NSW Rural Allied Health Postgraduate Scholarships

NSW Rural Allied Health Postgraduate Scholarships provide financial assistance to allied health students with a rural background who are currently working in a rural located public health service.

Key details

Applications close

5 April 2024

Study level

Postgraduate,

Undergraduate

Student type

Domestic

Award value

Up to $10,000

Duration

See "Duration" section below

About the scholarship

The NSW Rural Allied Health Scholarship Program offers postgraduate scholarships to support the retention of allied health clinicians working in rural NSW. Scholarships of up to $10,000 are available to full time or part time allied health clinicians employed by, and currently working in, a rural located public health service, to assist with educational expenses directly associated with postgraduate study.

Duration

Successful applicants will receive a one-off payment of: $2,500 for a single subject, $5,000 for a Graduate Certificate or Diploma, $9,000 for an Undergraduate Degree, $10,000 for a Masters or PhD.

Criteria

To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants must meet the following criteria:

  • Be an employee of, and based at, a rural located public sector health service within a NSW Local Health District (including temporary employees who have been working for the health service for at least 12 months). The rural Local Health Districts are: • Far West • Western NSW • Northern NSW • Mid North Coast • Murrumbidgee • Southern NSW • Hunter New England (excluding: Cessnock, Maitland, Port Stephens, Newcastle, and Lake Macquarie LGA) • Illawarra Shoalhaven (excluding: Kiama, Wollongong and Shellharbour LGA) • Nepean Blue Mountains (Lithgow LGA only) Clinicians providing outreach services from a metropolitan centre are not eligible.
  • Possess an undergraduate/graduate entry qualification in one of the following allied health disciplines: • Audiology • Art Therapy • Child Life Therapy • Counselling • Dietetics & Nutrition • Diversional Therapy • Exercise Physiology • Genetic Counselling • Music Therapy • Nuclear Medicine Technology • Occupational Therapy • Orthoptics • Orthotics & Prosthetics • Pharmacy • Physiotherapy • Podiatry • Psychology • Radiation Therapy • Radiography • Sexual Assault • Social Work • Speech Pathology • Welfare.
  • Be employed as an allied health assistant or employed in a recognised allied health role eg welfare worker.
  • Be an Australian citizen or have permanent residence.
  • Be currently enrolled, or planning to enrol by 1 June 2024, in further studies at an approved Australian University or institution offering equivalent tertiary qualifications.
  • Not be in receipt of any other scholarship or funding assistance (valued at more than $6,000) for this course of study.
  • Recipients of the Australian Rural and Remote Health Professional Scholarship or the Mental Health Post-Graduate Scholarship are not eligible.

Applicable course

  • All

How to apply

Applications for this scholarship open on 22 January 2024. For more information on how to apply for this scholarship please visit

  • https://www.heti.nsw.gov.au/Placements-Scholarships-Grants/scholarships-and-grants/nsw-rural-allied-health-postgraduate-scholarships