2024 - Australian Rotary Health Indigenous Health Scholarships

Curtin University, Australia

Updated: about 14 hours ago
Location: Perth, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Status: Closed

Applications open: 1/12/2023
Applications close: 16/02/2024

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About this scholarship

The Australian Rotary Health Indigenous Health Scholarships program is a co-operative program between Australian Rotary Health, Rotary clubs, some State or Territory Governments and the Commonwealth Government. The object of this program is to provide a scholarship, which can be used to assist Indigenous students with their day-to-day expenses while they undertake a course in a wide range of health-related professions. The scholarship is paid in addition to the Government Abstudy allowance.

The purpose of the program is to assist students to gain an education which will in turn enable them to use this education for the benefit of other Indigenous people – hopefully, but not necessarily, in some remote areas.


  • Current Students

  • Faculty of Health Sciences

  • Undergraduate

  • Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Students

  • Australian Citizen
  • Australian Permanent Resident

  • Need Based
  • Merit Based

Successful students will receive a $5,000 scholarship per year (while receiving the scholarship), $2,500 will be paid in each semester.  


Scholarship Details

Medical or health-related degree


To be eligible for the scholarship applicants must:

  • Be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin or both.  For the purposes of this application, an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is someone who identifies as being of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander origin and is accepted as such by the community in which he or she has lived.   Applicants will be asked to provide a letter from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander organisation or community supporting their claim;
  • Be undertaking and enrolled in an appropriate approved medical or health related degree
  • Students must have already successfully completed at least one year in tertiary education


Application process

Access the application form from here (Please note: applications forms cannot be accessed until the opening date). The closing date is 16 February 2024.   

Please forward 2 copies of your application to:

Cheryl Deguara

Projects Co-Ordinator
Australian Rotary Health Indigenous Health Scholarship

PO Box 6161 

Norwest 

NSW

2153

Scholarships will be awarded on the recommendation of the selection committee and will be based on the following criteria:

  • The proposed course of study should be of significant benefit to the needs of the Aboriginal community
  • Preference will be given to applicants:
    • gaining first tertiary qualification
    • who have already completed successfully at least first year of tertiary education or any part of the stated course
    • community involvement by an applicant will be taken into consideration


Changes to Enrolment

N/A


Enquiries

Cheryl Deguara, Australian Rotary Health Indigenous Health Scholarship, PO Box 6161, NORWEST, NSW   2153 Phone:  02 8837 1900  Email: [email protected]    



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