Nurse Scholarship Program: Rural and Remote Undergraduate Scheme

The Undergraduate Scheme is available to students who live in rural or remote Australia and are currently undertaking or intending to enrol in an accredited undergraduate or graduate entry, pre-registration (entry to practice) nursing course at an Australian University to become a Registered/Division 1 Nurse.

There are 110 scholarships available and of these 10 are designated for awarding to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants.

This scheme provides financial assistance of $10,000 each year per applicant if studying full time or $5,000 per applicant each year if studying part time, up to $30,000. The total amount awarded is dependent on whether a full or partial scholarship is required to complete nursing studies.

There are also 20 scholarships available for enrolled nurses studying towards their Registered/Division 1 nursing qualification.

For enrolled nurses upgrading their qualifications to that of a Registered/Division 1 Nurse, the scheme provides financial assistance of $10,000 each year per applicant if studying full time or $5,000 each year per applicant if studying part time, up to $25,000. The total amount awarded is dependent on whether you require a full or partial scholarship to complete nursing studies.

Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents and they must have had a principal home residence in an Australian rural or remote area for a substantial period of time.

For clarification of your eligibility under this scheme please contact us by email: scholarships@rcna.org.au or on free call number 1800 117 262.

This Scheme is now closed.

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application by the end of September 2008.

Important Links

Click here for more information on ARIA - Accessibility/Remoteness Index of Australia
Click here for information and to download Statutory Declaration forms
Click here for Proof of Aboriginality Forms (if applicable)
Click here if a third party completed your application form
Click here for information on how these scholarship payments may effect Centrelink payments
Click here for more information on the taxation implications
Click here to see which campuses of Australian Universities offer pre-registration undergraduate nursing courses
Click here for information on the Nurse Mentor Program
Click here for more information on becoming a nurse or midwife

Contacting RCNA

Further information about this scholarship scheme can be obtained by contacting the Royal College of Nursing, Australia

Email - scholarships@rcna.org.au
Freecall - 1800 11 72 62