Resident Emergency Educational Scholarship (REES) Program

• Applicant must be an associate member of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology
  (AANA) in good standing.
• Applicant must be enrolled full-time in a Nurse Anesthesia Educational Program accredited by
  the Council on Accreditation and in good standing.

• Crisis/Natural Disaster impacts and jeopardizes applicant’s ability to graduate.
• Preference may be given to applicant in the last 12 months of his/her anesthesia program.
• Applicant has less than $10,000 in cash, savings, checking accounts (not including student loan
  disbursements)
• Applicant has reasonably explored and exhausted all other avenues for financial assistance and/or does not qualify for other financial assistance.
• Applicant has clearly communicated why assistance is being requested and how REES funding
  received will be utilized specifically for completion of their nurse anesthesiology education.

If you do not meet all of the qualifications and selection criteria listed above, you may not qualify for REES funding at this time.

Applications must include the following supporting documentation:

• Current letter of recommendation from the Program Administrator/Program Director of your
  school of anesthesia on official letterhead. The letter of recommendation should include
  verification of the applicant’s financial hardship, address applicant’s qualifications for REES
  funding, and include a statement regarding the applicant’s ability to graduate if funding is
  awarded.
• Completed balance sheet (included on application)

• Combine application and all supporting documentation into one document in PDF format. To
  merge multiple PDFs, visit www.pdfmerge.com.
• Applications must be submitted by email to foundation@aana.com with subject line “Resident
  Emergency Educational Scholarship.”

You will receive an email to confirm receipt of your application and verify that your application is
complete (typically within one week of submission). This confirmation will also contain an
estimate of when to expect a funding decision.

• Additional information or documentation may be requested if deemed necessary to make an informed funding decision. Failure to provide any additional information or documentation, if requested, will remove the application from consideration.
• The AANA Foundation reserves the right to reject incomplete applications, applications that do not fulfill all application requirements, or applicants that do not meet the qualifications to apply for REES funding.
• Each application will be thoroughly reviewed and considered in order to reach a funding
  decision.
• When a funding decision has been reached, you will be notified by email. All funding decisions are final.

Please note: depending on the number of applications received, the AANA Foundation may hold
applications for up to 30 days for review and evaluation of available funding. Scholarships are
approved only as the balance of the AANA Foundation REES fund permits.