DEI Leadership Award

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leadership (DEIL) Award recognizes an AWHONN member who has exhibited strong leadership and commitment in advancing and advocating evidence-based protocols, research, or practices to combat maternal or newborn health outcome disparities to underserved or underrepresented populations in the U.S.

Recognition and Reimbursement:

Award honorees will each receive a complimentary AWHONN Convention registration, travel stipend, Award  Plaque, and an invitation to the VIP reception with a guest. Travel stipend includes six-day/five-night hotel room and tax, full airfare and ground transportation reimbursement, and two days per diem. Additionally, they will receive either a $200 credit for AWHONN’s online store, or a complimentary one-year full membership.

Criteria:

  • Distinguished and accomplished contributions in advancing or advocating evidence-based protocols, research, or practices that combat maternal and newborn health outcome disparities in underserved and underrepresented populations in the U.S.
  • Improve the practice of nursing through a history of strong advocacy and leadership in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion hiring practices within nursing and health care
  • Describe integration of AWHONN’s mission and standards in contributions to women’s and newborns’ health through advocacy efforts
  • Detail leadership role within AWHONN at the national, Section or Chapter level
  • DEI advocacy, support, and excellence in others related to professional growth, development, research, education or leadership.
  • Demonstrates the following leadership attributes:
    • Visionary and passionate regarding AWHONN and the health promotion of women and newborns
    • Modeling professional behavior
    • Motivates excellence in others, encouraging opportunities for growth, change, and development
    • Inspires confidence and celebrates the success of others above one’s own
    • Communicates complex ideas in a simplistic manner
    • Lives the message: creativity, resourcefulness, confidence, and passion
    • Welcomes controversy and challenging to reset the standard

Eligibility

  • All candidates must have been active voting members for at least five (5) consecutive years prior to the year of their nomination, and they must also maintain active membership in the year of nomination.
  • Candidates can be nominated for multiple awards but will only be considered for one. Candidates can either specify their chosen award when submitting materials or if they submit applications for multiple awards, they will be asked to choose one award for which they would like to be considered before judging commences.
  • Following selection as an honoree, an awardee is ineligible to receive any further awards for a minimum period of three years.
  • The AWHONN Board of Directors, National Committee Chairs, Awards Committee members and AWHONN Staff are ineligible to be considered for any AWHONN award for the duration of their tenure in said position, as well as for two years post-position.

Components Necessary for Completion of Application

  • Nomination by an AWHONN member by midnight on Sunday, September 29, 2024
  • Application Form completed by the candidate by Sunday, October 27, 2024
  • Uploaded current resume/curriculum vitae of candidate
  • Documentation of support; format to be specified in application, to be submitted by Sunday, November 3, 2024
  • A headshot of at least 300 dpi to be utilized if the candidate is chosen
  • The honoree selected must be available to be a member of the 2026 Awards Committee
  • Please note, AWHONN prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as text generators, paraphrasers, summarizers, or translators, in the preparation and submission of any award applications. To ensure the integrity and authenticity of applications, we may use various methods to detect the use of AI tools, such as human review and requiring applicants to sign a declaration stating that they have not used any AI tools in their applications and that they are solely responsible for the content and quality. By applying for any AWHONN Award, the applicant agrees to abide by this policy and to submit only their own original work.

Nominating a nurse takes minutes! Use the button below to find out more and get started on this easy process. The deadline to submit your nomination is midnight (EST) on Sunday, September 29 2024. Those nominated will have additional time to complete their application. Submitted nominations are automatically sent to awards@awhonn.org.