Clinical Placement Bursary for Nursing and Midwifery

Applicants must:

• be an Australian citizen, permanent resident, permanent humanitarian visa holder; or
• be an International on-campus student
• be enrolled at UniSQ in the Bachelor of Nursing or Bachelor of Midwifery programs
• have, as at the bursary closing date, successfully completed a minimum of:
  • 8 courses (or hold equivalent exemptions) within the Bachelor of Nursing (BNUR); or
  • 4 courses (or hold equivalent exemptions) within the Bachelor of Midwifery (BMID)
• be enrolled in a course for which clinical placement attendance is compulsory in the study period of application
• be undertaking a clinical placement that is located more than 100km away from their principal place of residence and/or study term address
• have not already been awarded two (2) Clinical Placement Bursaries during their degree program (additional bursaries may be awarded in exceptional circumstances)
• be experiencing financial need

Applicants must:

• Submit a statement of claim (500 words maximum) outlining:
  • why it is difficult for you to afford a clinical placement more than 100 kilometres from your principal place of residence and/or study term address.
• Provide documentation to demonstrate financial need for at least one of the following criteria:

• you will incur additional costs in order to attend the clinical placement (e.g. maintaining rent/board for permanent residence as well as for placement, fuel, childcare etc.)
• you must take “Leave without pay” from your paid employment in order to attend the clinical placement
• to show you are not eligible to access financial support available for travel/accommodation (e.g. ABStudy, employer support or other scholarship)
• other factors causing financial hardship e.g., full fee-paying international student, disability, family or carer responsibilities, OR
• you are in receipt of a Centrelink Income Support payment (e.g. Youth Allowance, Austudy, Parenting Payment)

Applicants must not be in receipt of remuneration from the placement agency/site, nor supported by another Rural or Remote Clinical Placement Scholarship.

University of Southern Queensland
Phone:  1800 269 500
Email:  study@usq.edu.au

UniSQ reserves the right to alter the conditions of the scholarship/bursary based upon exceptional circumstances.  UniSQ reserves the right to not award the scholarship/bursary in a given year.