To be eligible for a scholarship you must:

1. Be an employee of, and based at, a rural located public sector health service within a NSW Local Health District (including temporary employees who been working for the health service for at least 12 months).
2. Possess an undergraduate/graduate entry qualification in one of the following allied health disciplines:
   • Audiology
   • Art Therapy
   • Child Life Therapy
   • Counselling
   • Dietetics & Nutrition
   • Diversional Therapy
   • Exercise Physiology
   • Genetic Counselling
   • Music Therapy
   • Nuclear Medicine Technology
   • Occupational Therapy
   • Orthoptics

   OR       Be employed as an allied health assistant or employed in a recognised allied health role e.g., welfare worker

3. Be an Australian citizen or have permanent residence.
4. Be currently enrolled, or planning to enrol by 1 June 2024, in further studies at an approved Australian University or institution offering equivalent tertiary qualifications.
5. Not be in receipt of any other scholarship or funding assistance (valued at more than $6,000) for this course of study.  Recipients of the Australian Rural and Remote Health Professional Scholarship or the Mental Health Post-Graduate Scholarship are not eligible.

Scholarships are offered for students enrolled, or proposing to enrol by 1 June 2024, in a single subject, undergraduate degree, postgraduate certificate, postgraduate diploma, Masters or PhD in 2024.