Awards and Recognition Committee

Recognitions

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Nominations for our 6th set of Recognition's for Nursing excellence 2025 are open 1st March 2025 to the 24th of April 2025.

Criteria can be found here

Upload nominations via this portal 

Celebrating Sigma European Excellence in Nursing & Midwifery 2024 recipients Wednesday the 21st of May 2025 between 12.00 - 13.00 (CET) online via zoom. 

Recipients of our 5th set of Recognition's for Nursing excellence 2024.

Congratulations to Jose Miguel Santos, Diana Santos, Cristina Firmino, Firas Atef Abu Hussein and Dr Edwardo Santos. Like to know more about these recipients then a small biography is written on our Membership Highlights page on this website. 

European Recognition of Nursing Excellence in Research, Clinical Practice and Education.
Sigma Europe’s Award & Recognition committee feels that it is important to recognize members’ endeavours throughout the Biennium. Our fouth set of recognitions will give members the chance to honour a fellow member in these unprecedented times. Sigma's European Recognition of Nursing Excellence is based on the dedication to fostering high professional nursing standards, recognizing excellent achievement, emerging leadership, and inspiring creative and dedicated work ongoing. Recognitions will be conferred to nurses for their exceptional contributions in the fields of education, research and nursing practice.

Awards

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Sigma's European Awards for Nursing Excellence 2024 now closed. 

Next nominations will open end of 2024.

Sigma's European Awards for Nursing Excellence are based on the society's dedication to fostering high professional nursing standards, recognizing excellent achievement, emerging leadership, and inspiring creative work. Awards are conferred to nurses each biennium for their contributions in the fields of education, research and nursing practice. Criteria here for 2024

Awards 2024

Congratulations Recipient Sigma European Research Award 2024

Prof Julie Mc Garry

Recipient Sigma European Early Career Researcher 2024

Dr Lara Cunha

Recipient Sigma European Clinical Practice Award 2024

Dr Maria Lourivo

Recipient Sigma European Education Award 2024

Prof Monica Biancia

Grant applications

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Purpose

The purpose of Sigma's European Research Grant for Nursing Research is to provide a grant for a nurse or group of nurses working in the profession of nursing to allow them to undertake a study in that field. The research should focus on improvement in quality of care for patients, clinical nursing practice, nursing leadership, fields of education and research. There will be two grants available each biennium. 


Congratulations Grant recipients 2024 Dr Emily Lockwood and Dr Siobhan O'Connor

Grant applications are now closed, they will open again in 2024.



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Terms of Reference of the committee.

Awards and Recognitions: This committee positions:

  • Educate and assist chapters with award criteria and submission.
  • Serve as a regional judge for awards.
  • Showcase of Regional Excellence and Chapter Key Award
  • Provide advice and information about additional SIGMA level awards.
  • Serve as a resource and encourage chapters to create awards at the chapter level.
  • European Region Awards: Nursing excellence in research, education, clinical practice& beginning career researcher/educationalist.
  • European Region Recognition endeavours: Nursing excellence in research, education & clinical practice.
  • Review the Scholarships for the European Regional Development Fund & advise the European Regional committee.

The members of the committee are: Filipe Santos, Boris Iliac, Nina Eikman, Mirko Prosen, Sue Green, (Chair) MLLuiking. Ruth Lerihan & Cristina Martins.