2023 SA Health Aboriginal Health Scholarship

About the 2023 SA Health Aboriginal Health Scholarship

The South Australian Aboriginal Health Scholarship is an initiative of the Department for Health and Wellbeing in partnership with Australian Rotary Health.   

Current and prospective students are invited to apply for a scholarship to maintain and complete their studies towards a health qualification at a degree level, in areas such as:

• Medicine
• Registered Nursing
• Midwifery
• Dentistry
• Pathology
• Allied Health
• Health Promotion

Applicants are required to provide confirmation of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander organisation.

Successful applicants will receive a scholarship of up to $5,000 per academic year (for full time study) paid in instalments and adjusted according to actual study load and results. Applications for both full-time and part-time study will be considered.

Scholarship requirements

Scholarship recipients are required to:

#1: comply with all course requirements
imposed by the education institution
#2: provide copies of results and
enrolment to the Department at the
start of each semester
#3:use scholarship funds for specified
purposes only
#4: provide a report outlining the use of
funds at the end of each semester

Recipients are required to notify the
Department if they:
#1: withdraw from the course
#2: fail part of the course
#3: make changes to study load
#4: change any personal contact details
#5: receive any other scholarship
If any of these requirements are not met
the scholarship may be suspended and
recipients may be required to pay back
scholarship funds.

Eligibility

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Identify as being of Aboriginal or
  Torres Strait Islander descent and be
  accepted as such by the community
  in which they live or have lived; and
  provide confirmation from an
  Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
  organisation
• Be undertaking or enrolled in an
  approved undergraduate or
  postgraduate level course, or have
  received an offer of acceptance
• Be a resident of South Australia for
  more than 12 months prior to
  submission
• Confirmation must be provided from an
  Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
  Organisation. Statutory Declarations will
  not be accepted.
  Applicants undertaking a certificate
  course or foundation studies towards
  entry into a degree level course are not
  eligible for this scholarship.
  Scholarship applications for both full-time
  and part-time study will be considered.
  Applicants are required to provide
  evidence of their study load.

Fact Sheet Aboriginal Health Scholarship Program 2023.pdf

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Job title: 2023 SA Health Aboriginal Health Scholarship

Job no: 809243
Work type: Full time, Part time
Location: Various
Categories: Allied and Scientific Health, Dental, Medical, Nursing/Midwifery, Public Health, Aboriginal Health

Applications close: 28 Feb 2023 11:55 PM Cen. Australia Daylight Time