Are you about thinking of taking a course to improve your skills?
Grants of up to £1,600 are available to support your continuous professional development.
To apply for the funding, you need to be either a:
- UK registered nurse
- UK registered midwife
- Healthcare support worker working in the UK
- Direct entry nursing associate in the UK (not apprentice nursing associates)
- Maternity Assistant working in the UK
- Doing a UK accredited course or module starting between 1 January - 31 December 2025.
Please note student nurses and nurse apprentices are not eligible to apply.
Funding for cancer nurses
We have received funding from Triple Negative Breast Cancer, a charity that supports people affected by this type of cancer, and are encouraging breast cancer nurses or nurses wishing to work in breast cancer to apply for courses to help advance their continuous professional development.
Additional information
A key focus area for the RCN Foundation is addressing health inequalities and we are interested to receive applications from geographical areas in the UK that have high levels of health inequalities.
For more information, please look at our updated FAQs section.
How to apply
To apply for a PBS grant, click here.
Please note: once you start an application it will automatically save and you can return to complete it at any time, however once you reach section 9 you will no longer be able to go back to your application so please make sure you complete all sections before progressing to section 9.
Below is a list of the questions that you will be expected to answer in your online application.
1. What are your professional goals?
2. How will the activity improve health and well being?
4. How will you share your L&D with others?
5. What challenges do you foresee in completing this activity?
6. How will you evaluate the effectiveness of your L&D?
7. Budget breakdown