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NSW Health Aboriginal Nursing and Midwifery scholarships and cadetships are a pathway to employment in the health sector. They increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives and provide financial and educational support from undergraduate to postgraduate studies. 
 

• Current Students
• Future Students

• Faculty of Health Sciences

• Undergraduate
• Postgraduate coursework

• Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Students

• Australian Citizen
• Australian Permanent Resident
• New Zealand Citizen
• Permanent Humanitarian Visa

• Need Based

NSW Health Aboriginal Nursing and Midwifery Undergraduate Scholarships of up to $1000 per subject are available for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students undertaking a Bachelor of Nursing or Bachelor of Midwifery. 

NSW Health Aboriginal Enrolled Nurse to Registered Nurse Scholarships of up to $15,000 per year are available to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students employed as an Enrolled Nurse in a NSW Health facility and undertaking a Bachelor of Nursing. 

If you’re an Aboriginal person currently working as a registered nurse or registered midwife employed in a NSW Health facility, a postgraduate scholarship of up to $10,000 is available to support your postgraduate study and help with educational expenses.

Must be enrolled in a bachelor of nursing or midwifery degree, or postgraduate nursing and midwifery degree. 

To be eligible to apply you must be: 

- be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent 
- be known and accepted in the community that you live or have lived 
- currently be studying or about to study an undergraduate or postgraduate nursing or midwifery degree at university.

Want to make a difference and care for Mob? 
Applications now open until the 23rd February 2025 
Visit https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/nursing/aboriginal-strategy/Pages/default.aspx to begin your application for the 2025 NSW Health Aboriginal Nursing and Midwifery Cadetships and Scholarships Program. 

If you have any questions about your application, please contact Aboriginal Nursing and Midwifery Strategy on 1800 155 325 or MOH-aboriginalnursing@health.nsw.gov.au.

Scholarship Conditions: 

- It is an expectation that you respond to our e-mails within two weeks of requests.  
- Payments for each subject apply once only. Repeat subjects do not receive additional funding.  
- An enrolment document, and results from the previous semester must be supplied before each semester  

Please visit https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/nursing/aboriginal-strategy/Pages/default.aspx to see more information on individual scholarship requirements and eligibility 
 

For more information, please contact

Kayla Potter

Principal Advisor, Aboriginal Nursing and Midwifery Strategy

P | 9461 7776
E | moh-aboriginalnursing@health.nsw.gov.au
W| https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/nursing/aboriginal-strategy/Pages/default.aspx