Florence Nightingale Foundation

The Foundation has three categories of scholarships:

• Travel scholarships are designed to enable a scholar to undertake the study of an aspect of practice and/or education in the UK or overseas.
• Research scholarships are provided to allow Nurses and Midwives to undertake a course in research methods, research modules, or a dissertation/thesis as part of an academic course of study.
• Leadership scholarships are for experienced Nurses and Midwives, Healthcare Deans, and Heads of Allied Health Professions.

The Florence Nightingale Foundation hosts several events throughout the years.

Florence Nightingale Foundation, Burdett Trust and Dods partnered to organize the Nightingale2020 Conference to mark the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale. The conference took place on 27–28 October 2020, at ExCeL London.

A Commemoration Service is held on 12 May of each year, Florence Nightingale's birth date and now also International Nurses Day.^[1] During the service, nurses carry a lamp and three Rolls of Honour from the Nurses' Chapel. The Rolls of Honour are in memory of the nurses and midwives who died in the First World War, the Second World War and the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

Students' Day is an annual event in which students from each university in the UK with a School of Nursing and Midwifery, are invited to spend the day at the Foundation in London. The main venue for the day is The Governors Hall at St Thomas’ Hospital.

The Florence Nightingale Foundation Presentation of Certificates is held bi-annually and acts as the graduation ceremony for completed scholars.

In 2014, the Foundation’s patron Sir Robert Francis, was the keynote speaker and described Florence Nightingale scholars as the ‘future leaders of the profession’.^{[citation needed]}

In 2019, Florence Nightingale Foundation launched the Alumni Community.^{[citation needed]}

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