Applications

Applications will remain open until all scholarship places have been filled.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible to apply for a scholarship applicants’ must be:

• an Australian Citizen or permanent resident of Australia
• a qualified allied health professional who is either registered with AHPRA or eligible to register with their professional body
• working with providers of residential aged care, community aged care services, multipurpose services or Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander flexible services.
• are currently enrolled or intending to enrol in a course, which commences or is continuing from January – December 2024 in the following:
  — Graduate Certificate
  — Graduate Diploma
  — Masters.

Dementia care related qualifications are eligible. Courses must be relevant to the care of older people or leadership and management:

• Courses related to the care of older people include, but are not limited to: clinical gerontology, behavioral management, dementia care, wound care, continence care, palliative care and infection control.
• Courses related to leadership and management include but are not limited to: postgraduate studies in clinical leadership, leadership and management and health services management.

Selection criteria

Applicants will need to respond to the following selection questions in the application:

Question 1

How will your course improv e the quality of people’s lives and of the care you will be delivering to older Australians?

Question 2

Describe your commitment to aged care including:

• Describe the services you are currently delivering for those 65 years and older, or 55 years and older for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.
• The difference your study will make to your work.

Please note: information collected on your cumulative length of aged care experience, rurality and being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background may be used as a selection weighting to meet aged care workforce need.

Value of the scholarship

The maximum amount of funding is worth up to $15,000 per scholarship, to study either a graduate certificate, graduate diploma or a masters. This is paid on a per semester basis, the amount will depend on your study load.