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APNA Award for Excellence in Research & Scholarship

DESCRIPTION

The APNA Award for Excellence in Research & Scholarship honors an APNA member who has made significant contributions in psychiatric-mental health nursing scholarship through the generation, translation, dissemination, or implementation of scientific knowledge and research. This award recognizes excellence in research, evidence-based practice (EBP), and/or quality improvement (QI) efforts that advance psychiatric-mental health nursing. The individual must have been a member of APNA for at least two years.

CRITERIA

  • Has meaningfully impacted the field through leading research, securing funding, mentoring, translating evidence into practice, or scholarly dissemination.
  • Generates or implements new scientific knowledge that advances psychiatric-mental health nursing through addressing an important question, evidence gap, or population need relevant to PMH nursing and the population served.
  • Disseminates research and scholarship through presentation(s) at conference(s) or publication(s) in peer-reviewed journals.
  • Mentors colleagues or students in the development, refinement, or advancement of research or scholarship.

View past APNA Awards recipients here. 

APNA Annual Awards Nominations are Now Closed

How to Submit Your Nomination
  • Click here when the call for nominations opens. On the next screen click the black Login button and log in with your APNA username and password.
  • Review the instructions on the submission page and click Add Another Submission.
  • Complete the online nomination form.
    • Fill in your information and the information for your nominee.
    • Select the award name from the drop down on the following page.
    • When completing the form, be sure to include specific examples of how the nominee has achieved excellence in his/her practice, what makes the nominee stand out in the profession, and what the nominee has accomplished that meets the criteria.
  • Find a reference to complete the form.
    • On the reference page of your nomination submission, enter a contact’s name and email address to generate an email that will include a link to submit their reference.
    • In order to be considered, each nomination must have both a nominator and a reference.
  • Once your nomination is complete, click the Submit button.

View past APNA Annual Awards recipients here. 

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