MISSION Promote Better Health Through Nursing Science GOALS The aims of the Council are to: Be a strong voice nationally and internationally in support of the development, conduct and utilization of nursing science; Share, translate and disseminate nursing science and; Facilitate and recognize life-long nursing science career development.   To be recgonized as the collective, national voice for nursing science.   COUNCIL HISTORY Learn how the Council was founded and how it has evolved since its inception... Learn More/Join Now Fellowship in the AAN is not required for membership in the Council. Regional Research Societies The Council Steering Committee is composed of representatives from the four major Regional Research Societies. Click here for their 2009 meeting dates or below on their link for more detailed meeting information. VISION

REGISTER ONLINE NOW!    2008 NATIONAL STATE OF THE SCIENCE CONGRESS ON NURSING RESEARCH  October 2 - 4, 2008 Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, DC CONGRESS SPONSORSHIP, ADVERTISING & EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES NOW AVAILABLE.....click here!                      Grants and Awards » Sigma Theta Tau International/Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS) Grant   2008 ANF/CANS Nursing Research Grant      NIH Center for Scientific Review Workshop Summary »    The Council Supports Research!America "Your Congress-Your Health" »    New Student Membership Rate »    2007 Council Special Topics Conference Practice-Based Evidence: Another Side of the Development Coin Presentation Slides Now Available All persons interested in the mission of the Council, "Better Health through Nursing Science" are invited to renew their membership or become a new member of the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (the Council).