AANP State Award for Outstanding Contributions
Posted 2 months ago in AANP UPDATES!
Nominations for the State Award for Outstanding Contributions Are Now Open.
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners® (AANP) empowers all nurse practitioners (NPs) to advance accessible, person-centered, equitable, high-quality health care for diverse communities through practice, education, advocacy, research and leadership (PEARL). The AANP State Award for Outstanding Contributions recognizes individuals who have demonstrated excellence that supports the NP role in the areas of PEARL.
Recipients will be honored at the 2025 AANP National Conference in San Diego, California, next June.
History
Founded in 1991, the State Awards for Excellence was established to recognize the extraordinary contributions of NPs. This annual recognition has honored deserving recipients who demonstrated excellence in clinical practice and have advanced the image, profile and visibility of NPs. In 1993, AANP created the Advocate State Award for Excellence to honor those who led efforts to advance legislation that has positively impacted NP practice and increased awareness and recognition of NPs.
In 2024, the AANP Awards program was once again reimagined and renamed the AANP State Awards for Outstanding Contributions. This is an annual award given to one deserving individual per state based on outlined criterion.
Who May Nominate?
- Current individual AANP members.
- Self-nominations will be accepted.
Nomination Process:
- The open call for nominations takes place annually at the close of the AANP national conference.
- Nominations are submitted online through the AANP website.
- Consideration will only be given to nominations complete with all required information that was submitted by the published deadline.
- Nominations received after the deadline date will not be accepted.
Eligibility Criteria*
Nominations may be submitted for an AANP member or non-member who demonstrates excellence in alignment with the mission and goals of AANP in the areas of practice, education, advocacy, research or leadership (PEARL).
The nominee has shown efforts to advance the image, profile and visibility of NPs at the state level in four or more of the following areas:
- Serves as a role model for professionalism and ethical approach in the health care setting and in community service.
- Demonstrates a positive impact on health care delivery by fostering a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion.
- Succeeds in building strategic partnerships, coalitions or alliances that have contributed to improved health care outcomes for individuals, families or communities.
- Supports education by presenting at conferences, publishing and/or precepting students.
- Engages in advocacy as a leader in policy issues in the legislative or regulatory arena that affect the NP role.
- Utilizes or generates evidence-based research to enhance the quality-of-care NPs provide to patients, families or communities.
- Has taken part in research that has influenced health care outcomes.
- Mentors NPs and other stakeholders in health policy, practice or education.
*Previous State Award recipients are eligible for nomination after five years have lapsed from receiving an award.
Who is Ineligible?
- Nominations that include groups and organizations cannot be submitted.
- AANP elected leaders and staff (e.g. Board of Directors, Fellows Executive Committee, State Liaisons, Nomination Council and Awards Committee) cannot be nominated for the award.
Selection Committee
Each region will have a selection committee composed of the Region Director, three State Liaisons and an Awards Committee member. Each year, a call for State Liaison volunteers will be sent via the State Liaison listserv. Each selection committee will review and rank the submitted nominations of another region. If an eligible nominee is not identified, an award will not be given in that state for the award cycle. The Awards Committee will assign applications for review to the selection committees.
Award Package
Recipients will:
- Be honored during the AANP State Awards for Outstanding Contributions Ceremony at the respective AANP national conference.
- Receive a waiver of the national conference registration fee (workshops and additional fees not included).
- Receive a professional photo with the AANP President.
- Receive an award ribbon given at the beginning of conference.
Nomination Process:
Award recipients will be notified by November 1 of each award cycle.
Questions:
For questions, contact governance@aanp.org.
Nomination Link: