer for one year or longer

• Under 18 years of age

• Shows a positive attitude in adapting to life on therapy which encourages and inspires others

HEN Hero Award

Sponsored by Nestlé Health Science

• Current home enteral nutrition (HEN, or tube feeding) consumer for one year or longer

• 18 years of age or older

• Demonstrates courage, perseverance, and a positive attitude in dealing with their illness and living a more fulfilling life on HEN

Caregiver Extraordinaire Award

Sponsored by Ironwood

• Current caregiver/supporter to a HPEN consumer of one year or longer

• Any age

• Demonstrates patience, compassion, dependability and provides effective care in helping a consumer live more fully on HPEN

Joan Bishop Lifetime Achievement Award

Winner to be chosen by the Oley Board of Directors

Nominee must:

• Have been involved with home nutrition support therapy for more than 10 years;

• Be an Oley Foundation member;

• Have consistently demonstrated admirable activities which advocate for themselves or others receiving enteral nutrition (tube feeding) or parenteral (IV) nutrition.

Note: It is recommended that the award winner or their representative should be able to attend the 2025 Oley conference to receive the award in person and be able to articulate their story at the award ceremony. There is no cash prize associated with this award.

* Deadline to submit your nominations is March 21, 2025 *

Important HPEN Award Reminders

You must notify the person you nominate for the award. Self-nominations will not be accepted. Each nominating individual is limited to one (1) nomination. HPEN winners will receive $750* to offset the expenses of attending Oley’s 2025 Conference (*reimbursement after the conference with documentation submission). Please email us at info@oley.org or call the office at (518) 262-5079 with any questions or issues with your submission form.