Connecting and empowering nurses worldwide

Thanks to our donors and grant partners, the Sigma Foundation for Nursing provides annual funding for research grants, leadership education grants, membership subsidies, scholarships, and Sigma initiatives. This year, US $440,000 in support is available to nurses across every global region.

US $225,000
for research grants

US $65,000
for leadership development and scholarships

US $150,000
for Sigma initiatives

Research grant recipients on a Zoom call.

Research

Research grants empower nurses from every global region to advance nursing science. These grants are awarded annually and cover an array of topics.

See the current research grants recipients » 
View available nursing research grants »

Five of the 15 small research grant recipients spoke about their funded studies on a call with the Sigma Foundation for Nursing Board President K. Sue Haddock and Sigma President Sandra Bibb in April 2025. Watch it here »

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Leadership and Scholarship

Leadership development assistance is available to members through grants to attend Sigma events and subsidies to accept or maintain Sigma membership. This assistance helps members connect and collaborate in person and virtually with nurses from other communities and global regions.

See the current leadership education grant recipients » 
Learn more about Sigma's events »

Scholarships provide resources that shape the future of nursing through education.

Learn more about Sigma's Scholarships »

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Future

Financial support is available to Sigma every year for new initiatives that support its mission to develop nurse leaders anywhere to improve healthcare everywhere.

At the request of the Sigma board, the Future fund is supporting the expansion of Sigma’s team to the United Nations to increase continuity and reach to have greater impact on global nursing. 

Learn about the Sigma UN liaisons' activities, supported by the future fund »

Read about Jasper Tolarba and Regina Yuen's experience representing Sigma at the United Nations Civil Society Conference in Nairobi, Kenya »



Latest News

Anné Joubert 
Research

From soul to sole

In 2020, Anné Joubert received a Sigma small grant, which aims to encourage nurses to contribute to the advancement of nursing through research. Made possible through contributions to the Sigma Foundation for Nursing’s research fund, Anné’s focus was to identify how registered nurses could achieve person-centered caring to improve diabetic foot care compliance in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Read more »

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Research grant

Empowering nurses to transform healthcare

Thanks to generous donations to the research permanent fund, the Sigma Foundation for Nursing is funding 15 research studies in two global regions. Primary investigators of four studies joined us virtually to discuss their projects. Your generosity as a Sigma Foundation for Nursing donor continues to empower nurse researchers around the world. Watch the video here » 

Salima Siraj 
Recipient story

An opportunity to make a difference

Salima Siraj, MN, BScN, is inspired each day by the profound impact nurses have on patients’ lives. It’s why she became a nurse. She joined the Mu Sigma Chapter recently with the help of an Edith Anderson Membership Subsidy. 
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