Nurse Innovation Fellowship

Johnson & Johnson’s sponsorship of the fellowship covers all attendance and travel costs for participants.

Unfortunately, no. Given the Fellowship’s goal of trying to maximize positive impact within health systems, the primary applicant must be a Chief Nursing Officer/nurse executive in a hospital or health system, and the secondary applicant must be a senior nurse leader within that same health system. It is always possible that we will reconsider this decision for future cohorts.

The combination of senior nurse leaders will depend on the reporting structure within your health system. However, to maximize impact within health systems, the primary applicant must be a Chief Nursing Officer (or nurse executive with an equivalent title) in a hospital or health system. That CNO or equivalent must then choose a senior nurse leader within that same health system, who they will team up with throughout the fellowship.

No. The lead applicant (CNO or CNE) can decide who is best within their organization to partner with to define and address a problem within the health system to solve.

Different health systems use different titles so it’s hard for us to define by title who would qualify. Our objective is to have a team of two applicants per health system who are senior enough within their health system to be able to effect positive, meaningful change as a result of this Fellowship. The primary applicant should be a CNO or CNE or someone of an equivalent level who can drive change. The secondary applicant would be the person who can best partner (as decided by the primary applicant) with them to define and address a problem in their system. Therefore, the combination of senior nurse leaders will depend on the reporting structure within your health system.

Yes. As long as the two applicants are from the same health system, they can apply.

Yes, public health system leaders can apply for the Fellowship. On the application, there is a “other” option for the question on the number of hospitals in your health system and the total number of licensed beds. Please leverage this option to enter any information that can help us understand the scope of your role if those questions are irrelevant.

No. To maximize the benefit and learning offered in this Fellowship, it is best if a solution is not already being piloted. Part of the human-centered design process that is being taught in the Fellowship is how to accurately define the problem and ideate solutions based on insights gained over the course of the fellowship.

All applicants will be notified via email on May 1, 2023 if they were selected for the Fellowship or not. 

More information about the next Johnson & Johnson Innovation Fellowship cohort will be provided in Q1 2024.