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Aged Care Nursing Scholarships Program

ClosedGrant Closed: 5th of December 2024 - 2:00 pm Run By: Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care Further Information: https://www.grants.gov.au/Go/Show?GoUuid=c5cc10f5-18c8-470b-83cb-ff89a0f28d58

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. 

You are not eligible to apply if you are: 

  • an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s website on the list of ‘Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme’ 
  • Educational Institution / University
  • Corporate Commonwealth Entity
  • Non-Corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority
  • Corporate State or Territory Entity
  • Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
  • Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
  • Local Government
  • International Entity
  • Sole Trader
  • Statutory Entity
  • Partnership
  • Person, or
  • Unincorporated Association.
Last Updated: 26th of October 2024
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