Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme Australia

Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme
Application Form
Forward Completed Application Form to:
Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme
Royal College of Nursing, Australia
PO Box 219
Deakin West ACT 2600

Closing Date for Applications:
Friday 22 August 2008
BACKGROUND

The Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme provides financial support to undergraduate Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students in health related disciplines. The Scheme aims to increase the number of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people in the
health workforce.

Scholarship places are awarded to undergraduate students in the following health

disciplines:
• Aboriginal Health Worker;
• Enrolled Nurse;
• Registered Nurse;
• Allied Health (all specialities except pharmacy);
• Dental/Oral Health;
• Mental Health;
• Medicine (including postgraduate entry-level courses);
• Direct Entry Midwifery;
• Health Service Management; and
• Health Promotion/Education.

Scholarships are not bonded and are not awarded on academic success. It is hoped that recipients will make a significant contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

The Scholarship Scheme is funded by the Australian Government, as represented by the Department of Health and Ageing, and administered by Royal College of Nursing, Australia.

ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants must be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person and provide evidence that you are accepted as being of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent in the community where you live or have lived.

Applicants must also intend to study, or already be studying, at an approved Australian Educational Institution in the year that the scholarship is offered.

Students undertaking a cadetship that incorporates a payment to the student for study
and/or work are not eligible to receive a PHMSS scholarship place.