Awards & Bursaries backup

We offer a range of awards and bursaries to promote perioperative excellence

AfPP decides who receives an award or a bursary. Applying is simple and anyone can apply, as long you meet the criteria.

Volunteer Award 

Up to £1,000 for individuals to share skills and knowledge with overseas volunteer organisations.

Novice Writer Award

All expenses paid place (excluding travel) to AfPP’s conference in September, certificate and a copy of AfPP’s Standards and Recommendations for Safe Perioperative Practice publication.

Perioperative Team of the Year Award

Up to £2,000 educational bursary to be used by the team within an agreed 12 month period.

Student of the Year Award

Course leaders nominate students in recognition of their achievements. The overall winner is announced at the AfPP conference in September.

Education and Research Fellowship Fund (ERFF)

A bursary of up to £2,000 is available to all AfPP members to assist with fees, research, study days, training courses and conferences.

Purpose of Bursary

  • To advance the study of perioperative practice
  • To promote excellence in perioperative practice
  • To promote innovation in perioperative practice
  • To extend knowledge and skills in order to meet changing needs

Criteria for Application

  • Applicants must be an AfPP member
  • An approach for funding and study leave should have already have been made to the individual members employing authority or third party and evidence of such provided
  • A report must be submitted by those awarded funding on completion of their project for possible inclusion in either the AfPP Newsletter or the Journal of Perioperative Practice. (The report must be in electronic format)
  • If an original article or dissertation is produced from the course/research undertaken it must be made available in the first instance for publication in an AfPP journal; copy may be placed in the AfPP library. This must be within 12 months of course or research completion
  • AfPP must be acknowledged every time material resulting from the course or research is published or presented
  • Submissions must be the original work of the member receiving the grant
  • Funding must be claimed within 12 months of the grant being awarded
  • Funding will only be awarded to cover 12 months of any course at one time
  • AfPP must be informed if the funding awarded is no longer required
  • Funds will not be paid out without original receipts or invoices being submitted
  • Funding is not transferable
  • Application forms must be received before an activity takes place, as AfPP is unable to grant funding in retrospect. For an activity to be considered it must take place more than two weeks after the application deadline. It is therefore requested that application forms be submitted with sufficient time to allow grants to be processed
  • No applicant may receive funding in excess of £2,000 over any 3 year period

If you’d like to discuss your application before submission please contact 01423 881300 or email awards@afpp.org.uk 

Please email completed application forms back to awards@afpp.org.uk