Membership Information

Organizational Member Requirements:

WANS membership is available to organizations or entities that put nursing research a priority and whose mission and vision are compatible with WANS. Organizational membership is granted when the majority of the WANS Board of Directors give affirmative votes.

Qualification for membership can be revoked by the majority affirmative votes of the Board of Directors. A member organization which damages the reputation of or acts in opposition to the goals of the Academy is subject to potential revocation of its membership.

Application Procedure:

  1. Completely fill out the application form. You may be requested to resubmit the application if there is any missing item/data. Submitted documents will not be returned.
  2. Provide information of the contact person and email address. Contact is mostly made via e-mail by the secretariat. If you want the correspondence or inquiries sent to a contact person other than the representative, please clearly define in the contact person section.

Approval Procedures:

The WANS board of directors reviews all applications. If the application is approved, notification of membership will be sent to the representative of the applying organization. Notification will also be made if the application is not approved.

Currently there are no membership fees or annual dues for joining the society.

Inquiries:

For questions regarding membership please contact Dr. Linda Kim, WANS Secretariat 2026-27, Contact Us button below.