Bursary Opportunities
Explore available Bursaries to expand your career
Throughout the year, RHPAP offers bursaries that support a wide range of training opportunities across Alberta. The list below contains details about eligibility, funding details, and how to apply. Check back often for new listings.
Available Bursaries
Applications are closed.
RHPAP will provide $150 registration bursaries for 20 eligible health professionals to attend the ACTN Trauma Symposium: Welcome to the Resus Lab.
To be eligible health professionals must meet the following criteria:
- Be a registered health professional in Alberta in good standing with their regulatory college
- Do the majority of their work (at least part-time) in a rural Alberta community with a population of fewer than 15,000 people outside the defined Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) boundaries of Calgary or Edmonton
- Be willing to share their conference experience with RHPAP for a follow-up story after the conference if asked
To obtain a bursary, eligible health professionals must email CDNTRAUMANURSES@GMAIL.COM with the following information:
- Subject Line: RHPAP Bursary for ACTN Trauma Symposium
- Your first and last name
- Your health profession
- Your primary location of work
Once your eligibility is confirmed, the ACTN will provide bursary recipients with a code allowing them to register for the Symposium at no cost.
Applications are closed.
To support rural nurse practitioners to access the NPAA Conference, RhPAP will provide the first five eligible nurse practitioners to apply with bursaries of up to $495 to cover their conference registration costs.
To be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Before May 31, 2025, be one of the first five eligible nurse practitioners to apply for a registration bursary
- Be in good standing with their regulatory college
- Do the majority of their work (at least part-time) in a rural Alberta community with a population of fewer than 15,000 people outside the defined Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) boundaries of Calgary or Edmonton (for more information, visit rhpap.ca/about.)
- Provide proof of registration and payment for the NPAA Conference.)
- Be willing to share their conference experience with RhPAP for a follow-up story after the conference
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Bursaries are available for RNs, LPNs, NPs, RTs, PAs, EMTs, Paramedics & Midwives
January 22-24, 2027 Banff, Alberta
Emergency Medicine for Rural Hospitals provides updates on clinical topics relevant for physicians, nurses, and other health professionals who practise in rural communities. Through a combination of plenary lectures, small group interactive sessions and workshops, participants will review current best practices, guidelines, tools, and techniques for investigating and managing emergent patients – from pre-hospital to the rural emergency department. For more information on and to register for this conference, visit the University of Calgary’s 43rd Annual Emergency Medicine for Rural Hospitals Conference.
To support rural health professionals to access this training, RHPAP will provide 18 bursaries worth up to $555.45 for the first 18 eligible health professionals to apply.
To be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Be a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, nurse practitioner, respiratory therapist, physician assistant, emergency medical technician, paramedic, or midwife in Alberta in good standing with their regulatory college (if applicable)
- Do the majority of their work (at least part-time) providing healthcare services in a rural Alberta community with a population of fewer than 15,000 people outside the defined Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) boundaries of Calgary or Edmonton (for more information, visit rhpap.ca/about)
- NOT have received this bursary in the past three years
- Provide proof of in-person registration for and attend Emergency Medicine for Rural Hospitals (Register for the conference through the 43rd Annual Emergency Medicine for Rural Hospitals Conference.)
- Be one of the first 18 eligible health professionals to apply for the registration bursary for Emergency Medicine for Rural Hospitals
- Be willing to share their conference experience with RHPAP for a follow-up story after the conference
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Registration bursaries available for RNs, LPNs & NPs
January 21-22, 2027, Banff, Alberta
In conjunction with Emergency Medicine for Rural Hospitals next January, the University of Calgary is offering an in-person Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course. This course is taught by qualified nurses and delivers the knowledge, critical thinking skills and application-based training needed to keep pediatric trauma patients safe and improve outcomes. For more information on and to register for this course, visit the University of Calgary's course registration webpage.
To support rural registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and nurse practitioners to access this training, RHPAP is offering 12 bursaries of up to $771 to the first 12 eligible health professionals to apply.
To be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Be a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or nurse practitioner in Alberta in good standing with their regulatory college
- Do the majority of their work (at least part-time) in a rural Alberta community with a population of fewer than 15,000 people outside the defined Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) boundaries of Calgary or Edmonton (for more information, visit rhpap.ca/about.)
- Provide proof of in-person registration for, attend, and successfully complete TNCC in Banff. (Register for the course through the course registration webpage.)
- Before January 1, 2027, be one of the first 12 eligible health professionals to apply for the registration bursary for this course
- Be willing to share their conference experience with RHPAP for a follow-up story after the conference
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Eligible professions: Rural RNs & LPNs.
Date of training: January 22-24, 2027
About the training: The Endoscopy Skills Day for Practicing Endoscopists conference advances the cognitive and technical skills of physicians and nurses who routinely participate in endoscopy procedures. RHPAP is offering 20 bursaries of up to $367.50 to support eligible rural nurses who are part of rural endoscopy teams to attend this conference.
For more information on and to register for this conference, visit the conference website.
To be eligible, applicants must meet the following criteria:
• Be a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse in Alberta in good standing with their regulatory college
• Do the majority of their work (at least part-time) in a rural Alberta community with a population of fewer than 15,000 people outside the defined Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) boundaries of Calgary or Edmonton
• Provide proof of in-person registration for and attend the conference in Banff
• Before January 1, 2027, be one of the first 20 eligible nurse to apply for the bursary
• Be willing to share their conference experience with RHPAP for a follow-up story after the conference