Aged Care Nursing Scholarships Program

Overview

The program was announced as part of the 2024-25 announcement for continued investments to support, attract and retain the aged care workforce. The purpose of this grant opportunity is to deliver a scholarship program. Under this program the organisation to deliver the grant will provide 1050 scholarships in a range of nursing study opportunities for aged care workers over three years from 2024-25.    The objectives of the grant opportunity are to:  Provide scholarships to those working in aged care in Australia as a registered or enrolled nurse, nurse practitioner, assistant in nursing and personal care worker to undertake study to further develop their careers in aged care; Support a range of education opportunities from Certificate level through to Postgraduate qualifications;  Enhance expertise in areas such as clinical leadership, palliative care, dementia care and infection prevention and control and courses of study considered relevant to aged care workforce settings;  Collect data in each year of the program.   The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity include:  Provision of financial incentives to aged care workers to complete additional qualifications and increase scholar retention rates.  Improve the capability of aged care workers to provide high quality care to recipients of aged care services;   Assist with the attraction and retention of aged care sector workforce; and Contribute to growth in the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses in aged care and building of capacity to provide culturally safe care services to First Nations people.  To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.