Note: the content below pertains to the SHARP Scholarship. For information about the Research Dissemination Award, please visit the Wounds Canada website.

Wounds Canada is proud to offer support, education and resources to people in Canada living with wounds or who are at risk for wounds. We focus on raising awareness and providing financial support for programs that help prevent the often-devastating effects of wounds. Our goal is to help bring prevention and awareness of wounds to the forefront of care. That's why our scholarship program, through the Wounds Canada Institute, funds essential education for health-care providers. We believe targeting the gap in knowledge about wound prevention and management is crucial to bringing positive change in our health-care systems. 

The objectives of the scholarship program are to ensure:

• Consistency with Wounds Canada’s vision, mission and values
• Timely dispersal of the funds, in keeping with the Wounds Canada charitable status 
• Fairness and transparency within the scholarship criteria
• A robust process and infrastructure for ongoing Wounds Canada Institute programs

Submission deadline is Friday, July 18, 2025.

Wounds Canada’s Scholarship Selection Committee members review applications using a double-blind process to ensure fairness and consistency and make their decisions based on the published scholarship criteria while also considering geographical and health professional representation to ensure the highest possible wound care impact for the patient community.

• Educator(s) specializing in the area of skin and wounds
• Representative(s) of Wounds Canada
• Graduates of the Wounds Canada Leadership Program

• How the applicant’s attendance at the selected program would benefit their career, their patients and their health care setting. 
• How the applicant’s attendance at the selected program would support the advancement of skin health and wound care in Canada

The SHARP Program Scholarship will help the student to address the importance of preventing wounds and their complications.  This self-paced, multi-faceted, comprehensive and longitudinal program is based on the best available evidence, including the content of Wounds Canada’s Foundations of Best Practice for Skin and Wound Management articles, with the aim of increasing health-care clinicians competencies in wound prevention and care.

The 2025 SHARP Scholarship is dedicated to the memory of Wounds Canada's Communication Consultant Larry Sawyer. Larry was an important member of the Wounds Canada team, who offered wise perspectives and kind support for any communication situation. His gentle but savvy approach and friendly demeanour will be greatly missed.

The scholarship emphasizes the importance of empowering frontline health-care clinicians with knowledge and skills to apply wound care best practices. It covers the full value ($1950 + tax) of the comprehensive Wounds Canada Institute SHARP Program.

Eligibility

Applicants will be considered for scholarships if they meet the following criteria:

• A Canadian citizen or permanent resident
• A registered health-care professional currently practising in Canada or a Canadian health-care professional student enrolled in an education program in Canada 
• Committed to completing the program within 12 months of receiving registration information  
• Not a previous recipient of a scholarship from Wounds Canada