Scholarships & Grants
Scholarships and grants offered by HETI aim to provide equal access to education in areas of need.
Scholarships and grants available annually:
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Rural Medical Trainee Scholarship
Status: OPEN Open 5 Nov 2020 to 17 Jan 2021
Scholarships of up to $4,500 are available to provide financial assistance with course fees, travel, accommodation and other expenses directly associated with the education and training needs of medical trainees in rural and remote areas. -
Metropolitan Access Scholarships
Status: OPEN Open 21 Sep 2020 to 20 Nov 2020
The Metropolitan Access Scholarships (MAS) program provides financial support to eligible NSW rural vocational and prevocational medical trainees undertaking metropolitan training. -
Allied Health Assistant Scholarship Program
Status: OPEN Open 3 Aug 2020 to 21 Aug 2020
The HETI Allied Health Assistant Scholarship Program provides funding to support the training of Allied Health Assistants (AHAs) and Pharmacy Assistants and Technicians (PATs) seeking to further develop their knowledge and skills. Eligible AHAs and PATs are able to apply for one-off funding to support their enrolment in the Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance or the Certificate IV in Hospital/ Health Services Pharmacy Support, which will enhance their ability to perform their current work role. -
Child and Youth Mental Health Services Scholarship
Status: OPEN Closes 23 Dec 2020
The Mental Health Portfolio of the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) will offer a number of scholarships to NSW health professionals and managers providing mental health services for infants, children, young people and their families/carers. The scholarships have been funded by MH-Children and Young People (MH-CYP), NSW Ministry of Health. Successful applicants will receive 75% of unit costs related to the Applied Mental Health Studies courses with specialisation in Perinatal and Infant, and Child and Youth mental health services. HETI's courses are underpinned by recovery principles, with an emphasis on the application to clinical practice, including opportunities to connect with other health professionals and participate in live streamed teaching sessions run by experts from the field. -
GP in Psychiatric Medicine Scholarships
Status: OPEN Open 16 Nov 2020 to 23 Dec 2020
The Mental Health Portfolio of the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI), on behalf of the NSW Ministry of Health, will offer a number of Scholarships to study in the postgraduate Psychiatric Medicine program for General Practitioners in 2021. -
Postgraduate scholarships for the Applied Mental Health Studies Course
Status: OPEN Open 7 Sep 2020 to 20 Nov 2020
Scholarships of up to $8,000 are available to registered nurses who are working in full or part-time permanent positions in mental health services of the NSW public health system. These scholarships are funded by the Nursing and Midwifery Office (NaMO) and are provided to assist with educational expenses directly associated with postgraduate study. Scholarships are awarded through a competitive selection process and not all applicants will be awarded a scholarship. The Postgraduate scholarships for the AMHS course will only apply to applicants who are enrolled to study the AMHS course offered by the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI). -
Older People’s Mental Health Scholarships
Status: OPEN Closes 23 Dec 2020
The Mental Health Portfolio of the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) will offer a number of scholarships to NSW health professionals, managers and peer workers providing mental health services for older people and their families/carers. These scholarships have been funded by Mental Health Branch (MHB) NSW Ministry of Health. Successful applicants will receive 75% of unit costs related to the Applied Mental Health Studies courses with specialisation in Older Persons’ lifespan. HETI's courses are underpinned by recovery principles, with an emphasis on the application to clinical practice, including opportunities to connect with other health professionals and participate in live streamed teaching sessions run by experts from the field. -
NSW Rural Allied Health Postgraduate Scholarships
Status: CLOSED Open 27 Jan 2020 to 3 Apr 2020
Scholarships are available to permanent fulltime or part time allied health clinicians employed and currently working in a rural located public health service, to assist with educational expenses directly associated with post-graduate study. In 2017 the scholarships were valued at up to $10,000 dependent on the course undertaken. -
NSW Rural Allied Health Undergraduate Scholarships
Status: CLOSED Open 27 Jan 2020 to 3 Apr 2020
Rural Allied Health Undergraduate Scholarships are offered to students from a rural background undertaking "entry level" studies in allied health (leading to a degree that qualifies the student to practice. Up to 50 NSW Rural Allied Health Scholarships, valued up to $10,000, are offered each year. -
NSW Rural Allied Health Clinical Placement Grants
Status: CLOSED Open 13 Jul 2020 to 11 Sep 2020
NSW Rural Allied Health Clinical Placement Grants provide financial assistance to both rural and urban allied health students with the travel and accommodation costs of rural clinical placements -
Allied Health Workplace Learning Professional Development Program
Status: CLOSED Open 26 Mar 2020 to 22 May 2020
The Allied Health Workplace Learning Grant Program aims to provide financial support to teams of allied health professionals and/or allied health assistants seeking to further develop their knowledge and skills through workplace learning opportunities. -
Undergraduate Clinical Placement Grants
Grants up to $1,000 for clinical placements in a NSW public health facility are available to NSW students undertaking a Bachelor of Nursing or Bachelor of Midwifery degree. Grants to assist with accommodation and travel associated with your clinical placement will be awarded based the distance between the GPO of your 'home' university campus and the GPO of the clinical placement.
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Allied Health Cross Boundary Grant Program
Status: CLOSED Open 27 Apr 2020 to 26 Jun 2020
The HETI Allied Health Cross Boundary (CB) Grant Program aims to provide financial support to groups of Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) and/or Allied Health Assistants (AHAs) seeking to further develop their knowledge and skills through group related work learning opportunities that occur during 2020/21.