Chapter Achievement Award
The AONL Chapter Achievement Award recognizes an AONL Chapter that promotes nursing leadership and its influence in the areas of the advancement of nursing practice, patient safety, quality, recruitment and retention or another priority initiative for that particular state/region and can serve as a model for other states or regions with similar interests.
Eligibility Requirements
- The nominee must be an AONL Chapter.
- Members of the AONL Board of Directors, staff and awards committee are not eligible to nominate a chapter.
- Previous winners may reapply; however, a chapter may receive the award no more than three consecutive times within a four-year period.
Nomination Process
Any AONL member or nonmember may nominate a chapter for the award by submitting a form with supporting documentation for the submission criteria.
- Nomination form, which has a series of questions requiring a narrative and evidence to support the chapter’s leadership across six objectives.
- Letter of Recommendation demonstrating the chapter’s qualifications (e.g. a letter from member, fellow coalition member, etc.).
- Supporting materials demonstrating chapter’s work. (Supporting materials include an overview of a program, additional letters of recommendation, articles, etc.).
Selection Process
The AONL Awards Taskforce scores applications across six objectives. Each objective is scored on a scale of 0-10, for a maximum score of 60 points.
Dates and Deadlines for AONL & AONL Foundation Awards
SUBMISSION DEADLINE November 6, 2026
NOMINEES NOTIFIED January 2027
AWARD PRESENTATION AONL Annual Conference, April 12-17, 2027; Phoenix