United Kingdom Nursing Scholarships

• Florence Nightingale Foundation - The Florence Nightingale Foundation is a registered charity which raises funds to provide scholarships for nurses, midwives and health visitors to study at home and abroad. Details of various scholarships and how to apply are provided. Abstracts and details of reports written by those who have received scholarships in the past are available and the full documents can be ordered.
• Eleanor Peel Trust: St. Martin's College - total available £2,000. Available for projects or activities which will be of benefit to the cultural and social awareness of the student concerned and outside normal academic or professional courses. Past activities have included rural educational development in South Africa, nursing amongst Palestinian refugees in Gaza and working in orphanages in Romania and South America.
• NHS Bursaries: National Health Service - NHS-funded support is available to individuals accepted for an NHS-funded place on a full or part-time course leading to professional registration as a nurse or midwife, or in a range of other health professions. Individuals undertake a course of study at either DipHE or degree level and are provided with support under the terms of the NHS Bursary Scheme. All NHS-funded students have their liability for a tuition fee contribution met, in full and without means testing. English domiciled pre-registration medical and dental students who joined their courses from 1 September 1998 onwards will qualify for NHS Bursaries in their fifth and subsequent years of study. NHS Bursaries are also available to English- domiciled students undertaking the new 4-year graduate entry medical courses
• Widening Participation Bursaries: Northumbria University - A limited number of £1,000 Northumbria University Widening Participation Bursaries are available to students who meet the following criteria. You have 'ordinary residence in the UK' You are starting, for the first time, a full-time undergraduate course (excluding Diploma in Nursing) You have an Unconditional or Conditional FIRM offer for Northumbria University You are aged up to 21 years on 1st September You are currently attending school or college not in an Excellence in the City (EiC) or Educational Action Zone (EAZ) area. This Bursary is available to students who are not eligible for the Government Opportunity Bursary. Your family is in receipt of either Income Support, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, or Income Based Job Seekers Allowance