Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Nursing Scholarships Program

Amount conditions:

Recipients will not be eligible to receive any other fully funded scholarship from the Commonwealth, State or Territory government body. Recipients who have previously received an MCH Nursing Scholarship from the Department of Education and Training (DET) or Department of Health and Health Services (DHHS) are ineligible.

Who is it for?

Future postgraduate coursework, Postgraduate coursework, Australian Citizen, Humanitarian Visa, New Zealand Citizen, Permanent Resident

Background:

The MCH nursing scholarships are designed to attract high quality nurse-midwives to increase the capacity of Victoria’s already world-class MCH nursing workforce.

The Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) supports this scholarship as an initiative of the Victorian Government’s Early Childhood Reform Plan.

To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, applicants must:

• be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, an Australian Permanent Resident or a Permanent Humanitarian Visa Holder
• have accepted a place as a new student, and/or be enrolled as a continuing student at La Trobe University in the Graduate Diploma in Child, Family and Community Nursing in Semester 1 2023
• be currently registered as a Division 1 Registered Nurse (without restrictions) with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
• be currently registered as a Midwife (without restrictions) with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.

You are ineligible to apply if you have previously received an MCH Nursing Scholarship from the Department of Education and Training (DET) or Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).