Dr. Madeleine M. Leininger Award

SELECTION CRITERIA

Awardees of the Leininger Transcultural Nursing Award will provide evidence of the following:

1. Outstanding contributions in two selected areas of transcultural nursing expertise, for example, teaching, published research, theory development, clinical community practice, administration (academic or service), or in transcultural nursing consultation.
2. Creative and unique leadership to advance transcultural nursing knowledge and support culturally competent care practices.
3. Local, regional, national, and/or global leadership efforts that encourage recognition and value of transcultural nursing publicly and professionally in order to improve people care among diverse and similar cultures.
4. Active leadership and two years of continuous membership in the Transcultural Nursing Society that promotes the mission and goals of the Society.

APPLICANT GUIDELINES

• The applicant may either be nominated by another person or self-nominated.
• Each applicant is to submit online the following:
  • Documentation for declared two areas of expertise (see Criterion 1), showing supportive evidence for each area of outstanding leadership.
  • Submission of at least two letters of support from nursing colleagues (preferably from transcultural nurses), who can attest to the nominee’s leadership contributions related to the criteria.
  • Evidence of being an active member of the Transcultural Nursing Society with a membership history of at least two continuous years.
  • Submission of any other documents the applicant feels is important to substantiate leadership activities related to the criteria, such as leadership for transcultural workshops; initiating transcultural nursing research projects, courses, or programs; presenting papers at transcultural nursing or other nursing conferences; establishing clinical field experiences; providing transcultural nursing consultation; publishing transcultural nursing articles that facilitate public awareness of transcultural nursing, and/or supporting transcultural interdisciplinary endeavors.
  • Applicants for the award must send online all documents together or by email as to the Transcultural Nursing Society by the deadline of July 15 of the current year.

An independent Leininger Award Committee will review all submissions.  All decisions are final.  The result will be communicated to you once the process has been completed.  This generally happens in August of the current year following application. Please direct questions to staff@tcns.org.  

If you have questions regarding any part of this application, how to complete it, or the requirements for its submission, please contact staff@tcns.org.