Funding Guidelines: Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Scholarships Program

Read full details of the Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Scholarships Program.

Funding guidelines

Victoria’s healthcare workforce faces long-standing pressures that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Amid increased demand for care, ongoing action is needed to address issues regarding the supply and distribution of the healthcare workforce. The Victorian Government is implementing a range of initiatives to support Victoria’s healthcare workforce.

The Making It Free to Study Nursing and Midwifery initiative aims to boost the health system, with more than 17,000 nurses and midwives recruited and trained as part of a massive hiring and upskilling package – building an army of home-grown health workers to care for Victorians.

Funding purpose

The Undergraduate (entry-to-practice) Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship Program (Scholarship Program) is part of the Making It Free to Study Nursing and Midwifery initiative and is designed to remove financial disincentives for eligible students who commence an entry-to-practice nursing and midwifery qualification program of study in 2023 and 2024 and to encourage recently graduated registered nurses and midwives to work in a Victorian Public Health Service.

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