AACN is now accepting applications for the 2023-2024 Faculty Scholars Grant Program! A total of $50,000 in funding will be distributed to support two $25,000 faculty scholarship projects through 2024. The focus of these scholarly activities should reflect current issues in nursing education or practice and support of AACN’s strategic priorities.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and QGenda are pleased to announce the launch of a new scholarship program to support the preparation of new nurses and those seeking to advance their education. Open to nursing students pursuing baccalaureate and higher degrees at AACN member institutions, this program will award nearly $50,000 in scholarships through 2025, which will be administered by AACN’s Foundation for Academic Nursing.
The Foundation for Academic Nursing is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the Deborah E. Trautman Future Nurse Leader Scholarship. With funding provided by Liaison International, AACN’s partner in NursingCAS, this year's award winners are Nkemdilim "Kelly" Diaz, a Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) student at Winona State University, and Rika Win Kemp, a DNP student at the Medical University of South Carolina.
The Foundation for Academic Nursing is pleased to announce the 2022-2023 recipients of the AACN Faculty Scholars Grant. The nurse educators to receive funding this year include Dr. Carol Kostovich from Loyola University Chicago for her project titled Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of a DEI Toolkit for Simulation; and the team of Drs. Kelly Small Casler and Kate Sustersic Gawlik from The Ohio State University for their project titled Virtual Reality Simulation to Aid in Competency-based Online Nurse Practitioner Curriculum.
Scrubin-AACN Scholarship
This new program will provide at least three $2,500 scholarships annually to nursing students from AACN member schools with a formal affiliation agreement with Scrubin Uniforms. Schools seeking more information about partnering with Scrubin Uniforms to give students access to the scholarship are encouraged to contact Matt PaneGasser at mattp@scrubin.com.
NurseThink-AACN Scholarship
This new program focuses on preparing future nurse faculty. The scholarship is open to students enrolled in master’s and doctoral programs at AACN member institutions and are members of AACN’s Graduate Nursing Student Academy. The scholarship program will provide $5,000 to students twice a year through 2026.