Victorian Postgraduate Mental Health Nurse Scholarships

The Victorian Department of Health (the department) is offering scholarships of up to $3,000 to registered nurses working in Victorian public mental health and wellbeing services to support postgraduate study. The scholarships are administered by the Australian College of Nursing on behalf of the department.

These scholarships are available to mental health nurses working in Victoria who are enrolled or intending to enrol in an eligible postgraduate course in semester one 2025.

• Applications open
  Monday 30 September 2024
• Applications close
  11.59pm AEDT, Friday 6 December 2024
• Scholarship recipients advised of outcome
  From Mid-March 2025

Applications will be considered from those who are currently enrolled (or intending to enrol) in postgraduate studies relating to their work in mental health for semester one, 2025. All courses must be undertaken with an accredited Australian tertiary institution.

Eligible courses are those that:

• classify as level 8 or higher under the Australian Qualifications Framework
• are delivered by a university or accredited higher education provider
• lead to a tertiary qualification in mental health nursing that advances the applicant’s knowledge, skills and capacity to provide effective mental health care
• build the capabilities required to deliver high quality, evidence-based consumer-centred care in the public mental health and wellbeing sector and/or
• build the capacity of the Victorian mental health and wellbeing sector by improving the skills and knowledge of other mental health nurses within the sector.

For information about other postgraduate nurse scholarships in a range of practice areas, please refer to the Postgraduate nursing and midwifery scholarships page.