Postgraduate Nurse Scholarships
Nursing Scholars, For 2010-2011, public health services will receive a further scholarship quota to allow them to prioritise clinical areas of practice for scholarships based on local service and workforce development needs. Scholarships assist nurses with the costs associated with undertaking postgraduate studies.
More information about postgraduate scholarships for Semester 1 2011 will be provided when the round opens (late 2010).
Postgraduate Mental Health Nurse Scholarships - Semester 2 2010
The Mental Health, Drugs and Regions (MHDR) Division, Department of Health (DH), is offering scholarships of up to $3,000 for registered nurses working in the Victorian public health sector to support postgraduate study in mental health nursing.
Scholarship funds are a contribution towards the cost of undertaking postgraduate studies in Semester 2 of 2010, including tuition fees, student contributions, study loans (HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP), books and equipment, travel required to attend lectures and clinical placements, child care and other related study costs.
Further information will be available shortly via the following web link: http://health.vic.gov.au/mentalhealth/careers.htm
2010 Nurse Practitioner (NP) scholarships
The 2010 NP scholarship round has been completed.
A Victorian Nurse Practitioner Project (VNPP) Scholarship round will open in late October 2010 for nurses undertaking courses in 2011 that lead to endorsement as a NP. Go to the Nurse Practitioner scholarship page.
2009-2010 Postgraduate Nurse Scholarships
In Semester 1 2010, nurses applied directly to their employers (for public health services) for more postgraduate nurse scholarships. The scholarship quota allocated to public health services was based on nursing FTE (with 40% of the general scholarship pool allocated to rural health services).
General scholarships were then awarded to nurses employed by the public health service who were undertaking studies in a range of practice areas depending on the employers local workforce needs.
Additional scholarships in targeted practice areas such as NICU/PICU, critical care, perioperative and midwifery practice were allocated based on the departments system-wide service and workforce priorities.
In addition, 115 scholarships were awarded in the area of mental health and 15 scholarships in Maternal and Child Health were funded through the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.
Summary of scholarship distribution for Semester 1 2010 (excl NP scholarships)
| Metropolitan distribution | General | Midwifery | Peri-operative | Critical Care | NICU/PICU | total |
| St Vincents Health | 7 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 11 |
| Western Health | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 |
| Northern Health | 5 |
| 1 | 2 |
| 8 |
| Eastern Health | 11 |
| 2 | 2 |
| 15 |
| Alfred Health | 11 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 17 |
| Melbourne Health | 10 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 17 |
| Peninsula Health | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 |
| Southern Health | 18 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 35 |
| Mercy Public Hospitals Inc. | 4 |
| 1 |
| 4 | 9 |
| The Royal Children's Hospital | 4 |
| 1 |
| 10 | 15 |
| The Royal Women's Hospital | 3 |
| 1 |
| 6 | 10 |
| The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear | 1 |
| 1 |
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| 2 |
| Austin Health | 9 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 16 |
| Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute | 2 |
| 1 |
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| 3 |
| Subtotal | 97 | 3 | 20 | 36 | 25 | 181 |
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| Barwon | 13 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 18 |
| Gippsland | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 |
| Grampains | 13 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 16 |
| Hume | 13 |
| 2 | 1 |
| 16 |
| Loddon Mallee | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 |
| Subtotal | 65 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 85 |
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| Total scholarships | 162 | 5 | 30 | 44 | 25 | 266 |
Prospective Students/Scholarship applicants
From Semester 1 2010:
- In metropolitan health services, applications for scholarships are now made directly to your employer.
- In rural regions, contact your health service or Director of Nursing for information about your regional scholarship application process.
Further information
For information relating to postgraduate study contact your local university.
Enquires can be directed to Nurse Policy on (03) 9096 7528 or email at: nursepolicy@health.vic.gov.au
