2025-2026 AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellowship Age-Friendly Health Systems Cohort Scholarships
The American Hospital Association (AHA) is accepting applications for The John A. Hartford Foundation Age-Friendly Health Systems Cohort Scholarships as part of its 2025-2026 Next Generation Leaders Fellowship. The application deadline has been extended to April 14.
The AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellowship focuses on developing leaders and empowering them to bring about real and lasting change in the hospitals and health systems in which they serve. The program will help emerging leaders tackle key issues and challenges affecting health care affordability, cost, quality and safety.
The Age-Friendly Health Systems Cohort Scholars work towards providing enhanced care to older adults by reliably implementing a set of four evidenced-based elements of high-quality care, known as the 4Ms Framework, at their organization for their capstone project in the twelve-month fellowship program.
The fellows will walk away with:
- A network with an accomplished group of peers and health care leaders
- Firsthand knowledge through a one-on-one mentoring relationship with an elite health care leader
- The skills to lead behavioral and system-based changes within your organization
- Support to execute a capstone project in their hospital or health system
Nominations are vital to help AHA identify and train the next generation of health care leaders. To nominate a fellowship candidate, please submit a nomination at aha.org/nextgennominations.
AHA also has a call for Fellowship Mentors for the 2025-2026 AHA Next Generation Leaders Fellowship.
Applications are now due April 14.
Learn more about the Next Generation Leaders Fellowship.
Learn more about the AFHS Cohort Scholarships.
See the 2024-2025 Mentors and download the mentor informational flyer.
Explore the 2023 Capstone highlights.
Visit AHA's Age-Friendly Health Systems page.
Learn more about JAHF's support of the scholarships.
