University Scholarships

 

PART A – UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ALL PROFESSIONS

1. Be sure to check with each university/institution you are applying to as you may fulfil their scholarship criteria.

2. Scholarship databases – you might start by searching the Hot Courses Database or by searching on myfuture or looking at the listing on Aussie Educator.  Here are two links for indigenous students – Indigenous Scholarships and Aussie Educator’s indigenous section.

3. Your local council or community organisations or businesses may also offer scholarships.

4. The following links provide information about a number of health professions – click to see if your course is included:

  1. NSW Rural Doctors Network Scholarships Database (over 200 scholarships listed for many health courses)
  2. Country Health SA LHN undergraduate scholarships
  3. Western Australia Country Health Service
  4. Northern Territory Department of Health Studies Assistance
  5. New South Wales Health Workforce Development
  6. Country Women’s Association of New South Wales – Cowra Medical Education Grant and Inverell Medical Education Grant (health courses, not just medicine)
  7. Health Education and Training Scholarships in NSW
    1. 2019 GP in Psychiatric Medicine Scholarships
    2. Metropolitan Access Scholarships
    3. Undergraduate Clinical Placement Grants 2018
    4. NSW Rural Allied Health Undergraduate Scholarships
    5. NSW Rural Allied Health Clinical Placement Grants
    6. NSW Rural Allied Health Postgraduate Scholarships
    7. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Scholarships
    8. 2019 Postgraduate scholarships for the Applied Mental Health Studies Course
    9. Medical Leadership Grant
    10. Rural Medical Trainee Scholarship

 

5. The following links provide information about undergraduate scholarships for any tertiary study:

  1. Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Scholarship Program
  2. Graduate Women Victoria Scholarship Program
  3. Australian Federation of Graduate Women
  4. The Rhodes Scholarships for Australia
  5. My Future Awards and Scholarships (search the database)
  6. The Good Universities Guide (search the database)
  7. Australian Veterans’ Children Assistance Trust (children and grandchildren of ex-service men and women)
  8. Northern Territory Higher Education Scholarship
  9. Queensland Government TJ Ryan Memorial Medal and Scholarship
  10. Auscott Undergraduate Scholarship Programme (NSW students from Namoi Valley, Macquarie Valley, Gwydir Valley, and Murrumbidgee Valley only)
  11. David Bowler Memorial Award (students from Broken Hill; contact the council to see if this scholarship will be available in future years)
  12. Country Education Foundation of Australia
  13. Universities Admissions Centre Equity Scholarships
  14. NSW Farmers Association Tertiary Scholarship Program

 

6. The following links are for indigenous Australian students:

  1. Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme (PHMSS)
  2. Commonwealth Scholarships Program
  3. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme – link to programs here
  4. National Indigenous Cadetship Program
  5. Australian Rotary Health Indigenous Health Scholarship – download form here
  6. New South Wales Health Aboriginal Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship
  7. Rotary Club of Balwyn – Rotary ATSI Tertiary Scholarship
  8. South Australia Health Aboriginal Health Scholarship Program
  9. Australian Psychological Society Bendi Lango Initiative
  10. Mary MacKillop Foundation ATSI Tertiary Scholarship
  11. Australian Capital Territory ATSI Nursing Scholarships
  12. Indigenous Youth Leadership Program
  13. Northern Territory Department of Health ATSI Grants
  14. Ida West Aboriginal Health Scholarship (Tasmania – Department of Health and Human Services)
  15. Freddy Fricke Scholarship (NSW students only)
  16. Alan Duncan Memorial Scholarship (NSW students only)
  17. Charlie Perkins Scholarship Trust (Postgraduate)

 

PART B – UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS

The following links are the scholarship pages from different universities:

  1. Australian Catholic University
  2. Australian College of Applied Psychology
  3. Australian National University
  4. Bond University
  5. Cairnmillar Institute
  6. Central Queensland University
  7. Charles Darwin University
  8. Charles Sturt University
  9. Curtin University
  10. Deakin University
  11. Edith Cowan University
  12. Federation University Australia
  13. Flinders University
  14. Griffith University
  15. James Cook University
  16. La Trobe University
  17. Macquarie University
  18. Monash University
  19. Murdoch University
  20. Queensland University of Technology
  21. RMIT
  22. Southern Cross University
  23. Swinburne University of Technology
  24. University of Adelaide
  25. University of Canberra
  26. University of Melbourne
  27. University of Newcastle
  28. University of New England
  29. University of New South Wales
  30. University of Queensland
  31. University of South Australia
  32. University of Southern Queensland
  33. University of Sydney
  34. University of Tasmania
  35. University of Technology, Sydney
  36. University of Sunshine Coast
  37. University of Western Australia
  38. University of Wollongong
  39. Victoria University
  40. Western Sydney University

 

PART C – UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS FOR SPECIFIC PROFESSIONS

Dentistry

Australian Dental Association Study Grant information page

National Rural Health Alliance – New South Wales Regional Dentistry Scholarship

Grants for Indigenous Dental Students (ADA)

Grants for Rural and Remote Dental Students

The ADHF and Wrigley Company Foundation Community Service Grants

 

Medicine

Bonded Medical Places Scheme

Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarship (RAMUS)

John Flynn Placement Program (click here for additional information)

Medshop Australia Student Scholarship Program

Medical Insurance Group Australia – elective grants program

Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS)

Support for Rural Specialists in Australia Funding

General Practice Rural Incentives Program

Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine

Cowra Country Women’s Association Medical Education Grant

Rural Resident Medical Cadetship

Bush Bursary/CWA Scholarship

2019 GP in Psychiatric Medicine Scholarships

 

Nursing

New South Wales Health Nursing & Midwifery Scholarships

Australian College of Nursing

South Australian Premier’s Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship

Department of Health Western Australia – Nursing and Midwifery Office Scholarships

Australian College of Nursing Emerging Nurse Leader Program

Edith Cavell Trust Scholarship

Lions Nurses’ Scholarship

Undergraduate Clinical Placement Grants 2018

Nursing Courses (search their database)

 

Orthoptics

Lt Col Henry Kirkpatrick Scholarship

Pharmacy

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme (ATSIPSS)

Rural Pharmacy Scholarship Scheme (RPSS)

Intern Incentive Allowance for Rural Pharmacies

Rural Intern Training Allowance

Rural Pharmacy Student Placement Allowance

 

Psychology

Australian Psychological Society

Health Workforce Scholarship Program

Indigenous Psychology Student Congress Attendance Scholarship

 

Please note: this is by no means a comprehensive list of every scholarship in Australia. You may need to do further research to find a scholarship you are eligible for. This page was last updated in January 2019.

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