6th April 2017
The Florence Nightingale Foundation works to improve patient care through the provision of scholarships for nurses, midwives and other health professionals to enable them to extend knowledge and skills, and to promote innovation in practice.
Florence Nightingale Foundation scholarships 2017 are now open for applications.
Research Scholarships
The Research Scholarships are up to £5,000. Scholars can undertake an academic course of study that must demonstrate impact on patient care and be academically supervised or supported. They are available to nurses and midwives currently residing in the UK and registered with the NMC.
Closing date for applications: 18/05/17
Travel Scholarships
The Travel Scholarships are up to £5,000 and provide an opportunity to study best practice elsewhere in the UK and/or overseas. Awarded for projects which will benefit patients/users and the
professions more widely, they are available to nurses and midwives currently residing in the UK and registered with the NMC.
Closing date for applications: 21/05/17
Leadership Scholarships
Bespoke programmes to equip scholars with the skills and confidence to contribute positively and significantly to healthcare.
- General Leadership: up to £15,000, available to senior nurses, midwives and other health professionals, as well as to Deans and Deputy Deans of Schools of Nursing/Faculties of Health in Universities.
- Aspiring Deans: up to £15,000, available to senior educators, researchers and practitioners looking to become Dean of a university faculty with nursing, midwifery or AHP programmes.
- Aspiring Nurse Directors: up to £14,000, available to nurses and midwives with potential to secure a Board level position in the next 2-3 years.
- Emerging Leaders: up to £10,000, available to Band 7 and 8 nurses, midwives and other health professionals who have already completed a front-line leadership development programme
Closing date for applications: 11/09/17
For any queries, please contact [email protected]
