Independent Health and Social Care funding opportunities

Learning and development are an essential part of working in health and social care. Whilst many employers provide support and access to training there may be times when this is not available. This page provides a list of funding opportunities for training across the UK, open to health and care professionals.聽

has various scholarships, bursaries, and grants, and should be your first port of call. It's fair to say that there will always be more people searching for funding than there is funding to give, so knowing where to look is an important first step. Please feel free to get in touch with if you know of any other funding opportunities that are available. The links below direct you to the main page of the organisation, from there you will need to navigate to the relevant funding page.

Name of organisation	Clinical area	Funding streams
	All	Education grants
	Older people	PhD studentships
	Dementia	Clinician and healthcare professionals training fellowships Pre-doctoral clinical bursary Daphne Jackson Trust fellowships PhD studentships
University of East Anglia	All	Up to £10K for nurses to undertake a Masters/PHD
	Older people	Conference grants
	Cardiovascular	Research training fellowships for nurses and allied health professionals Career development fellowships for nurses and allied health professionals
	Pain	Study day bursary
	IBD (Crohn's and colitis)	Small bursary grants
	Diabetes	Harry Keen intermediate clinical fellowship
	Older people	Travelling fellowships General grant
	Older people	PhD studentship
	Leadership	Leadership Scholarships
	IPC (Infection Prevention and Control)	Graham Ayliffe training fellowship Career development bursary
	Renal	Allied Health Professional Fellowship
	Multiple Sclerosis	Early career fellowship and PhD fellowship Advanced fellowship (with National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)) Clinical Research Training Fellowship (with Medical Research Council (MRC)) Career Development Award (with MRC)
	All	Advanced fellowships Doctoral fellowships Clinical doctoral research fellowship (joint with Health Education England (HEE)) Clinical lectureship (joint with HEE) Senior clinical lectureship (joint with HEE) Research professorship Integrated clinical and practitioner academic (ICA) pre-doctoral clinical academic fellowship (PCAF)
	Diabetes	Research fellowship in clinical diabetes
	Parkinson's	Career Development Awards (joint MRC) Clinical Research Training Fellowships (joint MRC)
	Dermatology	PhD studentships
	Community and adult social care	Different grants for accredited courses
	Older People, Adult Social Care	Grants
	Endocrinology	Practical skills grant
	Stroke	Joint MRC clinical training fellowships Postgraduate fellowships
	Cancer	PhD studentships
	Dermatology	Nurse fellowship
	Urology	Travel grants for nurses
	Arthritis	Senior research fellowship Career development fellowship Foundation fellowship Clinical research fellowship Nurse and AHP internship scheme PhD scholarships
	Women's Health	Entry-level scholarships for midwives
	All	PhD fellowships for health professionals
	All	Travelling fellowships
Skills for Care	Social care	A wide range of courses that can be claimed against

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