American Academy of Nursing Fellows

Eligibility

Applicants must be sponsored by TWO Regular Fellows in good standing with the Academy as outlined in the Academy’s bylaws. Please note, the changes to the sponsor requirements below were approved by the Academy Board of Directors in August 2023:

• NEW IN 2024 - At least one sponsor must be a Regular Fellow who, according to Academy bylaws, holds membership in an American Nurses Association (ANA) Constituent/State Nurses Association (C/SNA) as a full C/SNA ANA member or direct ANA membership through the individual member division of ANA.
• NEW IN 2024 - A maximum of one sponsor may be a Regular Fellow who is a member of a National Nurses Associations (NNA) that is listed as a member organization of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), or equivalent, if applicable. Should the Sponsor reside in a country without ICN membership exceptions can be made on case by case basis.
• According to the Academy’s bylaws, Honorary Fellows and Fellows currently serving on the Fellow Selection Committee may not sponsor applicants. And applicants may not be sponsored by members of the Academy’s Board of Directors.

• Applicants who are United States citizens must be current members of the American Nurses Association (ANA). There are two ways you can fulfill the ANA membership requirement; full ANA membership through a state nurses association or, where available, direct membership in ANA. The ANA e-membership option does not meet the specified requirement.

• International applicants must be a member of one of the National Nurses Associations (NNA) listed as a member organization of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), if eligible. View a list of ICN Members.

Summary

The American Academy of Nursing's approximately 2,900 Fellows are nursing leaders in education, management, practice and research. Fellows represent association executives; university presidents, chancellors and deans; elected officials; state and federal political appointees; hospital chief executives and vice presidents for nursing; nurse consultants; and researchers and entrepreneurs.

Invitation to Fellowship is more than recognition of one's accomplishments within the nursing profession. Academy Fellows also have a responsibility to contribute their time and energies to the Academy, and to engage with other health leaders outside the Academy in transforming America's health system by

• Enhancing the quality of health and nursing;
• Promoting healthy aging and human development across the life continuum;
• Reducing health disparities and inequalities;
• Shaping healthy behaviors and environments;
• Integrating mental and physical health; and
• Strengthening the nursing and health delivery system, nationally, and internationally.

To learn more about the fellow application process click here.

Application deadlines

Program application deadline

• Payment for the nonrefundable $375 application fee (US currency) must be received in order for your application to be considered complete.

• Applications must be completed in English.

The 2024 Application Cycle and Portal will be open
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - Thursday, February 15, 2024.

Please contact Claire Holland, the Academy's Member Engagement Manager, at cholland@aannet.org with any questions.

The Academy has released an updated application guide and instructions. New for the 2024 cycle, the application guide includes details regarding the updated sponsor requirement. Additionally, each applicant will be required to acknowledge, as part of the application process, their understanding of and adherence to the Academy’s statement on the prohibited use of generated Artificial Intelligence technologies and the Academy’s deferment policy (please see further explanation below). Review the application guide, which includes the questions contained within the application, to prepare in advance. Please note that no other application requirements have changed and the application fee of $375 will remain the same for the 2024 cycle.