Allied health University of Canberra scholarship
The University of Canberra offers a scholarship to contribute to the cost of a Graduate Certificate in Health Research, Graduate Certificate in Mental Health, or a Graduate Certificate in Health Leadership and Management.
You can apply if you are allied health, nursing or midwifery staff working for the ACT Health or Canberra Health Services.
Selection
The availability of the scholarship is not guaranteed each year.
When the scholarship is offered there are a limited number of places are available.
A panel from ACT Health and the University of Canberra selects successful recipients.
Find out more in University of Canberra Graduate Scholarship Program 2024 applicant information [PDF 200KB].
Scholarships for 2025
Applications for scholarships to study in 2024 are closed.
Applications for scholarships to study in 2025 will open in November 2024.
Costs covered
The scholarship pays 50% of your course fees for a graduate certificate. You will be required to cover additional costs, including the remainder of course fees and amenities fees.
Eligible graduate certificates
Graduate Certificate in Health Research
The Graduate Certificate in Health Research supports a clinician's transition to health science research. The course explores subjects including epidemiology, how to perform statistical analyses, and the qualitative and quantitative practices of the research process.
Research projects undertaken as part of the Graduate Certificate in Health Research must be relevant to your work area or an organisational need.
Go to the University of Canberra website to find out more.
Graduate Certificate in Health Leadership and Management
The Graduate Certificate in Health Leadership and Management explores leadership and management in health. Subjects include growing as a leader, resource allocation and priority setting, workforce management, and strategy, innovation and change.
Go to the University of Canberra website to find out more.
Graduate Certificate in Mental Health
The Graduate Certificate in Mental Health provides nursing, midwifery, allied health, and other front-line professionals with the skills to improve and promote the mental health of individuals and the community.
Go to the University of Canberra website to find out more.
How scholarships are paid
You will receive an invoice from the University of Canberra each semester requesting payment of unit fees and other related costs like amenities fees.
The invoice will reflect the amount payable following deduction of the scholarship awarded.
You cannot apply for additional funding through an alternate scholarship program, such as the nurses and midwives or allied health postgraduate scholarship scheme.
Who can apply
You must have permanent employment or a continuous temporary contract for at least 12 months before the application closing date with either of the following:
- Canberra Health Services
- ACT Health Directorate.
You must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia and be able to provide a current registration for practitioners registered through the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).
If you are in an allied health profession not registered through AHPRA, you can provide one of the following:
- a certified copy of your allied health qualification
- a certified copy of your membership certificate of the relevant allied health professional association
- evidence of your listing on the public register of professionals for your allied health profession.
You must have a minimum tertiary qualification of a Bachelor's degree, or equivalent graduate status as determined by the university and meet the relevant admission requirements.
For a Graduate Certificate in Health Research, you must have experience in research or quality improvement in nursing, midwifery or allied health.
A Graduate Certificate in Health Research, a Graduate Certificate in Mental Health, a Graduate Certificate in Health Leadership and Management, or a similar postgraduate program must be in your current professional development planning. You must also have support from your manager for work release for up to 4 hours of study per week for a 13-week semester.
Successful applicants
If you are successful, you will be notified of your scholarship offer in writing and must formally accept or decline the offer in writing. After accepting, you must enrol in the relevant program through the University of Canberra portal.
To keep your scholarship funding, you must continue engagement with the University of Canberra, pass all units and complete the course within 2 years. You must not undertake any other postgraduate study while completing your current program.
Deferring or failing a course
You must notify the Office of the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer or the Office of the Chief Allied Health Officer if you defer or withdraw from the course, fail a unit of study, or are unable to continue for any reason.
Scholarship funding is only used to take a unit once. If you fail a unit in your course, you are responsible for full payment of course fees to re-sit the unit. You can continue to access scholarship funding for any other units you haven't previously attempted.
Balancing work and study
Each unit of study within the degree requires an estimated time commitment of 10 hours per week and you are expected to study in your personal time to meet this commitment. You may be eligible for study leave if you work in the public sector.
You may have to present course outcomes or research project outcomes to members of your work area, team, branch, division, or organisation.
If you stop working for Canberra Health Services or the ACT Health Directorate, you will no longer be eligible to receive scholarship funding.
Study leave and assistance
ACT Health Directorate and Canberra Health Services applicants must complete the ACT Public Service studies assistance application form for approval as a student and may be eligible for study leave. Contact your manager for more information on study leave and assistance.
Contact
Contact Nursing and Midwifery by emailing N-MScholarships@act.gov.au or phoning 02 5124 4978.
Contact Allied Health by emailing alliedhealthscholarships@act.gov.au or phoning 02 5124 945.