The Aged Care Scholarships will allow for up to 400 additional scholarships per year for three years, for personal care workers and nurses to complete qualifications. There will be up to 100 allied health scholarships per year for up to three years, which will be for allied health professionals to focus on dementia related qualifications.
To be eligible to apply for a scholarship applicants’ must be:
All courses must be relevant to the care of older people or leadership and management:
Applicants will need to respond to the following selection questions in the application:
How will your course improve the quality of people’s lives and of the care you will be delivering to older Australians?
Describe your commitment to aged care including:
Please note: information collected on your cumulative length of aged care experience, rurality and being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background may be used as a selection weighting to meet aged care workforce need.