Open — applications due October 30, 2026Atlas Opportunity Score 76/100
Illinois FY27 Nurse Educator Fellowship Program
Illinois fellowship funding to retain well-qualified nursing faculty through salary supplements at eligible institutions with approved and accredited nursing programs.
Funding$10,000 to $25,000 per competitive fellowship; FY2027 program funding is $800,000 with 40 expected awards.
DeadlineOctober 30, 2026. The current public FY27 opportunity materials reviewed do not publish an exact submission clock time or time zone.
Last verifiedSeptember 29, 2026
Required next actionIdentify an eligible full-time nursing faculty nominee, confirm the institution's IDFPR-approved and CCNE- or ACEN-accredited pre-licensure RN program, verify the nominee's current residency, nursing degree, full-time faculty status, 12-month qualifying RN teaching period, significant contributions, prior-year fellowship exclusion, and chief nursing administrator nomination, and resolve the current GATA-versus-Euna matching-requirement discrepancy with IBHE before final budget or package work. Submit under the current FY27 instructions by October 30, 2026; the public FY27 materials do not state an exact submission clock time or time zone.
Broad Eligibility
Eligible Illinois institutions of higher learning with qualifying registered professional nursing programs approved by IDFPR and accredited by CCNE or ACEN may nominate qualified full time nursing faculty. Current nominee criteria include Illinois residency, at least a master's degree in nursing, at least 12 months of qualifying teaching employment at the nominating institution, significant nursing program contributions, no fellowship award in the immediately preceding year, and nomination by the institution's chief nursing administrator.
Atlas Analysis
The FY27 Nurse Educator Fellowship Program is a specialized faculty-retention program for eligible Illinois institutions of higher learning with approved and accredited nursing programs. FY2027 funding is $800,000; competitive fellowships range from $10,000 to $25,000 and are used to supplement selected nursing faculty salaries. Illinois GATA lists applications open August 26 through October 30, 2026 and formula matching requirements as N/A. Applicants should follow the current Euna or AmpliFund submission instructions and program-specific nomination requirements.
The Illinois Board of Higher Education FY27 Nurse Educator Fellowship Program is designed to retain well-qualified nursing educators by providing salary supplements through eligible Illinois institutions of higher learning. Participating institutions must have a nursing program approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and accredited by CCNE or ACEN, and nominations must be certified by the institution’s Chief Nursing Administrator.
The current Illinois GATA and Euna opportunity materials list FY27 awards from $10,000 to $25,000, total FY2027 program funding of $800,000, 40 expected awards, no indirect costs, and an October 30, 2026 deadline. The current public materials do not publish an exact submission clock time or time zone. Euna currently marks Matching Requirement as Yes while leaving the cash, in-kind, and other funding requirement fields blank, while the GATA program page lists Formula Matching Requirements as N/A. Atlas therefore treats the exact match obligation as unresolved and requires agency clarification before final budget or package work.
The fellowship is narrower than a general nursing-program expansion grant because the primary purpose is faculty retention and salary supplementation. Fellowship nominations are limited to no more than three full-time nursing faculty members per eligible institution per fiscal year, with a separate nomination and supporting documents required for each nominee.
Source verificationReferenced source · il.amplifund.comAtlas last verified this record September 29, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗
