Nurse-led projects are one of the most direct ways in which we help nurses improve patient care, QNI are offering two highly rated professional development programmes and funding of up to £5000 for each.

Is this project funding for you?

  • Are you a nurse working in the community? 
  • Do you have an innovative project idea that can help improve patient care and health?

If you answered yes to the above questions and would like to find out more please read on.

This year there are two themes for innovation projects – Personalised Care and Gardens and Health, the deadline for applications to both projects is Friday 29th October 2021.

Personalised Care

Project funding and a programme of professional development are now available for projects that seek to improve personalised care for people, led by community and primary care nurses, in England.

The QNI will be able to fund 5 personalised care projects led by nurses in the community. All project leaders benefit from the QNI’s highly rated professional development programme and funding of up to £5000.

We are actively looking to fund projects that are led by nurses from a Black and minority ethnic background.

Click here for further information and application form.

NGS Elsie Wagg (Innovation) Scholarship – Supported by the National Garden Scheme

Scholarships are available for FIVE nurses – in any community specialism – for projects that promote the health benefits of gardening and garden visiting among a group of people in the community.

Applications are encouraged that aim to improve physical, mental or emotional health, or a combination of these. We would also welcome project proposals that in addition contribute to a wider environmental agenda and sustainability within health services, for example by reducing plastic waste or carbon footprint, as long as they are garden-focused.

The scholarship programme is open to all nurses working in the community in England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and Channel Islands. We are actively looking to fund projects that are led by nurses from a Black and minority ethnic background.

Click here for further information and application form.