edith cavell trust scholarship

Applications for the Edith Cavell Trust Scholarship for the 2025 academic year are now open from 1 May 2024 to 31 July 2024

That means studies that fall within the academic year 2025 (including part-there-of) are eligible to apply!

The scholarship is open from 1 May, closing 31 July 2024.

Full Members and Student Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association or the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (NSW Branch) are invited to apply.

Scholarships are to assist members in:

Accredited nursing or midwifery studies leading to initial registration as a nurse or midwife (ie Bachelor of Nursing / Midwifery studies);
Such academic research programs as are approved by the Trustees in the theory or practice of nursing or midwifery work; or
Graduate, post-graduate and continuing professional development level nursing or midwifery studies.

For more information on the scholarship categories and how to apply, visit the NSWNMA Website.

Be sure to familiarise yourself with the information in the Scholarship Rules prior to applying.

Applications close 5pm, Wednesday 31 July 2024. Applications received after this time unfortunately will not be considered.

The Promotional Poster is available for download – please feel free to display the poster in your workplace!

If you have any enquiries, please email edithcavell@nswnma.asn.au.

Mikaela Simmons has been awarded the Edith Cavell Trust Scholarship for 2022.

Simmons, a final year student of the Enrolled Nurse to Registered Nurse pathway course, received the award from the Edith Cavell Trust, an initiative of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA). The Scholarship is awarded annually to a financial member of the Association who is either studying, or working in the field of nursing research or education.

The trust is named after a British wartime nurse, who was executed in Belgium in the first world war and continues to be an inspiration to those in the nursing profession.

Simmons currently works at Lismore Base Hospital, having moved from Armidale in the Northern Tablelands to commence her Bachelor of Nursing at Southern Cross University’s Lismore campus.

She described receiving the scholarship as being “really exciting and a bit surreal,” and looks forward to using the scholarship to assist with her nursing studies.

“It really helps take a lot of the pressure off for placements and I’m so grateful for the financial assistance,” Simmons said.

“As part of my application I outlined how the assistance would really help me with things like purchasing textbooks and going on placement, and I put forward a figure and they matched it which was more than I expected – this will really help me out a lot”.

Simmons’ goal is to ultimately work in paediatrics within a rural setting. Her experiences of needing medical care as a child showed her the importance of having passionate and educated nurses working in this field.

“You meet some amazing nurses in hospital and when I was young I realised how good a job it was and how I wanted to give back to my community in that way,” she said.

“When a patient says ‘Thank you – you are really good at what you do and made me feel safe and cared for’ – that’s why I do this”.

If you’re interested in applying for the Edith Cavell Trust Scholarship, you can found out more here.

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