Graduate-entry social work scholarships

In addition to the Marion Macaulay Bequest Scholarship, ZONTA Club Sydney East Inc Scholarship and Government-funded scholarships, which are available to all undergraduate and graduate-entry students in the faculty, others that apply to students undertaking an MSW(Q) are listed below.

Scholarships

Scholarships

(SDN) Children's Services Aunts Fry Scholarship

This scholarship is offered to pre-service students who have shown particular courage, compassion and concern for children in need or with disabilities. To be eligible for this scholarship, students will need to be undertaking study in social work, or special education or early-childhood education. The value of this scholarship will be $2000 for one year only, and shall be granted to a student who is in her/his final year of study, and would be offered to undertake her/his professional experience/internship/field education placement at a relevant SDN Children's Services site, Sydney.

Applications are closed for scholarships that take effect in 2013.

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NSW Rural Allied Health Scholarships Open

This scholarship is offered by the NSW Department of Health to students from a rural background who are undertaking entry-level studies in allied health (including social work). Up to 50 scholarships, each valued up to $10,000, are offered annually. Applications open in January each year.

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NSW Rural Allied Health Clinical Placement Grants Open

These grants of up to $750 (or $1000 for clinical placements at Broken Hill) are offered each semester. Grants are awarded on the basis of the duration of the placement and the cost of travel associated with accessing the placement. Priority will be given to students who have not previously received a NSW Rural Allied Health Clinical Placement Grant, though past grant recipients may apply.
Applications open each January for Semester One placements, and in July for Semester Two.

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Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme

Social-work students enrolled in either an undergraduate or graduate-entry degree who have resided in a defined rural area for a minimum of five consecutive (or eight cumulative) years from the age of five years may be eligible to apply to the Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme for a scholarship worth $10,000 a year, which is funded through the Commonwealth Government's Department of Health and Ageing and administered by the peak body for rural and remote allied health professionals, Services for Australian Rural and Remote Health (SARRAH).

Applications are closed for scholarships that take effect in 2013.

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