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.
To apply, you must be undertaking a UK accredited course that starts between 1 September 2025 and 1 September 2026. Please do not apply if your course falls out of these dates.
Please note, student nurses and nurse apprentices are not eligible to apply.
Funding for nurses
Novo Nordisk have provided a grant to the RCN Foundation for the purpose of creating the Novo Nordisk diabetes, obesity and rare blood disease education fund. Novo Nordisk has no influence or involvement in the selection of the recipient chosen to receive funding from this education fund.
Due to a successful funding partnership with DKMS, the international charity dedicated to the fight against blood cancer and blood disorders, we are encouraging UK registered nurses to apply for oncology and haematology 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
If you are experiencing issues whilst logging on to the system, please email grants@rcnfoundation.org.uk and provide your full name and email address.
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?
3. How have you demonstrated your commitment to self-development?
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