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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Older People’s Mental Health Scholarships
Status: OPEN Open 16 May 2022 to 28 Jun 2022
All Applied Mental Health Studies units are underpinned by recovery principles, with an emphasis on the application to clinical practice. From the outset, students select their preferred specialisation in mental health including working with infants, children and youth, adults or older people. The OPMH Scholarship covers 75% of the unit costs related to the Applied Mental Health Studies courses. These scholarships have been funded by Mental Health Branch (MHB) NSW Ministry of Health. The scholarship will be administered and delivered by HETI to NSW Health professionals providing mental health services to older people and their families/carers, aged care staff working within the mental health residential aged care (MH RAC) partnership services supported by NSW Health funding, and clinicians providing mental health care to older people through the Primary Health Networks. Applications will be prioritised as follows: 1. NSW Health staff providing mental health services to older people; 2. Aged care staff working in mental health residential aged care partnership services; or 3. Clinicians providing mental health care to older people through Primary Health Networks. -
Child and Youth Mental Health Services Scholarship
Status: OPEN Open 16 May 2022 to 22 Jun 2022
All Applied Mental Health Studies units are underpinned by recovery principles. From the outset, students select their preferred specialisation in mental health, including working with infants, children and youth, adults or older people. The CYMHS scholarship covers 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. The scholarship will be administered and delivered by HETI to NSW Health professionals providing mental health services to infants, children, youth and their families/carers. These scholarships have been funded by MH-Children and Young People (MH-CYP), NSW Ministry of Health. -
Trauma and Trauma Informed Care (TIC) Scholarship
Status: OPEN Open 16 May 2022 to 24 Jun 2022
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 -
Practical Medical Genomics Training Scholarship
Status: OPEN Open 18 Feb 2022 to 11 Mar 2022
The Centre for Genetics Education of the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI), in collaboration with the Strategic Reform and Planning Branch of NSW Health, is pleased to offer NSW clinical health professionals with an interest in genomics an opportunity to apply for scholarship to a short course in Medical Genomics. -
About the Workplace Learning Grant Program
The Allied Health Workplace Learning Professional Development Program aims to provide financial support to groups of allied health professionals and/or allied health assistants seeking to further develop their knowledge and skills through workplace learning opportunities
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Rural Medical Trainee Scholarship
Status: CLOSED Open 4 Apr 2022 to 15 May 2022
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: CLOSED Open 14 Feb 2022 to 15 Apr 2022
The Metropolitan Access Scholarships (MAS) program provides financial support to eligible NSW rural vocational and prevocational medical trainees undertaking metropolitan training. -
NSW Rural Allied Health Postgraduate Scholarships
Status: CLOSED Closes 1 Apr 2022
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 2020 the scholarships were valued at up to $10,000 dependent on the course undertaken. -
NSW Rural Allied Health Undergraduate Scholarships
Status: CLOSED Closes 1 Apr 2022
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 20 NSW Rural Allied Health Scholarships, valued up to $10,000, are offered each year. -
Allied Health Assistant Scholarship Program
Status: CLOSED 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. -
NSW Rural Allied Health Clinical Placement Grants
Status: CLOSED Closes 1 Apr 2022
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 15 Jul 2022 to 4 Aug 2022
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. -
GP in Psychiatric Medicine Scholarships
Status: CLOSED Open 2 Nov 2021 to 16 Dec 2021
Applications for this scholarship close 16 December for study in Semester 1, 2022. 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 Semester 1, 2022. -
Nursing & Midwifery Undergraduate Clinical Placement Grants
Status: CLOSED Closes 6 May 2022
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. -
Postgraduate scholarships for the Applied Mental Health Studies Course
Status: CLOSED Open 6 Sep 2021 to 19 Nov 2021
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). -
Allied Health Cross Boundary Grant Program
Status: CLOSED Open 15 Jul 2022 to 4 Aug 2022
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 2021/22.