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Scholarship Info
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If you’re in Medicine, Social Work, Psychology, Optometry or Health & Exercise Science and want a taste of rural life, there are a variety of schemes and scholarships for you! You can check out the NSW Rural Doctors Network for a fantastic search engine, but we’ve also put together a nice summary of what’s on offer below. Click here to check out the medicine scholarships out there, and here to see the allied health scholarships. You can also find out more about the RAMUS scholarship here.
Medicine scholarshipsScholarship Annual value/Purpose Opening Date Closing Date Notes Useful Links Rural Australian Medical Undergraduate Scholarship (RAMUS) $10,000 Applications have closed for 2013 but will reopen in late 2013 Medical Student Rural Origin Student
Link Medical Rural Bonded Scholarship Scheme $23,686 (indexed annually) Check with Department of Health and Ageing Medical Student Link Land Rural Medical Scholarship $15,000 October 2013 December 2013 2nd year Medical Student Link Arthur and Rita Kwan Scholarship $1,700 Check with University Scholarships Office for 2013 dates
Medical Student Financial Hardship and/or Other Disadvantage
Link Balnaves Foundation Indigenous Medical Scholarships $25,000 Check with University Scholarships Office for 2013 dates
Medical Student Indigenous Student
Link Bush Bursary & Country Women’s Association Scholarships $3,000 Rural Experience
February 2013 31st May 2013 2nd year Medical Student Link GP Synergy General Practice Scholarships for Medical Students $2,000 Academic Research
July 2013 October 2013 Medical Student Link HECS Reimbursement Scheme 1/5 HECS debt reimbursed Check with administrator Check with administrator Medical Student Link 1 NSW Rural Resident Medical Officer Cadetship for Indigenous Medical Students $15,000 ($30,000 total value)
Rural Experience
February 2013 26th August 2013 4th year Medical Student Indigenous Student
Link NSW Rural Resident Medical Officer Cadetships $15,000 ($30,000 total value)
Rural Experience
February 2013 26th August 2013 4th year Medical Student Link Una and Harley Wood Scholarship for Indigenous Students $5,000 Check with University Scholarships Office for 2013 dates
Medical Student Indigenous Student
Link William McIlrath Rural Scholarship Year 1 – $10,000 Year 2, 3, 4 – $4,000
1st July 2013 30th September 2013 Rural Origin Student Academic Merit
Evidence of commitment to social development or community activities
Link Working HUGS Rural Experience Travel Costs
Check with administrator Check with administrator Medical Student Link Dr Senthil Vasan Rural Medical Memorial Scholarship $1500 Rural Experience
19/07/2012 28/02/2013 3rd year or above Medical Student
Link Joyce T Brophy Memorial Award $12860 Check with university scholarships office for 2013 dates
2nd year and above Medical Student from Riverina or Farrer Federal Electorates Link Port Macquarie Hastings Clinical Placement Award $3000 Rural Experience
Check with university scholarships office for 2013 dates
1st and 2nd year medical student Link Coffs Harbour Regional Cancer Services Inc.ILP Award $2,500 to undertake ILP in the cancer area at the Coffs Harbour Rural Clinical School Check with university scholarships office for 2013 dates
ILP Students Link Allied health scholarships
Scholarship Annual value/Purpose Opening Date Closing Date Notes Useful Links NSW Rural Allied Health Clinical Placement Grant Up to $750 (may be up to $1,000 for Broken Hill) Rural Experience
Semester 1: 29th January 2013 Semester 2: 9th July 2013
Semester 1: 29th March 2013 Semester 2: 7th September 2013
Allied Health Student Link 1 NSW Allied Health Scholarship $10,000 29 January 2013 30 March 2013 Allied Health Student Rural Origin Student
Link Summer Vocation Research Scholarships $3,800 Academic Research
Check with University for 2013 dates
Optometry and Vision Science Student Psychology Student
Link Luxottica Indigenous Scholarship in Optometry and Vision Science UGCE1136 $6,000 Check with University for 2013 dates
Optometry and Vision Science Student Indigenous Student
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