CGFNS International & NLN Foundation for Nursing Education Co-Create New Joint Venture: Distinguished Emerging Nursing Scholar Award

CGFNS International & NLN Foundation for Nursing Education Co-Create New Joint Venture: Distinguished Emerging Nursing Scholar Award

Inaugural Award Presentation to Two Post-Doctoral Researchers Set for 2025 NLN Education Summit, September 17-19 in Orlando, Florida

Washington, DC — The NLN Foundation for Nursing Education and CGFNS International* are pleased to announce an exciting new awards program targeting post-doctoral career nursing education researchers. The Distinguished Emerging Nursing Scholar Award will select two $10,000 winners to recognize and encourage emerging scholars whose research has been dedicated to the advancement of teaching and learning in nursing education.

Application for the new Distinguished Emerging Nursing Scholar Award opens February 24, with winners announced in July. Eligible applicants must have completed their doctoral dissertations on any topic related to nursing education within two years of the award presentation date. They will have committed to the pursuit of a career in nursing education research intended to have a significant, measurable impact on health care education systems worldwide. Preference will be shown toward candidates from developing and middle-income nations.

The inaugural awards presentation will take place at the 2025 NLN Education Summit, September 17-19 in Orlando, Florida. During this event, award winners will have their scholarship showcased before the highest profile conference of academic leaders, faculty and students across the nursing education community along with key public health policymakers and executives of health and hospital systems.

In addition to the monetary incentive, the new award offers support throughout the year from CGFNS International and the NLN Foundation. Honorees will gain widespread visibility for their research findings and continuing investigations through distribution in both organizations’ publications, websites, social media channels and other outlets.

“Our new partnership with CGFNS International creates a tremendous opportunity for post-doctoral nursing education researchers to advance their studies with more financial security. We are proud to co-sponsor this unique award to support and encourage innovative pedagogical models that positively impact global health for generations to come,” said NLN Foundation Chair Patrick Robinson, PhD, RN, ACRN, CNE, ANEF, FAAN, vice president of nursing at Pacific College of Health and Science.

“The future of nursing education to build a strong and diverse nursing workforce depends on the vision and dedication of newly minted scholars poised to conduct rigorous, original research into learning processes and teaching outcomes that promise success. This award represents an investment in that human capital, designed to promote transformative excellence in nursing education,” said NLN President and CEO Beverly Malone, PhD, RN, FAAN.

“Advancing nursing education and inspiring new ways of learning are essential to building a future-ready global healthcare workforce and, ultimately, bringing about greater access to high quality care worldwide. This program has the potential to play an outsized role in promoting the scholarly work and leadership that will get us there, and we are committed to ensuring its long-term success,” said Peter Preziosi, PhD, RN, CAE, President and CEO of CGFNS International.

Submissions must include a recommendation from a candidate’s dissertation advisor and a summary of the dissertation detailing a statement of need; research hypothesis; literature review; methodology; results; conclusions; and implications for further research.

A complete list of application requirements may be found at NLN.org.

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