Scholarships to Become a Healthcare Professional
Finding University Scholarships to Become a Healthcare Professional
Our healthcare professional scholarship listing:
- starts with university scholarships for ALL professions, including health
- scroll down to view scholarships for specific professions.
Healthcare Professional Scholarships – 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 on Aussie Educator, or Study Work Grow, or Study Australia. There are also scholarships for indigenous students via the Indigenous Pathways Portal.
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:
- NSW Rural Doctors Network Scholarships Database (over 200 scholarships listed for many health courses)
- Destination Australia Program
- Northern Territory Student Clinical Placement Scholarships
- Country Women’s Association of New South Wales – Education Grants
- Health Education and Training Scholarships in NSW:
5. The following links provide information about undergraduate scholarships for any tertiary study:
- Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Scholarship Program
- Graduate Women Victoria Scholarship Program
- Graduate Women Inc
- The Rhodes Scholarships for Australia
- The Good Universities Guide
- Australian Veterans’ Children Assistance Trust (children and grandchildren of ex-service men and women)
- Northern Territory Higher Education Scholarship
- Queensland Government TJ Ryan Memorial Medal and Scholarship
- Auscott Undergraduate Scholarship Programme (NSW students from Namoi Valley, Macquarie Valley, Gwydir Valley, and Murrumbidgee Valley only)
- Country Education Foundation of Australia
- Universities Admissions Centre Equity Scholarships
- NSW Farmers Association Tertiary Scholarship Program
6. The following links are for indigenous Australian students:
- Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme (PHMSS)
- Australian Rotary Health Indigenous Health Scholarship
- New South Wales Health Aboriginal Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship
- South Australia Health Aboriginal Health Scholarship Program
- Australian Psychological Society Bendi Lango Initiative
- Mary MacKillop Foundation ATSI Tertiary Scholarship
- Australian Capital Territory ATSI Nursing Scholarships
- Indigenous Youth Leadership Program
- Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives
- Ida West Aboriginal Health Scholarship (Tasmania – Department of Health and Human Services)
- Freddy Fricke Scholarship (NSW students only)
- Alan Duncan Memorial Scholarship (NSW students only)
- Indigenous Pathways Portal
Scholarships for Specific Healthcare 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
Medicine
Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarship (RAMUS)
Medical Insurance Group Australia Elective Grants Program
Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS)
Support for Rural Specialists in Australia Funding
Rural Resident Medical Cadetship
HETI GP in Psychiatric Medicine Scholarships
Rural Medical Trainee Scholarship
Nursing
New South Wales Enrolled Nurse Scholarships
New South Wales Health Nursing & Midwifery Scholarships
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
HETI Nursing & Midwifery Undergraduate Clinical Placement Grants
Psychology
Australian Psychological Society
Health Workforce Scholarship Program
Dr Tracy Westerman Indigenous Psychology Scholarship Program
This page was last updated in January 2023.
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