Travel Grants for Nurses

Grants of up to £500 are available to attend an educational or training course, or conference, which you feel would help you in your clinical practice.

We are grateful to the Charles Reynolds Foundation, for their sponsorship of travel awards for nurses, significantly increasing our ability to support nurses.

Chelsea and Westminster CNSs at EAUN

How to apply

Our travel grants are open to nurses living and working in the UK or Republic of Ireland (ROI). We accept applications for our travel grants at any time.

To apply, please include the following information on hospital or practice letterhead (no more than two sides of A4):

  1. Your name, your current title and role, your professional or trainee registration number and/or your professional body
  2. The name and location of the course/conference and the dates you wish to attend
  3. The reason for attending and the benefit that would be derived from attendance, i.e.
  • why you think this conference would help your development (highlighting aspects from the academic programme)
  • how attending this conference will help the department
  • how attending this conference will help urology patients

As well as the above, please also include:

  1. A letter of support from the head of department or supervisor
  2. A current curriculum vitae (pertinent details only – maximum of two pages)

The final collated application documents should be sent to grants@theurologyfoundation.org. 

Successful applicants must start their trip within a six-month period of the award letter. If they do not, The Urology Foundation reserves the right to withdraw the award. Grants are worth up to £500 each and are not transferable.

Please note:

  • The maximum number of applications for individuals from the same unit to attend the same conference/event is 2.
  • No individual can receive an award for more than 2 years in a row. (i.e. if you have received an award in 2024 and 2025, you will have to wait until 2027 before applying again).

Criteria for funding

All applications will be reviewed and a decision should be received within three weeks. In the event of over-subscription, the following criteria will be taken into account:

  • Attendance at a conference directly related to your speciality
  • The potential benefit that would be derived from the course/conference
  • Preference will be shown to those who may be presenting a research paper funded by The Urology Foundation

Reporting and Payment

Payment of the grant will be made after the trip has ended and is dependent on The Urology Foundation’s receipt of:

  1. A satisfactory report on the trip, and
  2. Copies of all relevant receipts

The reporting guidelines can be downloaded here.

Past reports

See what awardees have done with their Travel Grants:

Josephine Darkoh attended the International Meeting of the European Association of Urology Nurses (EAUN) 2025 in Madrid – read the report here.