The GNLI is aimed at nurses and/or nurses midwives in senior or executive level positions from high, medium and low income countries across the world. Suitable applicants may come from a variety of settings and positions including Chief Nursing Officers; presidents and officers of national nurses associations; executive officers from regulatory bodies; directors of nursing; deans and senior faculty; health ministry officials, and senior nurses in specialist roles.

Preference will be given to those applicants who are not currently undertaking an educational programme.