Non RCN scholarships and awards

Here you will find details of other areas of the internet to search, some other possible funding options, some scholarships offered by other organisations, and some loan options.

Websites

There are details of possible funding opportunities in the Research section of this website.

The website, RDinfo, is an online database listing more than 800 funding sources and more than 2,000 awards for health care staff in the UK.

Other possible funding options include:

  • an employer
  • a hospital/college of nursing; League of Nurses (e.g. King's College Hospital Nurses' League 0208 690 4244).
  • an RCN centre
  • a Training and Enterprise Council (LECs in Scotland) may offer Individual Learning Accounts providing £150 vouchers for learning and development (but not full-time courses); contact freephone: 0800 072 5678
  • commercial companies whose products you use may offer sponsorship
  • voluntary bodies such as the Rotary or Round Table
  • charities connected with a nursing speciality such as the Parkinson's Disease Society
  • the Educational Grants Advisory Services (EGAS), Family Welfare Association, 501-505 Kingsland Road, London E8 4AU. Tel: 020 7254 6251. EGAS will sometimes help with difficulties with Local Education Authorities
  • European Union objectives; you may be able to apply for European Union funding. See the Sixth Framework Programme web pages for more details
  • visit the National Bureau for Students with Disabilities (www.skill.org.uk ).

Guy's hospital scholarships  

If you trained or worked at Guy's Hospital you may be eligible for two sources of educational funding to support or supplement your studies. Contact: The Scholarship Secretary, Guy's Hospital Nurses' League, West Wing, Guy's Hospital, St Thomas' Street, London SE1 9RT. 

Margaret Parkinson bursaries

To enable post-registration nurses in the UK to undertake instruction in communicating with profoundly deaf patients and / or to obtain experience in relation to such patients. The bursaries are available annually.

  • Closing date: 1 March 2010.
  • Contact: The Royal School for Deaf Children Margate, Victoria Road, Margate, Kent CT9 1NB. Telephone: 01843 227561.

Westfield nurses travel scholarships

Westfield nurses travel scholarships give qualified nurses, midwives and health visitors from South Yorkshire, Trent, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland, the chance to witness best practice throughout the world and implement ideas and innovations that are of benefit to the NHS. For further information please telephone Westfield on 0114 250 2058 or email scholarship@westfieldhealth.com. 

Loans

  • Student Loan (refer to your Institution for details)
  • Career Development Loan - Tel: 0800 585 505.
    Department for Education and Employment (£200 - £8,000 interest-free until study completed).