Overseas research grants launched for innovations in UK nursing

From 27 April new ideas for improving the work of the UK's nurses and allied health professionals will be supported with overseas research grants available to all UK citizens.

This year a special category of Churchill Fellowships will be devoted to 'Nursing and Allied Health Professions'. These are travel grants that fund individuals to research innovative ideas and best practice overseas, then bring their global insights back to the UK and make change happen in their professions and communities. Fellowships are available in 12 fields of interest including the nursing category.

The nursing category is a joint project with the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and the Burdett Trust for Nursing, the Royal College of Nursing and FoNS Centre for Nursing Innovation. It will fund Fellowships to explore new thinking in developing the role and contribution of nurses and AHPs in the delivery and leadership of an effective healthcare system in the UK, putting patients first and making best use of available resources.

Churchill Fellows are funded to research new ideas overseas for four to eight weeks, in topics and countries of their own choice and applications can be made online at www.wcmt.org.uk. The deadline for applications is 18 September.