Scholarships

• Must receive an offer and be enrolled full-time in their first year in a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at the University of Wollongong in 2012.
• Applicants must show evidence of having lived in or having significant ties to the Illawarra region*.
• Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to regional health and a desire to take a leadership role in promoting regional health within the local community.
• Must be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia.

• Must be enrolled full-time in the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at the University of Wollongong in 2011.
• Applicants must remain enrolled full time for the duration of the scholarship.
• Must achieve and maintain Satisfactory grades for duration of scholarship.
• Must be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia.
• Must demonstrate financial need.

• Applicants must be enrolled full-time in their second year of a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 2011. This includes students studying at either the Wollongong or Shoalhaven campuses.
• Applicants must demonstrate that they are in financial need.
• Applicants must demonstrate satisfactory academic performance including passing exams and performing satisfactorily in all assessments.
• Applicants must also demonstrate that they have made a positive contribution to academic or social activities in the School.
• Applicants must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia.

• Must be enrolled full-time in MEDI603 of the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) at the University of Wollongong commencing in July 2011.
• Applicants must remain enrolled full time for the duration of the scholarship.
• Must achieve and maintain Satisfactory grades for the duration of scholarship.
• Must be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia.
• Applicants must possess an interest in a career in General Practice.
• All Applicants will be required to submit a minimum 500, maximum 1000 word essay on “Primary Care in the Community”. The essay should focus on the applicant’s experience in engaging in the local community and understanding of the unique qualities of General Practice that contribute to primary care in Australia.

Cancer Council Australia will pay for registration, an economy class airfare, two weeks accommodation and living allowance (to a total of $8,000 AUD).

Runners up will receive book gift vouchers.

Cancer Council Australia is offering a trip to Groningen, The Netherlands for the best essay on a cancer related subject by a medical student currently enrolled at an Australian University.

Every year the World Health Organisation - Collaborating Centre for Cancer Education runs The International Summer School ‘Oncology for Medical Students’.

The aims of the Summer School are:

1. Helping students to become familiar with cancer care in general practice;
2. Learning more about cancer-related problems in other countries; and
3. The interchange of international contacts between the future generation of medical doctors.

An essay: “40 years after the war on cancer - How far have we come?”
Maximum length 2500 words.

Applicants may wish to focus on any aspect of cancer control.

The essays will be scored according to the following criteria:

• Concise and logical presentation of the argument
• Relevance to cancer care in Australia
• Relevance to medical students

Any student currently enrolled in a medical course at an Australian University

The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) makes available to every medical school in Australia and New Zealand annually, a $2000 Scholarship for medical students to pursue a project in the area of Pathology. These projects should be such that the student learns about the principles of the scientific method in the practice of Pathology.

The Graduate School of Medicine is required to support the application and is responsible for selection of the recipient. Professors Peter McLennan, Ulrich Bommer and Alistair Lochhead are available for advice.

Applications will be accepted for one of following:

1. The study of Pathology as the focus of a selective or elective in MEDI604
2. The performance of a project (research or other) associated with Pathology. For 2011, the following projects are being offered by members of the GSM (or IHMRI) and Southern Pathology:
   1. Activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR growth signalling pathway in colon cancer.
      The project investigates the activation of the PI3K/Akt/mTOR growth signalling pathway and the expression of the anti-apoptotic protein TCTP, in colon cancer. It involves the analysis of surgical colon cancer samples by immuno-histostaining in the Pathology laboratory. (Supervisors: A/Prof. Ulrich Bommer, GSM and Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI), and Dr. Alistair Lochhead, Southern Pathology)
   2. Schizophrenia Research project.
      This project investigates the role of environmental, psychological, physiological, behavioural and genetic factors involved in the response to antipsychotic treatment (clozapine) in patients suffering from schizophrenia in the Illawarra. (Supervisors: Dr. Elisabeth Frank, Schizophrenia Research Institute and IHMRI, and Dr. Alistair Lochhead, Southern Pathology)
3. Other suitable Pathology projects will be considered.

For the projects, the successful applicant will be expected to contribute at least 150 hours within a 12 month period. This will be negotiated between the Project Leader and the successful student. The student will be paid in two instalments to verify that requirements of the agreement are being met.

The scholarship may be supervised by more than one supervisor, but at least one supervisor must be a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. The application should outline the project in no more than 200 words, and the application form must be signed by the relevant supervising Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. Previously successful applicants may not reapply.

The successful applicant will be selected on a competitive basis by a selection panel of GSM staff.

The Board of Education of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia requires receiving a formal report on the project following its completion. Also, the RCPA must be acknowledged in any publication arising from the scholarship.

Troy Pocock, a local to the Shoalhaven area, contracted meningococcal disease while on a working holiday in London. Troy died within hours of the initial onset of the disease. He had just turned 21 only days before his death. In April 2004 Troy’s parents, Larraine and Richard along with his brother Scott formed the Troy Pocock Meningococcal Foundation Inc to honour Troy’s memory and fill the void left by the closure of the Meningitis Trust.

With the help of family, friends and community, they have managed not only to fundraise for the cause, but educate the community about this insidious disease. The Troy Pocock Scholarship is the result of that fundraising and the intention of the Troy Pocock Meningococcal Foundation to make an impact in the medical community to fight meningococcal through education of doctors present and future. For more information about the Foundation you can refer to: Troy Pocock Meningococcal Foundation.

• Successful applicant will be in their final year of MBBS at the University of Wollongong and enrolled in MEDI604.
• Applicants must have successfully completed all subjects and must maintain satisfactory grades for the duration of the scholarship.
• Applicants must be Australian citizens or an Australian Permanent Resident.
• Student will commit to preparing an abstract and poster/presentation (part of assessment for MEDI604) relating to Meningococcal (Infectious) Disease and will agree to make this poster available to the Pocock Foundation.

Applications for the 2011-2012 GPSN Schwartz First Wave Scholarship Program Now Open

If you’re a first or second year medical student and would like to find out firsthand what a career in General Practice has to offer, then General Practice Registrars Australia (GPRA) and the General Practice Students Network (GPSN) would like to invite you to apply to the 2011-2012 GPSN First Wave Scholarship Program.

This year the program is also open to third and fourth year medical students at Victorian and Western Australian Universities. The program offers scholars a clinical placement with an indigenous health provider.

The First Wave Scholarship program offers you the opportunity to experience General Practice under the guidance of a dedicated General Practice Supervisor.

The First Wave Scholarship program offers you the opportunity to experience General Practice under the guidance of a dedicated General Practice Supervisor.

For more information about these opportunities, eligibility criteria and how to apply, please to go to the GPSN First Wave Scholarship webpage http://gpsn.org.au/content/first-wave-scholarship Applications close Monday June 20, 2011.

• Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident (NZ citizens residing permanently in Australia are also eligible to apply)
• Be enrolled in an accredited Australian medical course at one of the participating universities (please see below)
• Be in your first or second year of study
• Be able to commit to undertaking Clinical Placement sessions as follows: Clinical Scholarship – six sessions in four months; Academic Scholarship – four clinical sessions in four months; Academic students also required to complete work on a General Practice-related research project.
• Be able to attend the GPSN First Wave Scholarship Orientation Workshop (expenses paid). Students from South Australia and Western Australia are required to attend the workshop in Perth on Saturday 13 & Sunday 14 August 2011. Students from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania are required to attend the workshop in Melbourne on Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 August 2011.
• Apply online at www.gpsn.org.au

Win one of 8 scholarships to present your work at the AFPHM National Annual Scientific Meeting in 2013.

Scholarship includes full conference registration and travel assistance (up to $400AUD). Scholarship sponsored by the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM), a faculty of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

The prize will be called “The Australasian Faculty of Occupational & Environmental Medicine Prize”.

The length of the essay, project or assignment is to be a maximum of 2,000 words.

The prize is to be a cheque for AUD $1,000 offered to the student judged to have written the best essay.

Should there be two or more students of equal and sufficient merit in any one year, the prize is to be shared.

Any topic in the fields of occupational or environmental health is acceptable.

MIGA offers up to five Grants of $3,500, each consisting of:

• For Medical Students - An Elective Grant of $2,000 to assist in funding the Medical Student's elective, including the cost of travel, accommodation and vaccinations
• For Developing Communities - A Medical Support Grant of $1,500. This is in addition to the Elective Grant and is to assist in the purchase of medical or other aid for the community you visit as part of your elective.

A major benefit of being a Student Member with MIGA is the opportunity it gives you to apply for an Elective Grant.

The Elective Grants Program began in 2004 with the aim of providing financial support for Medical Students pursuing an elective in a developing community.

Through the Program MIGA provides funding for a number of medical students to pursue an elective in an area of personal interest and relevance to their medical studies.

The 2011 Elective Grants Program is open to current medical students in Australia who:

• Wish to undertake an elective program in a developing community and/or country between March 2011 and February 2012
• Are current Student Members of MIGA

Student Membership of MIGA is free - information on joining can be found on MIGA's website.

Each year CRANAplus offers a total of six $1000 scholarships.

These scholarships are available to students who as part of their undergraduate course of study in any health discipline at an Australian University, undertake a remote location placement.

The Scholarship provides financial assistance of up to $1000 per applicant, per remote placement, and is intended to provide assistance towards the cost of fares, accommodation and other incidental costs incurred by a student undertaking a remote placement.

To be eligible for this Scholarship the applicant must be enrolled as a full-time student in a health discipline and be an Australian citizen or permanent resident.

Preference in the first instance will go to CRANAplus Members.

Funding for the same purpose must not have been received from any other source.

• Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia;
• Have lived in a defined Australian rural area for a minimum of five consecutive years, or eight cumulative years, from their fifth birthday up to the time of entering medical school;
• Be studying full-time in an accredited Australian medical degree. Students who are applying to study medicine, but do not yet have a confirmed university place, as well as those already enrolled and in any year of their medical studies, can apply for RAMUS. Both undergraduate and graduate-entry medical degrees are eligible courses for RAMUS.

Applicants must also agree to be a member of their university’s student rural health club and must not be receiving any other scholarships, cadetships or bursaries with a combined value of more than $7,000 per year.

Full details about the application process for RAMUS can be found on the RAMUS Website.

All eligible applications are ranked according to:

• the length of time the applicant has lived in a defined rural area between the age of five and commencing medical studies. Scaling is applied to eligible rural locations so that a higher weighting is given to time spent in more remote locations;
• whether the applicant attended a rural primary school;
• financial need, based on income for the previous two and the current financial years; and
• commitment to working in rural Australia in the future.

Scholarships are awarded to those eligible applicants who rank the highest against these selection criteria.

RAMUS Website

Apply online at National Rural Health Alliance - RAMUS Scholarships

• have resided within the boundaries for the CWA's South West Group for the past three years (live near Binalong, Boorowa, Cowra, Grenfell, Harden or Young)
• be in their second year or above of a health related course - 2011
• not have been offered or have received (for the coming year) any other grant, scholarship or bursary
• agree to undertake work experience in a rural area, preferably within the South West

An application form is available from this site. Alternatively, the form can be emailed or faxed as a Word document. For the latter, please contact RDN at students@nswrdn.com.au or (02) 8337 8100.

Applicants must be enrolled in:

• 2nd year of a post graduate medical degree;
• 3rd year of a five year medical degree; or
• 4th year of a six year medical degree.

Applicants must demonstrate:

• an understanding of the realities of rural medical practice (both positive and negative)
• the motivation to undertake placements in a cotton growing area
• an understanding of the cotton industry and/or be from a cotton growing area

The Scholarship will provide a student studying at an Australian Medical School with $5,000 per year for three years to assist with costs associated with their studies.

In return, the student is required to spend two weeks on a rural placement per year in a NSW cotton growing region during their university holidays. Placement programs reflect the enjoyable aspects of rural health practice.

The scholarship is funded and supported by the Gwydir Valley Cotton Growers Association. It is administered by the NSW Rural Doctors Network.

How are payments made?

The selected student will receive financial support in three payments. Payments are made prior to placements and on completion of the two week placement period following submission of an evaluation. Students not honouring their commitment to undertake rural placements will be required to pay back all money granted to them.

How to apply?

Complete the registration form and return. Additional registration forms and selection criteria can be found at www.nswrdn.com.au

• Scholarships will only be open to Australian citizens attending or enrolled to attend a Rural Clinical School (RCS).
• To be eligible the candidate must demonstrate a need and must attend the RCS for the entire year. Failure to do so will have the student forfeit further payments.
• Candidates who hold other Scholarships are not able to apply for this Scholarship (except for John Flynn), but the Scholarship is paid as an addition to Austudy allowance.

The Scholarship/s is valued at AUD$5,000 and will be administered by Beyond Medical Education. The scholarship may be awarded to between one and five students (that is be of value between $1000 and $5000) depending on the calibre and quality of the applications received.

• Scholarships will only be open to Australian citizens attending or enrolled with UOW Graduate School of Medicine and currently in Phase 3 in a rural longitudinal integrated clinical placement.
• To be eligible the candidate must demonstrate a financial need and must attend the RCS for the entire year. Failure to do so will have the student forfeit further payments.
• Candidates who hold other Scholarships are not able to apply for this Scholarship (except for John Flynn), but the Scholarship is paid as an addition to Austudy allowance.

• The Scholarship recipient would be invited to participate in, and be guests of local Beyond Medical Education training sessions, as applicable.
• Interviews will be conducted by the University of Wollongong and Beyond Medical Education, in Mudgee in October, and may be videolinked to students in other regions if interviewed.