National Collegiate EMS Foundation
Founded in 1993, the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation (NCEMSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in the United States committed to scholarship, research, and creating a safer, healthier environment on college and university campuses through the support, promotion, and advocacy of campus-based EMS. The National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation is committed to advancing existing response groups and assisting in developing new response groups. National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation serves as an umbrella organization supporting its approximately 250 constituent member colleges and universities that provide campus-based EMS. The National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation provides a robust network of supportive professionals and alumni as well as a forum for education and communication between its constituent members.
Partnership with JCEMS
On its 25th Anniversary, in 2017, the National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation formed a partnership with JCEMS to promote collegiate EMS scholarship and to spark immediate and sustainable progress in the young, growing field of campus-based prehospital emergency care. National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation serves as the official sponsor and parent foundation of JCEMS and provides networking, administrative, and financial support. JCEMS and National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation collaborate to guide collegiate EMS providers and organizations in developing research projects and producing publishable work. National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation serves as the owner and publisher of JCEMS. The National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation Board of Directors should not interfere with the review and processing of individual articles.
Editorial Freedom
To ensure rigor and independence in the editorial process, the JCEMS Editorial Board maintains editorial autonomy as defined by the World Association of Medical Editors. The National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Foundation Board of Directors has no authority to determine the content to be published in JCEMS, nor to evaluate, edit, or schedule the publication of articles. The Editor-in-Chief has ultimate authority over the editorial content of JCEMS and its scheduling, the advertisements and sponsorships the journal will present, and the use of the journal brand and content.
Members of the NCEMSF Board of Directors are not eligible to serve on the JCEMS Editorial Board. Members of the NCEMSF Board of Directors may be invited to serve as peer reviewers, in accordance with the JCEMS standard peer review protocols. Individuals affiliated with NCEMSF, who do not serve on the Board of Directors, may be invited to serve on the JCEMS Editorial Board or as reviewers.
Contact NCEMSF
Mailing Address: PO Box 93, West Sand Lake, NY 12196
Email: info@ncemsf.org, ATTN: George J. Koenig, Jr., DO