External Funding Opportunities
We encourage members to explore this curated list of grant, scholarship, and award opportunities and take advantage of the funding and professional development support available.
| Organisation | Funding |
| Alumniportal Deutschland, DE | 2025 Community Challenge |
| Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA), US | Project Lifesaver International Grant |
| American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), US | Impact Research Grant |
| American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), US and other funders | Critical Care Grant |
| American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), US | Linked Standard Research Innovation Grants |
| American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), US | Advanced Practice in Nursing Tuition Support Award |
| Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Foundation, US | AORN and AORN Syntegrity grants |
| Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Foundation, US | AORN/Sigma Grant |
| Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses’ Association (ARNA), AU | Education scholarship fund |
| Australasian Rehabilitation Nurses’ Association (ARNA), AU | Research Training Scholarships |
| Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Foundation, AU | Educator development grant |
| Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network, AU | CPI Conference awards |
| Australian Association of Stomal Therapy Nurses, AU | Coloplast Patricia Blackley Postgraduate Education Scholarships |
| Australian College of Children and Young People’s Nurses (ACCYPN), AU | Margaret Sullivan scholarship |
| Australian College of Children and Young People’s Nurses (ACCYPN), AU | Dorothy Clarke scholarship – Western Australian chapter |
| Australian College of Children and Young People’s Nurses (ACCYPN), AU | Sister Mary Dorothea Sheehan memorial scholarship |
| Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), AU | NSW/ACT Members’ Professional Development Grant |
| Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), AU | TAS Members’ Professional Development Grant |
| Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), AU | Victoria branch members professional development grant |
| Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), AU | WA Members’ Professional Development Grant |
| Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), AU | Rhonda Sanders Professional Development Grant |
| Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), AU | Diane Chamberlain Research Seeding Grant |
| Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), AU | National Education Grant |
| Australian College of Neonatal Nurses (ACNN), AU | ACNN Professional Development Scholarships |
| Australian College of Nurse Practitioners (ACNP), AU | Primary Care Nursing and Midwifery Scholarships |
| Australian College of Nursing (ACN), AU | Bullwinkel Scholars Program |
| Australian College of Nursing (ACN), AU | Emerging Research Leader Program Scholarship |
| Australian College of Nursing (ACN), AU | Emerging Policy Leader Program Scholarship |
| Australian College of Nursing (ACN), AU | Pacific Nations Nurses scholarship |
| Australian College of Nursing (ACN), AU | Endometriosis Australia Scholarship |
| Australian College of Nursing (ACN), AU | Wound Care Scholarships |
| Australian College of Perioperative Nurses, AU | Bravura laser safety officer education scholarships |
| Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (ANMC), AU | Rosemary Norman Research Grants |
| Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (ANMC), AU | Prince Henry’s affiliates scholarship |
| Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (ANMC), AU | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurse/midwife scholarship |
| Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (ANMC), AU | Indigenous nurse scholarship |
| Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (ANMC), AU | Michael Dent Scholarship |
| Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (ANMC), AU | Betty Jeffrey award |
| Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (ANMC), AU | Australian legion of ex-servicemen and women scholarships |
| Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (ANMC), AU | Vivian Bullwinkel award |
| Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (ANMC), AU | Babe Norman scholarship |
| Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (ANMC), AU | ANMC Commemorative Scholarship |
| Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (ANMC), AU | Beth Cuthbertson Scholarship |
| Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (ANMC), AU | Mental health scholarship |
| Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation (BGRF), AU | PhD scholarships |
| BrightSpark Foundation, AU | WA Early-Career Child Health Researcher Fellowships |
| Cancer Nurses Society of Australia (CNSA), AU | Research Grants |
| Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ), AU | Nurses Award – Publications & Educational Materials Category |
| Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ), AU | Nurses Award – Professional Excellence Category |
| Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Foundation, US | ENA Foundation/Sigma Theta Tau International Research Grant |
| Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Foundation, US | ENA Foundation Research Grant |
| European Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (ECTRIMS), CH | Allied healthcare professionals fellowship programme |
| Florence Nightingale Grants and Awards, AU | Robyn Whitworth study grant |
| Florence Nightingale Grants and Awards, AU | Nell Espie study grant |
| Florence Nightingale Grants and Awards, AU | Margaret Allwright award for achievement in nursing practice |
| Florence Nightingale Grants and Awards, AU | Returned Sisters memorial grant |
| Florence Nightingale Grants and Awards, AU | Leonie Sidebottom study grant |
| Fulbright Scholar Program, US | Austria: Fulbright-Paracelsus Medical University Visiting Professor |
| Fulbright Scholar Program, US | Panama: Science, Technology and Education |
| Fulbright Scholar Program, US | Egypt: Community College Faculty Award |
| Fulbright Scholar Program, US | Canada: Research Chairs – General and Interdisciplinary |
| Fulbright Scholar Program, US | Ireland: Developing Collaborative Research Funding Models |
| Fulbright Scholar Program, US | Egypt: Sciences |
| Fulbright Scholar Program, US | Trinidad and Tobago: All Disciplines |
| Fulbright Scholar Program, US | Maldives: Multiple Disciplines |
| Fulbright Scholar Program, US | Austria: Fulbright-University of Vienna Visiting Professor of Social Sciences |
| Fulbright Scholar Program, US | Austria: Fulbright-Salzburg University of Applied Sciences Visiting Professor |
| Health Workforce Queensland (HWQ), AU and other funders | Health Workforce Scholarship Programme – Queensland |
| Hospital in the Home Society Australasia, AU | Jan Coconis scholarship |
| Insurance and Care NSW (icare), AU | Researcher development stream awards program |
| International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT), INT | Professional communities awards for excellence |
| Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), CH | Geriatrics Journal travel award |
| National Association of School Nurses (NASN), US | Research Grants |
| National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), US | NCSBN Grant Program |
| National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), GB | RfPB Commissioned – NIHR James Lind Alliance (JLA) rolling funding opportunity |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), US | Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01 Clinical Trial Optional) |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), US | Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Required) |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), US | NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), US | NIH Research Project Grant (Parent R01 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), US | NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), US | NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21 Clinical Trial Required) |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), US | NIH Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Program (Parent R21 Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required) |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), US | Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21 Clinical Trial Optional) |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), US | Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32) |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), US | Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31) |
| National Institutes of Health (NIH), US | NIH Collaborative International Research Project (Parent PF5 Clinical Trial Optional) |
| New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association, AU | Edith Cavell Trust Scholarship |
| New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association, AU | Lions Nurses’ Scholarship |
| NSW Rural Doctors Network, AU | Bush bursaries and Country Women’s Association scholarships |
| Nuovo-Soldati Foundation for Cancer Research, LI | Fellowships |
| Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC), US | Roberta Scofield Memorial Certification Awards |
| Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC), US | Advanced Oncology Certified Nurse of the Year Award |
| Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation (ONCC), US | Oncology Certified Nurse of the Year Award (OCN) of the Year Award |
| Oncology Nursing Foundation, US | Leadership Scholarship |
| Oncology Nursing Foundation, US | Congress Scholarships |
| Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), US | ONS Bridge Scholarship |
| Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), US | Victoria Mock New Investigator Award |
| Oncology Nursing Society (ONS), US | Distinguished Researcher Award |
| Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ), AU | New investigator awards |
| Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ), AU | Neonatal Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship |
| Rising Tide Foundation (RTF), CH | Early Career in Supportive Care Program |
| Royal Hobart Hospital Research Foundation, AU | Research grants |
| Rural Doctors Workforce Agency (RDWA), AU and other funders | Health workforce scholarship programme |
| Rural Health West, AU | Student conference scholarships — Aboriginal Health Conference |
| Rural Health West, AU | Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP) |
| Rural Workforce Agency Victoria (RWAV), AU | Allied health and nursing upskilling grant |
| Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI), INT | Sigma/American Association of Critical Care Nursing grant |
| Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI), INT | Dr. Dorothy Brooten Transitional Care Research Grant |
| Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI), INT | Sigma Theta Tau International/Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science research grant |
| Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI), INT | Sigma/American Board for Occupational Health Nurses (ABOHN) Grant |
| Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI), INT | Rosemary Berkel Crisp research award |
| Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI), INT | Doris Bloch research award |
| Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI), INT and other funders | Sigma/Emergency Nurses Association Foundation Grant |
| Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (STTI), INT and other funders | STTI/Western Institute of Nursing research grant |
| Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Foundation, US | Geriatric Emergency Medicine Research Catalyst Grant |
| Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ), AU | Indigenous Respiratory Nurses Development Award |
| Thrasher Research Fund, US | Early Career Award Program |
| Transcultural Nursing Society (TCNS), US | The J. Frank and Joan Uhl Pierce Transcultural Nursing Award |
| Transcultural Nursing Society (TCNS), US | Transcultural Nursing Society Scholarship |
| Transplant Nurses’ Association, AU | Scholarships |
| Univers Foundation, JP | Research Grant Program |
| Victoria Department of Health, AU | Lived and Living Experience Workforces University Scholarships |
| Victorian Nursing and Midwifery Trust, AU | PhD Completion Support Grant |
| Victorian Nursing and Midwifery Trust, AU | VNMT PhD Scholarship |
| Victorian Nursing and Midwifery Trust, AU | Major Grant |
| Victorian Nursing and Midwifery Trust, AU | Minor grants |
| Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group (VPNG), AU | Marea Fennell scholarship |
| Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group (VPNG), AU | Mary Barry Medtronic education grant |
| Women’s & Children’s Hospital Foundation, AU | Geoffrey Davidson Gastroenterology Research Development Fellowship |