Fellowship announcement with Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

The Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, a national nursing organization focused solely on the intersection of health and the environment is excited to launch the 4th cohort of the Environmental Health Nurse Fellowship Program from January 2026 - December 2026! Please share widely with your networks. 

This Fellowship is intended to train nurses to work with communities in tackling serious environmental health issues, with an emphasis on climate and health equity, as well as to provide them with mentorship and skills-building opportunities so that they can take on increasing leadership roles in the communities that they serve. 

Applications for the program open on September 8th and the submission deadline is October 17th, 2025. Participants will be notified of acceptance by November 14th. There are a total of 18 spots for nurse fellows. 

Examples of nurse-community partnerships and projects from past cohorts include: 

• Mia McPherson, a public health nurse in Detroit Michigan, partnered with the East Side Community Network to create a guidebook that talks about why heat resilience is an important issue for residents living in the area ECN serves. The guidebook is designed as an educational tool for ECN that breaks down the medical jargon around environmental impacts so their team can use it to better educate the largely Black community as to why and how the resilience hubs can be utilized.

• Jennifer Rasmussen, a home care nurse, partnered with the Fairmount Indigo CDC Collaborative (FICC). Through this partnership Jennifer helped to coordinate a series of 3 quarterly community discussions around the intersection of health and climate justice with the goals of providing education and increasing the number of residents in FICC neighborhoods engaged in the Fairmount Climate Justice Initiative policy advocacy campaigns and activities.

Apply to become a nursing fellow in environmental health here! 

Benefits of participating in the program include: 

• An opportunity to partner with an organization on a project that will address environmental health challenges in their community

• Mentorship from a senior nurse to support each fellow in their efforts

• Access to a network of nurses committed to advancing health equity for their communities

• Peer-to-peer learning and new relationships with 17 other amazing nursing fellows, with immersion experiences via a virtual and in-person convening (travel/accommodation expenses covered by ANHE for in-person convening) 

• A stipend of $1,000 to support your project work

• Free nursing continuing education for participation in webinars and convening events