All eligible full and part time PhD students, in their first year of study, are invited to apply; normally one award of £500 is made per annum to the student who, in the judgement of the School Scholarships and Awards Committee, would best promote the development of research in Nursing. The funding could be used for the purposes of attending a conference, purchasing research materials or services.

The Marcia Mackie Studentship was established in 1996 by The Benevolent Fund for Nurses in Northern Ireland to commemorate the contribution to the nursing profession made by Mrs. Marcia Mackie CBE, who had been Chair of the NI Hospitals Authority and Chair of the Benevolent Fund.

The Burdett Trust will support 2 annual scholarships (one home student and one international student) for registered nurses to undertake the MSc Advanced Professional Practice* (the name of this MSc may change but content and delivery will remain the same).

The scholarships were set up in 2011 by Mr. Russell Napier in recognition of his mother, Patricia Napier. The scholarship will cover Home tuition fees for students wishing to undertake one of the following Postgraduate Taught programmes:

• Masters in Advanced Professional Practice 
• PG Diploma Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy 
• Masters in Caring for Children and Young People with Complex Health Care Needs