Kings College London Burdett Fellows Scholarship 2025-26

The scholarships are generously funded by The Burdett Trust for Nursing and cover both tuition fees and living costs. The scholarships will have a particular focus on developing leadership and research capacity within the nursing profession.

The scholarships are available for full-time entry onto one of our relevant postgraduate courses and provide a unique opportunity for nurses and midwives who aspire to develop into senior leadership roles and improve the quality of services and outcomes for patients through building nursing research capacity both nationally and internationally.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Interview Process
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineMay 25, 2025
• Study LevelMasters
• SponsorKing's College London
• City to studyLondon
• School to studyKing's College London
• Course to studyClinical Research , Nursing , Palliative Care
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

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Benefits

Two awards (one for a home and one for an international applicant) are available for full-time entry onto one of our relevant postgraduate courses.

• For UK (Home) students the award will cover a stipend of £10,769 per annum and the University fees for the programme.
• For international students the award will cover a stipend of £18,307 per annum and University fees for the programme.

Requirements

Eligible programmes

• MRes Clinical Research – Full-time one year

The Clinical Research MRes is a multi-disciplinary course aimed at practitioners who wish to develop their clinical or academic research careers. The course seeks to enhance the skills and knowledge needed for supporting, delivering and integrating research into clinical practice, as well as fostering evidence-based practice. Practitioners with the appropriate innovation and critical-thinking skills may be supported to undertake further study at MPhil/PhD level with the aim of developing a future clinical academic career.

• MSc Palliative Care – Full-time one year

Our Palliative Care programme will give you the skills to critically appraise research and evidence on palliative care, conduct high quality research, improve clinical practice and develop services across the world. You will have world-class teaching at one of the strongest centres of palliative care research in the world and the only purpose-built institute for palliative care. This course incorporates leading research and innovative and evidence-based practice. It is delivered by the Cicely Saunders Institute in partnership with St Christopher’s Hospice.

• MSc Clinical Nursing – Full-time one year

The MSc Clinical Nursing course offers a flexible study pathway that builds on your existing clinical experience and skills, enabling you to lead and support the development and subsequent delivery of evidence-based practice. The course aims to support you as you progress towards more senior practitioner level and beyond and provides a framework within which you can acquire and demonstrate both generic transferable competencies and those specific to your area of practice.

Eligibility

All nurses or midwives applying for the above full-time courses are eligible for these scholarships, including UK, EU and overseas students. Applicants should also be present in London during the academic year for on campus teaching delivery and face-to-face contact.

Interview Dates and Process

Applicants should also note that as part of the Burdett Fellows Scholarship successful candidates will be required to submit a personal statement at the end of their studies demonstrating the impact of the scholarship, their experience and the benefits of their selected area of continued professional development.

Burdett Fellows will also be invited to Burdett Trust for Nursing events.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited for a short interview to discuss your experience, reasons for wanting to join the programme, research interest and how the award may support you in pursuing your future career aspirations Interviews will be approximately 30 minutes, held online and will take place towards the end of June 2025.

The scholarships will be awarded through assessment of academic performance, relevant experience (where appropriate) and the personal statement indicating reasons for applying.

Further Information

For further information on the awards or academic related questions please contact:

Emma Menzies-Gow [email protected], Associate Dean for Postgraduate Taught Studies

For information about the application and process please contact: [email protected]

Application Deadline

May 25, 2025

How To Apply

All applicants should complete the King’s College London online application process for either the MRes Clinical Research or MSc Palliative Care programmes. The personal statement submitted for that MSc application must include a brief sentence stating that you have also applied for this specific scholarship and how the Burdett Fellow Scholarship would impact you and your local/professional communities.

You will be asked to submit the following documents for your application to be considered:

Supporting documents

• A CV of no more than two pages with evidence of professional registration as a nurse.
• Two references including at least one academic reference. Professional references will be accepted if you completed your qualifications over five years ago.
• Personal statement. This can be entered directly into the online application form (maximum 4,000 characters) or uploaded as an attachment to the online application form (maximum 2 pages). The personal statement should also outline how the Burdett Fellow Scholarship would impact you and your local/professional communities.
• An outline of your research interests and potential project you may undertake as part of your studies. International applicants will need to provide a letter of support from their health institution supporting their research activities in their country (i.e. access to study sites for data collection) if you are planning to undertake a research project abroad.

For more details, visit Kings College London scholarship webpage.