Stroke Article of the Year Award

Award Recipients

2023 Sandy Middleton, RN, PhD
2022 Ann Leonhardt-Caprio, DNP, RN, ANP-BC, SCRN, FAHA
2021 Gianluca Pucciarelli
2020 Michelle Camicia
2019 Eeeseung Byun
2018 Barbara J. Lutz
2017 Gianluca Pucciarelli

Eligibility Criteria

Candidate must be a member of the AHA Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing at the time the application is submitted.
Candidate will submit an article on stroke that he or she has authored and that has been published in a referenced journal within the last two years.
The article must be of scientific merit; have a sound research design if applicable; be significant, timely, and original; have the potential to contribute to cerebrovascular knowledge and research; be well written, and include a review of the literature and application of research (if applicable)
The article must relate to the mission of the AHA and ASA.
An applicant may submit one paper for one article of the year award each year.
Candidate must be a registered nurse (RN) with an interest in cerebrovascular nursing and the first author of the article submitted.
An Article of the Year award winner cannot reapply for an article of the year award for at least 2 years.

Current CVSN Stroke Nursing Committee members are not eligible to apply for or be nominated for the award.

How to Apply or Submit a Nomination

The application file should contain the following documents in PDF format:

One cover letter of application and one nomination letter, or two nomination letters.
Published article reprint for consideration or, if not available, an article that is indexed, peer reviewed, and publicly available. The article should clearly relate to the goals of the American Heart Association and cardiovascular nursing.
Curriculum vitae, including bibliography.

Visit the ProposalCentral Council Awards Applicant Instructions page to apply or submit a nomination.

Once logged in, you may apply for the Scientific Sessions Cardiovascular Nursing Awards and select the CVSN Stroke Article of the Year Award from the award drop-down list.

For more detailed information on ProposalCentral, also included are additional materials on specific ProposalCentral functionality.

Prize

The winner will receive:

Complimentary registration to Scientific Sessions
One (1) complimentary ticket, to the CVSN Council Dinner
An engraved plaque
$500 honorarium

The winner must agree to be present at the annual CVSN Council Dinner at Scientific Sessions to claim the award. The winner will also be invited to speak at the AHA's State of the Art Stroke Nursing Symposium held prior to the International Stroke Conference.