Herbert and Inge Littauer Nursing Scholarship

For students enrolled full-time in a nursing diploma or degree program who can demonstrate circumstances which impact their study; worth $3,000.

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be an Australian citizen, Australian permanent resident or permanent humanitarian visa holder
• be enrolling full-time in semester 1 and 2 in the Diploma of Nursing (C5417) or the Bachelor of Nursing (BP032) at RMIT in 2023
• be able to demonstrate circumstance/s which impact your ability to study such as:
• receiving a government tested low income benefit or having a Centrelink Health Care Card
• having a long-term medical condition or disability
• experiencing personal/family/social difficulties
• be from an interstate or rural/regional area and moving/moved to Melbourne to study at RMIT
• have previously/are currently living in foster/kinship care or are a ward of the state
• be from an under-represented background such as
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
• were born overseas, are from a non-English background and recently migrated to Australia
• current or former refugee
• completed secondary school at a School Network Access Program school
• have at least one year of your program to complete in 2023.

Preference will be given to applicants in the following order:

• Current/former refugees
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders
• Applicants who were born overseas, are from a non-English speaking background and recently migrated to Australia
• Applicants who have relocated from a rural/regional location to study at RMIT in Melbourne.
• Previous recipients are encouraged to apply.

Postgraduate students are ineligible to apply.