AANA Foundation

Knowledge, integrity, excellence and stewardship.

The Foundation provides financial support to CRNAs and SRNAs through a variety of initiatives and events in addition to offering workshops attended by hundreds of individuals. Over the course of its history, the Foundation has awarded more than $3.9 million to more than 3,000 individuals as detailed below. 

• 1,079 scholarships totaling more than $1,708,000 to support nurse anesthesia
• 186 fellowships totaling $1,267,115 to assist CRNA students pursuing their PhD and DNP degrees
• 191 research grants to CRNAs totaling more than $812,200
• 43 student research grants totaling $42,000
• 1,884 poster presentations at AANA Annual Congresses totaling more than $136,000
   

One of the goals of the AANA Foundation is to support new and seasoned investigators in nurse anesthesia through grants, fellowships and post doctoral fellowships. Programs are designed to develop researchers in nurse anesthesia. The AANA Foundation sets a broad range of research objectives that includes the following areas:  

• Healthcare policy
• Science of anesthesia
• Education Practice/Clinical
• Leadership
• AANAF and AANA Joint Research Program Overview.

The AANA Foundation convened an HSR Ad Hoc Committee (HSR-AHC), which comprised 8 total members (2 representatives for each affiliate:  AANA, AANA Foundation, COA, and NBCRNA). Each member was asked to identify 2-3 health services research questions that addressed policy, education, or practice. 

To learn more about the HSR agenda, development and methodology, and download the 24 questions by domain please visit the Health Services Research Agenda page. Review the top 6 ranked research topics.

• AANAF FAQs
• 2011 AANAF Finance FAQs
• AANA Foundation Strategic Framework
• AANA Foundation Bylaws
• Fiscal Year 2017 Annual Report
• AANAF Reimbursement Policy PowerPoint
• 2016 Historical Perspectives

Visit Guidestar to view our latest tax return and learn more about the IRS Form 990.

Your donation will assist with:

• High profile, critical research focused on:
  • Best anesthesia practice
  • Nurse anesthesia scope of practice
  • Anesthesia quality
  • Cost of effectiveness
  • Malpractice closed claims
• Fellowships
• Student Scholarships
• General grants
• Workshops
• CRNA recognition