Scholarships & Awards

The Jeanne Raisler International Award for Midwifery honors the memory of Jeanne Raisler, CNM, DrPH, FACNM, and her commitment to midwifery and international women’s health issues. 

This award consists of a professional development grant that supports midwives to become involved in global midwifery; no past international experience is required, and CNMs/CMs with past international experience can apply. It enables the recipient to gain experience in international midwifery through participation in a new or existing project that promotes women’s health globally while expanding their international professional network and developing their global health competencies and skills as described in the document: ACNM Global Health Competencies and Skills, ACNM Division of Global Engagement, November 2018 .

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:

• Be a CNM/CM or CNM/CM-Retired
• Be a member of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM).
• Demonstrate a strong interest in developing professional global health competencies.
• Not be an ACNM Board of Director member or a Foundation Board of Trustee member
• Global Health Competencies