The Foundation for Academic Nursing, the philanthropic arm of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), is pleased to announce the 2024-2025 recipients of the AACN Faculty Scholars Grant. The nurse educators to receive funding this year include Dr. Laura Klenke-Borgmann from the University of Kansas for a project titled Utilizing a Scaffolded, Multi-Modal Simulation Approach for Transition to Practice, and the team of Dr. Kelly Powers and Dr. Katherine Shue-McGuffin from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte for their project titled Transition to Community Practice Intraprofessional Simulation: Building Collaborative Competencies for Community-Based Care
AACN and Bio-Oil® are pleased to announce the launch of a new scholarship program designed to support careers in labor and delivery nursing. Open to students enrolled in baccalaureate nursing programs at AACN member schools, the Bio-Oil® Labor of Love Scholarship will provide one-time $5,000 awards to 10 nursing students during the 2024-2025 academic year.
This $3,500 scholarship is designed to recognize graduate nursing students who aspire to leadership positions in academic nursing. In addition to $2,000 to cover educational expenses, funded students will be given the opportunity to participate in one of AACN’s signature student-focused conferences and in a virtual leadership development experience with Dr. Trautman. Up to $1,500 of the scholarship award will be used to cover travel expenses to the conference. Two scholarships will be awarded annually. Application deadline is October 1, 2024.
The Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA) announced a new grant to support innovative collaborations among students in PhD and DNP programs. The GNSA will award a $2,000 grant to support a scholarly initiative focused on generating new knowledge and translating research into practice. Grant recipients will provide exemplars for how future doctoral students can collaborate in ways that advance nursing science and practice.
With a total of $50,000 in funding available, two $25,000 faculty-led projects will be supported through 2025. The theme for this academic year is Innovation in the Use and Measurement of Simulation Pedagogy in Nursing Education. Proposals that explore the impact of simulation-based education on student transition to practice outcomes, using various methodologies, are encouraged. The application cycle is now closed. Recipients will be awarded at the Academic Nursing Leadership Conference in October 2024.
AACN is pleased to announce that Uniform Advantage, a leading multi-channel retailer of medical scrubs and uniforms, has committed $30,000 to supporting a scholarship program open to graduate nursing students attending AACN member schools.
The Foundation for Academic Nursing announces the latest graduate students to receive the Deborah E. Trautman Future Nurse Leader Scholarship. With funding provided by Liaison International, AACN’s partner in NursingCAS, the scholarship recipients include Amit Dhir, a PhD student from Johns Hopkins University, and Karla Kerkove, a PhD student from the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
The Foundation for Academic Nursing is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 recipients of the AACN Faculty Scholars Grant. The nurse educators to receive funding this year include Dr. Michael L. Jones from East Carolina University for his project titled Recruitment of Middle School African American Males to the Nursing Profession; and Dr. Catherine Horvath from Georgetown University for her project titled Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a DEIB and Anti-Racism-Focused CRNA Preceptor Module.
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