Flinders University 2025 Indigenous Rural Nursing Scholarship

The Indigenous Rural Nursing Scholarship has been established to provide assistance to undergraduate Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Bachelor of Nursing students undertaking their Professional Experience Placement (PEP) at an approved clinical education facility in a rural or remote setting.

The Scholarship has been established through a generous donation from St Theodore’s Anglican Church, Toorak Gardens.

• Table of Content
• About Flinders University
• Indigenous Rural Nursing Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Indigenous Rural Nursing Scholarship
• Indigenous Rural Nursing Scholarship Courses
• Requirements for Indigenous Rural Nursing Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Indigenous Rural Nursing Scholarship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Indigenous Rural Nursing Scholarship

Application Deadline	25 Apr 2025
Value	$2,000
Country to study	Australia
School to study	Flinders University
Type	Undergraduate
Course to study	View courses
Sponsor	Flinders University
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Indigenous Rural Nursing Scholarship

The scholarship will provide a contribution towards a living allowance and travel costs, and subject to the availability of funds, will be awarded to one student to a total value of $2,000 annually.

Indigenous Rural Nursing Scholarship Courses

• Nursing

Requirements for Indigenous Rural Nursing Scholarship Qualification

Applicants for the scholarship must:

• Be of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; and
• Identify as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; and
• Be accepted as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; and
• Be enrolled in, or intending to enrol in, a PEP topic in the second or third year of the Bachelor of Nursing at Flinders University; and
• Be undertaking the placement in a rural venue as defined by the Australian Statistical Geography Standard Remoteness Areas 2-5 excluding Mount Barker; and
• The clinical education facility has been approved by the College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Indigenous Rural Nursing Scholarship

Selection Criteria

The Scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and the applicant’s commitment to working in a rural or remote area upon completion of their studies.

Selection of the candidate(s) will be made by a panel which will include representatives from the College of Nursing and Health Sciences and the Office of Indigenous Strategy and Engagement.

Application Deadline

April 25, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Flinders University on stuadmin.flinders.edu.au to apply

Applications should be submitted online through the Flinders University Student System by the specified closing date. 

Submit an application

For more details, visit Flinders University scholarship webpage