Resources
Access to funding can make or break career goals, and it is
important that you think laterally about where you may obtain full
or sometimes part-funding to help you achieve a career goal.
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Resources
From the following list of useful resources - check out any
which may be of interest or use to you now and in the future, make
sure you save your favourites and revisit on a regular basis.
- BUPA
Foundation: Prizes of £10,000 are on offer for research
projects in the following areas: clinical excellence, medical
research, health at work, epidemiology, communication and care for
the elderly.
- Commonwealth Fund: Applications are
invited by the Commonwealth Fund from health policy researchers and
practitioners to apply for a 9-12 month study fellowship in the
USA.
- Florence Nightingale
Foundation: Travel scholarships for nurses, midwives and health
visitors.
- Health Foundation: Leading Practice
Through Research: aimed at those wishing to develop their
professional skills as well as pursuing their research.
- HSA Charitable
Trust Scholarships/Awards: Major Scholarships: up to £5,000
each (Doctorate or a Masters Degree). Scholarships: up to £3,000
each (Bachelors degree, Diploma or Certificate); Grants: up to
£1,000 each (except Doctorates or Masters Degrees)
- Margaret Parkinson
Scholarship - Post-Registration Nurses: Scholarships for RCN
members to undertake courses or obtain experience in nursing
practice
- RCM Midwifery
Awards: To recognise and reward innovation in midwifery
practice, education and research.
- RCN Grants: Up
to £250 to assist RCN members to enhance their professional skills,
knowledge and competence. Available to qualified nursing staff with
2 years RCN membership.
- RCN
Educational Scholarship: Scholarships available to undertake a
project, research, or study tour specifically related to nurse
education.
- The Barbers Company Clinical Nursing Scholarship: Fees or
subsistence are offered for nurses undertaking a masters or
research in an academic setting in the UK or overseas. RCN
- The Queen's Nursing
Institute Scotland : Is a registered charity in Scotland which
awards various grants annually.
- The Ruth Davies Research Bursary to assist midwives with their
research RCM
- Trevor Clay Scholarship Fund: Trevor Clay Scholarship to
facilitate development in a leadership/management role. Awards can
be used to part-fund a project, study visit or an appropriately
recognised course. RCN
- AHP Consultants
http://www.show.scot.nhs.uk/sehd/ahp/consultants.htm
Clinical Leadership
The document is also available on the NHS Education for
Scotland website It contains very good advice and provides
information on other resources where you can gain more personal
advice and also information sources for research training and
potential funding
