NT Health Aboriginal Scholarship Scheme - 1st Year Health Undergraduate Students 2022

⁠⁠⁠Overview
The Department of Health is offering the NT Health Aboriginal Scholarship Scheme for 1st Year Undergraduate Students.

There are five scholarships available, worth up to $5000 each to assist eligible Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students undertaking their first year of an undergraduate health degree.

Approved Program
An approved program means any bachelor degree within the field of health or a bachelor degree that has a pathway leading to one of the below health occupations.

Health Occupations
The NT Department of Health encourages Aboriginal students aspiring to work in the following occupations to apply:

Registered Nurse
Registered Midwife
Pharmacist
Speech Pathologist
Occupational Therapist
Audiologist
Public Health Nutritionist / Dietitian
Psychologist
Social Worker
Environmental Health Officer
Physiotherapist
Prosthetist / Orthotist
Medical Laboratory Scientist
Podiatrist
Medical Radiation Practitioner
Sonographer
Radiographer
Dental Therapist
Dentist

The Department also welcomes applications from students with career aspirations to work in the field of mental health as a health professional.

Who can apply
Funding is available to individuals only.

To be eligible for funding an individual must

have completed all required information in the application form and submitted required documentation in support of your application
be an Australian citizen or Permanent Resident
Types of individiuals that are eligible to apply for funding include

a person of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent who identifies and is accepted as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in the community in which they live, or has lived.
an Australian citizen.
an NT resident and is enrolled to study their first undergraduate degree in the NT.
enrolled to study full-time of four units per semester or equivalent.
is not working full-time.
Who can't apply
Types of individuals that are not eligible to apply for funding include

works for an Australian, state, or territory government.
plans to work fulltime during studies.
plans to defer studies.
is completing an apprenticeship or traineeship.
has enrolled interstate to study when the course is offered in the NT.
receives a scholarship, bursary or stipend or funding from another source, excluding:
a) Australian Government Abstudy.
b) one-off merit scholarships paid in one year or less.
c) access and equity grants.
d) subsidies and grants not paid to you directly e.g. accommodation scholarship or textbook bursary.