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The Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP) provides scholarships and bursaries to help health professionals in remote and rural Australia retain and enhance their skills, capacity and scope of practice.

​The HWSP is an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, Health Workforce Program, administered in Queensland by Health Workforce Queensland. If you are providing services in other States or the Northern Territory, please visit Health Workforce Scholarship Program Australia website.

Scholarships or bursaries are available for medical, nursing/midwifery, dental, allied health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers providing primary health care services in rural and remote Queensland in private practice, an Aboriginal Medical Service (AMS), Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS) or a non-government or not-for-profit organisation.

Eligible locations:

• Qualified health professionals providing primary health care in rural and remote locations in Queensland in a MMM 3-7 location; or
• Qualified health professionals providing primary health care employed by an AMS and ACCHS in MMM 1-7 location

What funding is available?

• Scholarship: up to $10,000 per year can be provided for up to two years study, to attain a postgraduate qualification of either a postgraduate certificate, postgraduate diploma, Master, or PhD.
• Bursary: payments of up to $10,000 within a 12-month period that covers the cost of training or course fees and/or cover or partially cover training-related expenses, where appropriate. For example, an accredited industry conference, vocational education, online workshop, and training courses.

When is funding is available?

• Round 3 2024 applications are open between 23/09/2024-13/10/2024
• Round 1 2025 applications are open between 20/01/2025-03/02/2025
• Round 2 2025 applications are open between 24/03/2025-07/04/2025
• Round 3 2025 applications are open between 08/07/2025-22/07/2025
• Round 4 2025 applications are open between 22/09/2025-06/10/2025

See complete details here.