Eastern Nursing Research Society

What Eastern Nursing Research Society does

Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS) is a 501(c)-style nonprofit professional membership organization founded in 1988 as the research arm of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Nursing Association (MARNA) and the New England Organization for Nursing (NEON). Headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia, ENRS serves nurses, nurse scientists, nursing students, and academic and clinical institutions across 11 Eastern U.S. states plus Washington D.C. Its member base stood at 1,024 in the most recent President's Message. The organization's core products are an annual scientific sessions conference (now in its 39th year), a portfolio of recurring webinars, 17 Research Interest Groups spanning topics from Aging to Precision Health, accredited continuing education delivered via Amedco LLC, a student discovery network, an awards program, a job board, and tiered annual institutional partnerships.

ENRS's underlying technology stack is conventional web-based infrastructure — the public-facing site (enrs-go.org), MemberClicks for membership management, OA-event for conference registration, and cmecertificateonline.com for CEU certificate delivery — with no proprietary technology platform, app, or API disclosed. Governance is handled by a volunteer Executive Board (22nd President: Ann-Margaret Navarra, 2026-2028) and daily operations are outsourced to Association & Conference Group (ACG), which has managed ENRS for eight years.

ENRS generates revenue through two primary streams: (1) annual individual memberships priced at $145 for regular members and $75 for students and retired members, with bundle discounts of 10–20% available for groups of 3, 5, or 10; and (2) institutional partnership sponsorships priced at $1,500 (Peer), $3,000 (Mentor), $5,250 (Leader), and $6,750 (Champion) per partnership year. Ancillary revenue streams include conference registrations and CEU-related services, though pricing is not publicly disclosed. Membership subscriptions and partnership sponsorships are both structured as annual recurring revenue with predictable renewal cycles anchored to a partnership year running March through February.

Name

Eastern Nursing Research Society

Legal name

Eastern Nursing Research Society

Website

https://enrs-go.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS) is a 1988-founded nonprofit professional membership organization serving 1,024 nurse scientists, students, and academic and clinical partners across 11 Eastern U.S. states and Washington D.C. via annual conferences, 17 Research Interest Groups, webinars, and tiered partnership sponsorships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Leesburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Subscriptions: Annual membership fees from registered nurses, students, and retired professionals. Regular membership costs $145/year, student and retired memberships cost $75/year. Bundle discounts are available for group purchases (3, 5, or 10 memberships).
2. Annual Partnership Sponsorships: Institutional partnerships with academic nursing schools and healthcare organizations at four sponsorship tiers: Champion ($6,750), Leader ($5,250), Mentor ($3,000), and Peer ($1,500). Partnerships include branding, conference benefits, and membership allocations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

ENRS is a nonprofit professional nursing research society that sells annual individual memberships and institutional partnerships to deliver scholarly networking, research dissemination, and professional development services. Its core products include the Annual Scientific Sessions conference, Research Interest Groups, accredited webinars and CEUs, a peer-reviewed journal subscription, and a job posting board. Members are nurses, nurse scientists, students, and retired professionals across 11 Eastern U.S. states plus Washington, D.C.

Product overview

ENRS is a professional nursing research society offering a membership-based platform with multiple interconnected services. The core offering centers on the Annual Scientific Sessions conference and a portfolio of webinars that deliver nursing research content and CEUs. Research Interest Groups (RIGs) form the community backbone, with 17 specialized groups enabling scholarly exchange. Supporting services include the Student Discovery Network for early-career support, award programs, a job posting board, and a partnership/sponsorship program. The organization functions primarily as a professional society rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Annual Scientific Sessions Annual conference featuring research presentations, symposia, networking, and ANCC-accredited continuing education for nursing researchers across the Eastern U.S. region.
• ENRS Membership Program

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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API detail

Core technology

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Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered peer and core.

• Adelphi UniversitypeerGTM or Marketing PartnerAcademic nursing school and annual partner of ENRS, listed among 30+ institutional partners supporting the organization at various sponsorship tiers (Champion, Leader, Mentor, Peer).
• Boston College Connell School of NursingpeerGTM or Marketing PartnerAcademic nursing school and annual partner supporting ENRS through partnership program.
• Columbia University School of NursingpeerGTM or Marketing PartnerAcademic nursing school and annual partner of ENRS.
• NYU Rory Meyers College of NursingpeerGTM or Marketing PartnerAcademic nursing school and annual partner supporting ENRS.
• Yale School of NursingpeerGTM or Marketing PartnerAcademic nursing school and annual partner of ENRS.
• Massachusetts General HospitalpeerGTM or Marketing PartnerHealthcare institution and annual partner of ENRS, representing clinical nursing research.
• Dana-Farber Cancer InstitutepeerGTM or Marketing PartnerCancer research institution and annual partner supporting ENRS nursing research initiatives.
• Amedco LLCcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerJointly accredited by ACCME, ACPE, and ANCC, Amedco LLC provides CEU accreditation and certificate delivery for ENRS Annual Scientific Sessions. Certificates are accessible for 60 days post-conference at enrs.cmecertificateonline.com.
• Association & Conference Group (ACG)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerACG has served as ENRS management firm for eight years, providing administrative support, communications, marketing, and website development services. ACG is committed to facilitating ENRS's continued growth.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• National League for Nursing (NLN): Nursing-education-focused association offering faculty development, research resources, and conferences with partial overlap to ENRS's nursing-education RIG and student programming.

Broad incumbents

• Sigma (Sigma Theta Tau International): The global nursing honor society with substantially broader scope and membership base than ENRS, including research grants, global conferences, and journals — competes for the same nurse-researcher membership wallet.
• American Nurses Association (ANA): The largest U.S. professional association for nurses, spanning practice, policy, and research; overlaps with ENRS on continuing education and professional development offerings for nurse members.
• American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN): National organization for academic nursing, overlapping many of ENRS's institutional partners and offering conferences and resources to schools of nursing across the U.S.

Direct peers

• Western Nursing Research Society (WNRS): Western U.S. counterpart to ENRS, hosting regional scientific sessions and supporting nurse-researcher communities with the same membership-driven, conference-anchored model.
• Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science (CANS): National nursing science organization representing PhD-prepared nurse scientists across all regions; provides a comparable research-centric community and convening function to ENRS.
• Midwest Nursing Research Society (MNRS): Regional nursing research society for the Midwest, running annual conferences, research interest groups, and academic/clinical partnerships under the same professional-society playbook as ENRS.
• Southern Nursing Research Society (SNRS): Regional nursing research society covering the Southern U.S., operating the same model as ENRS — annual scientific sessions, RIGs, institutional partnerships, and member tiers — making it the closest structural counterpart.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/enrs_science
• Facebookfacebook.com/JoinENRS
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eastern-nursing-research-society-enrs-
• Instagraminstagram.com/enrs_science

Compliance3 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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