SA Health - Regional Health Scholarships

Description

The Regional Health Scholarship Program is offered to undergraduates or current employees who are studying or about to commence study in an eligible qualification. Applications are open to people living in regional or remote areas of our state and who demonstrate a strong commitment to improving health outcomes and professional practice in country areas.

Public health services in regional South Australia are delivered by six regional Local Health Networks (LHNs):

• Barossa Hills Fleurieu LHN
• Eyre and Far North LHN
• Flinders and Upper North LHN
• Limestone Coast LHN
• Riverland Mallee Coorong LHN
• Yorke and Northern LHN

These regional LHNs are committed to providing a range of high-quality health services to meet the needs of people living in country South Australia.  These include public hospital services and other community-based health services such as community health and residential services for the aged and other vulnerable groups.

Benefits

Eligibility

Scholarships are available and are offered to people who are studying disciplines needed in that LHN and who also live in regional South Australia.

The 2026 Regional Health Scholarship Program intake comprises of seven scholarship categories.

• Regional Bonding Scholarship

                Full time undergraduates in their final year of study with a commitment to working in a regional LHN for a minimum 12 months post study                 completion are eligible to apply for this scholarship.

• Regional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Scholarship

  Available to regional Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders studying or about to commence study as an undergraduate, postgraduate or Certificate IV/Diploma level student are eligible to apply.

• Regional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Employee Scholarship

  Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders who are employed within a regional LHN and studying or about to commence study as an undergraduate, postgraduate or certificate IV/Diploma level student are eligible to apply.

• Regional Employee Scholarship

  Regional LHN employees studying, or about to commence study, in an approved program of certificate IV/Diploma level, undergraduate or postgraduate study in an eligible qualification are eligible to apply.

• Regional School Leaver Scholarship

  Recent secondary school leavers (within last two years) who reside in or have resided in an eligible location prior to undertaking tertiary studies in an approved Undergraduate course for an identified health discipline as a full-time student are eligible to apply.

• Professor Margaret Tobin Scholarship

  _{In acknowledging Professor Margaret Tobin's contribution to the field of mental health and her commitment, passion and dedication to improving care, this scholarship is available to permanent employees from any of the six regional LHNs interested in postgraduate study in Mental Health.}

• Student Placement Grant

  Students studying at a regional campus and enrolled full-time in an identified health discipline that are required to undertake a professional experience placement as part of their program in a metropolitan hospital are eligible to apply.

Selection Criteria

The nominated RHSP chairperson will coordinate the selection process for applicants who nominate their regional LHN in their application.

The RHSP chairperson will assemble a diverse and appropriately skilled/qualified RHSP selection panel to review, consider and assess each application for their regional LHN. Consistent with Regional LHNs commitment to Reconciliation, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander representation is required on a selection panel where there is an application from an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. The panel will follow a merit based process to assess applications and complete a RHSP Panel Report to recommend preferred applicants for approval. A representative of the RSS Scholarship Team will be apart of the panel and compile the RHSP Panel Report for approval on behalf of the regional LHN.