APCP Research and Education Bursaries 2024

APCP BURSARIES WILL OPEN FROM THE 1ST DECEMBER 2023 AND WILL CLOSE ON THE 29TH FEBRUARY 2024. 

All three bursary category awards will be informed on the 23rd April 2024.

We are delighted to announce, due to the 50th Birthday of APCP, an additional one grant Research Award of up to £10,000.  With further bursary awards for Research and Education of up to £2,000 per application.  (£10,000 for research bursaries and £10,000 for education bursaries for 2024).

One of the objectives of APCP is to encourage research and development in paediatric physiotherapy and related fields, to enhance the evidence base of physiotherapy.

APCP Research and Education Bursaries are available to support members in their clinical research and post-graduate education.  Please look at the three bursary categories below:

2024 - Only APCP members are eligible to apply for the APCP Bursary Awards:

  • Up to £10,000 APCP Birthday Research Award
  • Up to £2,000 Research Bursary Award 
  • Up to £2,000 Education Bursary Award 

All Applications open 1st December and close 29th February. Awards will be announced on 23rd April 2024. 

2024 - £10,000 APCP BIRTHDAY RESEARCH Bursary Award
 
Eligibility & Criteria:
50th Birthday Year!
  • One grant of up to £10,000 will be awarded
  • Research time/backfill
  • Co creation workshop - room hire, participations' travel
  • Research related equipment, statistical support, transcriptions and  travel for participants
  • Dissemination – ie conference and open access
  • Note: PhD fees not included, however funding for PhD projects considered.
  • Additional information: Not all members of the team need to be APCP members. However, the applicant needs to be an APCP member, and you are expected to be the researcher on the projects. For example, a PhD student may apply for this grant to help support their project costs. The principal investigator would be your supervisor who would not be expected to be a member as they may be from another discipline. 
  • ​​​​​​Please see guidelines below:
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 


2024 -  £2,000 APCP RESEARCH Bursary Award

Eligibility & Criteria:

  • Research Bursaries for up to £2000 will be available
  • Research related equipment, statistical support, transcripts, travel for participants, PPI - vouchers etc.
  • Dissemination - ie conference and open access
  • PhD research fees and costs will be considered
  • Restricted to one application per person per year
  • Note: Research bursaries do not cover research modules

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


2024 -  £2,000 APCP EDUCATION Bursary Award

Eligibility & Criteria:

  • Education Bursaries - 75% of course fees up to a maximum of £2,000 will be available
  • Courses to be commenced within 15 months of application
  • One CPD short Course
  • One post graduate module (not programmes)
  • Restricted to one application per person per year
  • Education funding agreed will be for a specific course, monies cannot be used for alternative education events
  • Note: Bursaries cannot be deferred due to course cancellation or personal circumstances

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Please see examples of successful research and education bursary applications for 2023, these will help you when completing your bursary application for 2024:

Please find APCP Research and Education applications below, should you have any queries, please email - ally@apcp.org.uk


See here for other details of past bursary awards.

NB: If you wish to see the scoring sheets that are used for the bursary applications, you can view them below. Please be aware however, these are filled in by the Bursary Panel, and NOT the applicant - thank you and good luck.

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