Licensing/Endorsement Application

The American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) represents the interests of Certified Nurse-Midwives and Certified Midwives in the United States. With roots dating to 1929, ACNM sets the standard for excellence in midwifery education and practice in the U.S. and strengthens the capacity of midwives in developing countries. Members are highly educated, skilled primary care providers for women throughout the lifespan, with an emphasis on pregnancy, childbirth, and gynecologic and reproductive health care.

If you are interested in licensing an ACNM product, program, material, or service for your own use or distribution or in ACNM endorsement of your product, program, material, or service, please complete our Licensing and Endorsement Application for consideration. Requests will be reviewed within 30 days, and if approved, licensing and/or endorsement authorization will expire one year from the date of the application or the program launch date. Licensing and endorsement pricing will be quoted based on the application and prior to the review process.

Please email completed forms along with any supplemental materials to Marketing & Communications at [email protected]. Allow 30 days for review. If you need your application to be expedited, indicate this in your email and we will consider your request.

Licensing and Endorsement Application

Licensing and Endorsement Package Options:

Tier 1

• ACNM authorizes use of ACNM intellectual property for program/resource (inventions, industrial processes, software, data, written work, designs, images, training manuals/programs, curricula, e-learning modules, clinical guidelines, position statements, research findings, book/journal articles, presentations, films, inventions, new/improved designs, medical devices, equipment, new uses for existing drugs, diagnostic tests, new treatments, internet/social media, cybersecurity, privacy and the right of publicity, contracts, patents, marks such as the organization’s name and acronym, brand names, logos, slogans for programs shows, events, or publications).

Tier 2

• ACNM provides one promotion of licensed product in the weekly ACNM membership e-newsletter, which is distributed to all members
• ACNM provides promotion of licensed product at Annual Meeting (if applicable)

Tier 3

• ACNM provides one promotion of licensed product in the weekly ACNM membership e-newsletter, which is distributed to all members
• ACNM provides one targeted email promotion to member email list
• ACNM provides promotion of licensed product on applicable ACNM webpage [timeframe for listing – max of 2 weeks]
• ACNM posts about the licensed product on its applicable social media platforms
• ACNM provides promotion of licensed product at Annual Meeting (if applicable)

Tier 4

• ACNM provides two promotions of licensed product in the weekly ACNM membership e-newsletter, which is distributed to all members
• ACNM provides one targeted email promotion to member email list
• ACNM provides promotion of licensed product on applicable ACNM webpage [timeframe for listing – max of 2 weeks]
• ACNM posts about the licensed product on its applicable social media platforms
• ACNM provides promotion of licensed product at Annual Meeting (if applicable)

Notice: In proceedings of the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM), the ACNM strives to maintain professional environments and professional interactions where people are treated with dignity, decency, and respect – an environment characterized by mutual trust and the absence of intimidation, oppression, and exploitation. ACNM will not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. ACNM will not tolerate negative biases and racial stereotypes from any party including staff, volunteers, speakers, guests, members, contractors, military, government, and industry representatives. Breaches of these policies by third party vendors would be cause for disciplinary action and/or cancellation of said contract at the discretion of the CEO. The ACNM Anti-Discrimination & Harassment Policy, and the ACNM Position Statement on Racism and Racial Bias can be found here.