Funding opportunities
Nurses have an important role in research. Improving patient care is at the forefront of research and working on the front-line puts nurses in the ideal position to contribute to the research process and indeed lead research projects.
As finding research funding is such a significant part of the research process, and identifying potential funding sources can take a considerable amount of time the RCN is working in partnership with RDFunding to help you. Of course, applying for grants and obtaining the money is much harder, as anecdotal evidence suggests that only 1 in 7 bids for funding is successful. As competition for research money is fierce, having up-to-date details on funding opportunities is a great help.
RDFunding
RDFunding, part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), is a service dedicated to providing up-to-date information on health-related research funding opportunities. The website holds details of over 5,000 awards from in excess of 1,600 organisations from across the globe.
Website: http://rdfunding.org.uk/
These include:
- RCN Awards - different awards and bursaries open to RCN members
- Nursing only grants - UK funding exclusively reserved for nurses.
- Other funding organisations – UK organisations which not known to fund nurses.
The above examples have been produced for the RCN
Other directories include
- PhD Funding - Fellowships
- PhD Funding - Studentships
- Travel awards
- Opportunities for new researchers
- Opportunities which accept proposals at any time
- European funding opportunities
- Other International funding opportunities
You can of course, search RDFunding.
How to get the most out of the RDFunding website
Especially adapted for nurses, explaining searching strategies and how to put together a good proposal.
Website: http://www.rdfunding.org.uk/rcn/SearchingRDinfo.asp
Register with RDFunding
You can also register with RDFunding to get regular updates about the latest funding calls.