Sponsors
Host a NOLS Wilderness Medicine course
Bring NOLS Wilderness Medicine to your location with our full-service approach. We provide everything you need to run a world-class emergency medical training for your staff or students.
Host a Course
Bring NOLS Wilderness Medicine to you
We provide full support to ensure that you and your students have the best possible experience.
Join over 450 camps, outdoor education organizations and associations, guide services, colleges and universities, federal agencies, national and state parks, private businesses, and military organizations that host successful courses.
From Africa to New Zealand, Alaska to Baja, and the Southwest deserts to the Southeast river canyons, anywhere you need to train staff or students to manage emergencies in remote environments, NOLS Wilderness Medicine is here for you.
What we provide
A full-service partnership
When you sponsor a NOLS Wilderness Medicine course, you get expert support across every part of the program.
Expert Instructors
Up to two NOLS-trained wilderness medicine instructors with deep real-world experience and a commitment to student success.
Curriculum & Materials
Industry-standard curriculum, course materials, evaluation tools, and certification paperwork, all included.
Marketing Support
Course listing, registration support, and promotional materials to help you fill your course and reach the right students.
Logistics Help
Pre-course planning, equipment lists, and scenario coordination so the course runs smoothly from arrival through certification.
Current sponsors
Meet some of our current course sponsors
NOLS Wilderness Medicine partners with leading outdoor organizations, universities, and agencies to deliver training where it's needed most.
What you'll provide
Take the lead on your own course
Sponsors handle local logistics so we can focus on delivering the training. Here's what we ask of you.
Classroom Space
A dedicated indoor space large enough for lecture, scenarios, and hands-on practice for the duration of the course.
Outdoor Practice Area
Access to an outdoor space that lets students practice realistic scenarios in real-time conditions.
Student Recruitment
Local promotion and marketing to fill your minimum class size with motivated students (for most course types).
Lodging
Coordination of housing for instructors and (where applicable) students during the course.
Why sponsor
What you get when you host a course
Sponsors get more than a course on their calendar, they get a partnership built on 30+ years of NOLS Wilderness Medicine experience.
Industry-Standard Credential
Your students leave with a NOLS-issued certification recognized by guide services, agencies, and outdoor employers worldwide.
Up to Two NOLS Instructors
Our expert wilderness medicine instructors teach fun, hands-on lessons, lead realistic patient scenarios, and provide the full NOLS Wilderness Medicine course at your location.
Marketing & Registration
Course listing on nols.edu, registration support, and promotional materials so you can fill seats with the right students.
Global Network
Join 450+ camps, universities, agencies, and guide services already running NOLS Wilderness Medicine courses on six continents.
What hosting a NOLS course looks like
You bring the classroom, the outdoor practice space, and the students. We bring up to two field-tested instructors, the full curriculum, evaluation tools, and certification. From day one, your team operates a real wilderness medicine course, with NOLS handling the teaching, scenarios, and standards.
Most sponsors run their first course as a pilot, then come back. The 450+ active partners we work with today nearly all started with a single class.
Get Started
Let's host your course
Reach out to start the conversation, we'll help you scope, schedule, and staff a course that fits your team.
