Perseverance Trust Hardship Bursary for Nursing & Midwifery Students 2025-26

Award details

Thanks to a generous donation by both The Perseverance Trust and the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King’s College London, we are pleased to offer bursaries of £500 for students undertaking pre-registration nursing or midwifery programmes.

 

Award value

Each bursary is worth £500, with selection and final award based on financial circumstances, and is intended to help fund living expenses during your academic year.

 

Eligibility criteria

Eligible programmes are:

• Midwifery with Registration BSc
• Nursing with Registration as an Adult Nurse BSc / MSc
• Nursing with Registration as a Children's Nurse BSc / MSc
• Nursing with Registration as a Mental Health Nurse BSc / MSc
• Nursing (Dual-Award) with Registration as an Adult Nurse and a Mental Health Nurse MNurs

In order to be eligible to apply, you should meet the criteria listed below and also be able to provide evidence of financial need. You must:

• be a full-time, home student actively enrolled on one of the relevant programmes listed above for 2025-26;
• provide a written statement explaining your financial circumstances;
• have an assessed household income of £42,875 or less, as verified by Student Finance (SFE/SFNI/SFW/SAAS);
• have given Student Finance consent to share your household income data with the university.

*Please note that meeting the eligibility criteria alone does not guarantee a successful outcome.*

Please ensure that your personal statement and supporting evidence are submitted as part of this online application.

Award conditions

APPLICATION DEADLINE: There will be two deadlines across the year:

1. 11.59pm on 30th November 2025* (or until all funds have been allocated).

2.  11.59pm on 1st March 2026* (or until all funds have been allocated).

*Please note that the fund is likely to close earlier than the deadline given above, due to over-subscription, so if you are thinking of applying, please apply early rather than waiting until the deadline.

**Please also note that if you submit an application after 30th November, it will be considered in the second round of applications.

Please note, the fund may close earlier than the published deadline due to over subscription, so if you are thinking of applying, please apply as early as you can. 

 

Application process

To find out more about the Perseverance Trust Hardship Bursary for Nursing & Midwifery Students scheme, please contact the Student Funding Office via email on funding@kcl.ac.uk.