Better health and ageing for all Australians

Health practitioners

Nurse Scholarship Program

The Nurse Scholarship Program offers incentives to individuals wishing to pursue or build on a career in rural or remote area nursing and to nurses wishing to re-enter the nursing workforce anywhere in Australia.

The scholarship program now also includes the Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Scheme.

The program is administered on behalf of the Department of Health and Ageing by the Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA). For more information visit the Royal College of Nursing, Australia website or free call 1800 11 72 62.

Page last reviewed: 26 February 2009