Flinders University 2025 Indigenous Rural Nursing Scholarship 2025

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
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Flinders University

Flinders University is a public university in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the South Australian coastline in the early 19th century. Flinders is a verdant university[citation needed] and a member of the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) Group and ranks in the 10-16 bracket in Australia and 36th in the world of those established less than 50 years. Academically, the university pioneered a cross-disciplinary approach to education, and its faculties of medicine and the humanities are ranked amon... continue reading

Indigenous Rural Nursing Scholarship

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

• Health Science
• 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.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit Flinders University scholarship webpage