
Funding and recognition for nursing excellence
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Extraordinary work happens at every level of nursing, from a student's promise in the classroom, or an individual nurse's research to a chapter's impact on its region. Sigma funds and celebrates the people and ideas advancing nursing, wherever that work is happening.
US $440,000+Awarded Annually
US $225,000For research grants
US $65,000For leadership development and scholarships
US $150,000For Sigma Nursing initiatives
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Current Open Opportunities
- TypeGrantStatusClosedNameSouthern Nursing Research Society (SNRS) GrantDeadline1 April 2026
- TypeGrantStatusClosedNameMidwest Nursing Research Society Research (MNRS) GrantDeadline1 April 2026
- TypeGrantStatusClosedNameNational Association of Hispanic Nurses Research GrantDeadline1 April 2026
- TypeGrantStatusClosedNameHospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation End-of-Life Nursing Care Research (HPNF) GrantDeadline1 April 2026
- TypeGrantStatusClosedNameJoan K. Stout, RN, Research GrantDeadline1 May 2026
- TypeGrantStatusClosedNameAmerican Nurses Credentialing Center Evidence-Based Practice Implementation GrantDeadline1 May 2026
- TypeGrantStatusClosedNameDr. Hasnah Banjar Nursing Research GrantDeadline1 May 2026
- TypeGrantStatusClosedNameDr. Patricia E. Thompson Global Nursing Research GrantDeadline1 May 2026
- TypeGrantStatusClosedNameDr. Martha Pitel Global Nursing Research GrantDeadline1 May 2026
- TypeGrantStatusClosedNameAssociation of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) GrantDeadline1 June 2026
- TypeGrantStatusOpenNameAmerican Association of Critical-Care Nurses GrantDeadline27 October 2026
- TypeAwardStatusOpenNameEmerging Nurse Researcher/ScholarDeadline1 December 2026