Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP)

Overview

The purpose of the grant is to provide scholarships and bursaries to privately employed health professionals in rural and remote Australia that enables them to retain and enhance their skills, capacity, and scope of practice in the fields of medicine, nursing, and allied health. This supports access to health services in these areas, while assisting in workforce distribution and retention via a return of service obligation (ROSO) for each scholarship awarded. This grant opportunity will enable the continuation of the HWSP, as administered by the Rural Workforce Agencies (RWAs) acting as a consortium, led by Health Workforce Queensland (HWQ) Ltd. HWQ will work with all RWAs to administer the HWSP in all eligible jurisdictions and will comply with the CGRGs key principles as a third party. The consortium ensures a national approach with scholarships offered on the basis of jurisdictional health workforce needs assessments. The scholarships and bursaries help address barriers that professionals may face with their commitment to rural practice, in upskilling, continuing professional development or broadening their scope of practice through further study. A ROSO is attached to some scholarship types to provide a greater return on investment. The objectives and outcomes for the program are contained within the Grant Opportunity Guidelines. To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red Grant Opportunity Documents button on the left-hand side.