Scholarships
Scholarships available to UNE Nursing students
There are twenty-six (26) scholarships availalbe to UNE nursing students. Applications for most of these scholarships need to go in by June to November this year for study next year. Some go in January next year.
Apply for NSW Health Clinical Placement Grants in April and November. Scholarships may pay for 1, 2 or 3 years and you can reapply each year. To avoid disappointment apply for several scholarships and if you succeed with more than one, choose the best one for you and decline the others (given to the next applicants in line). All of the scholarships listed below require that you are a permanent resident of Australia, except the AusAID Australian Development Scholarship for international students.
NSW Aboriginal Nursing and Midwifery Cadetship/Scholarship Programs: application forms can be downloaded from: htttp://www.health.nsw.gov.au/nursing/scholarships.asp
Royal College of Nursing Australia Scholarships RCNA Scholarship leaflet, Nursing and Allied Health Scholarships http://www.rcna.org.au/ and RCNA Clinical Placement Scholarship leaflet, website http://www.rcna.org.au
Puggy Hunter Aboriginal Scholarship $15,000 pa for 3 years. Apply by 31 August for next year.
Aged Care Nursing Scholarship $10,000 pa for up to 3 years. Apply by 31 August for next year.
Rural & Remote Scholarship $10,000 pa full time (or $5,000 pa pt). Apply by 31 August for next year.
NSW Health Nursing Scholarships http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/nursing/undergrad.html
Rural Undergraduate Scholarship $8000 1 year. Apply by 30 November for next year.
Aboriginal Undergraduate Scholarship $4000 per trimester. Apply by 30 June & 30 Nov for next year.
Rural and Metropolitan Clinical Placement Grants $500 per trimester. Apply by 30 April & 30th Nov.
Rotary Rural Nursing Scholarship http://www.arhrf.org.au http://www.arhrf.org.au/sub1.asp?pageName=Rural%20Nursing%20Applications
Australian Rotary Health Research Fund $2,500 for final year clinical. Apply by 27 July for next year.
To complete 3rd year major clinical placement and graduating year in a rural or remote hospital.
NSW Nurses' Association Scholarship http://www.nswnurses.asn.au/infopages/2768.html
Edith Cavell Trust Scholarship $4,400 for 1 year. Join the Association free. Apply by 31 July for next year.
NSW Nurses and Midwives Board Scholarships for Enrolled Nurses and Post-Graduate Nurses
http://www.nmb.nsw.gov.au/Scholarships/default.aspx
Final Year Scholarship for ENs completing BN (Fund: HECS + res school travel, accom, sust). Apply by 31 Dec for next year.
Aged Care Nursing Scholarships – APN Educational Media and RCNA Aged Care Scholarship
AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS
Joblink Plus Nursing Scholarship $5,000 pa 2 years. Apply by 31 January for the same year.
http://www.une.edu.au/scholarships/undergraduate/joblink-plus-nursing.php
Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship $2,207 pa 4 years. Apply by 30 Sept (date may be extended).
http://www.une.edu.au/scholarships/undergraduate/cweducationcosts.php
Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship $4,415 pa 4 years. Apply by 30 Sept (date may be extended).
http://www.une.edu.au/scholarships/undergraduate/cwaccommodation.php
Indigenous Access/Accommodation/Costs Scholarships $4,166, 4 years. Apply by 30 Sept (may be extended).
http://www.une.edu.au/oorala/scholar2.htm
REGIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Armidale District UNE Country Scholarship $2,500 pa 3 years. Apply by 30 September.
http://www.une.edu.au/scholarships/undergraduate/adunecountry.php
UNE SCHOLARSHIPS http://www.une.edu.au/scholarships/undergraduate
UNE Country Equity Scholarship $5,500 pa 3 years. Apply by late September for next year.
UNE Country Scholarship $5,000 pa 3 years. Apply by late September for next year.
Annie & Terry Connor ATSI Scholarship $5,000 pa 3 years. Apply by late September for next year.
Bernard Coffey Scholarship $6,000 pa 3 years. Apply by late September for next year.
Earle Page Anniversary UNE Country Scholarship $5000 pa 3 years. Apply by late September for next year.
CWA Earle Page College Equity Scholarship
Jim Pollard Prize$1500 1 year. Apply by 31 January for the same year.>
UNE Colleges Undergraduate Scholarships $1000-$1500 1 year’s fees. Apply by late September for next year.
UNE Colleges Sports Scholarships $1000 1 year’s fees. Apply by 30 September for next year.
The Spotless/College ScholarshipOne year’s fees in Austin, Earle Page, Mary White or Robb College. Apply by late Sept.
AusAID Scholarships http://www.ausaid.gov.au/scholar/studyin.cfm
For international students from eligible Pacific, South East Asian and African countries.
Australian Development Scholarship $20,007 pa 3 years + airfares. Apply by 30 September for next year.
For HECS-HELP and Student Loans see: http://www.goingtouni.gov.au.
For Youth Allowance or Austudy for full-time students aged 25 and over contact Centrelink Youth and Student Services http://www.centrelink.gov.au ph:13 24 90.
For ABSTUDY for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students contact www.centrelink.gov.au, ph:13 23 17.