ISML Scholarship in Medicine

 Provider Name:  University of Wollongong

 Scholarship Name:  ISML Scholarship in Medicine

 Description:  The ISML is a not-for-profit organisation that offers a diverse range of primary health care services, through service brokerage and direct delivery and purchasing to improve the health outcomes of our community. The role of the Illawarra-Shoalhaven Medicare Local is to lead and support the primary health care sector to achieve significant improvements in the health and wellbeing of the population. Their role is to collaborate with existing providers to ensure integrated service delivery and to enhance and develop service delivery where gaps are identified. The Illawarra-Shoalhaven Medicare Local is responsible for understanding the needs of the local community in order to identify service gaps and health system improvements to improve coordination of service delivery and access to health care services for the community. This Community/Equity scholarship intends to support a financially disadvantaged student who may be at risk of having to abandon their studies due to financial constraints.

 Study Level:  Bachelor Degree (Pass)

 Study Fields:  Medicine

 Subjects:  Medical-surgical, Medicine, Surgery

 Support Type:  Equity Scholarship

 Offer Frequency:  Annual

 Annual Amount:  $4,000

 Annual Comment:  The scholarship is valued at $4,000 for 1 year.

 Length:  1 year(s)

 Gender:  Co-Ed

 Eligibility:  Applicants must: be Australian citizens or permanent residents; be enrolled full-time in any level in the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Wollongong; and demonstrate need such as financial and/or social disadvantage. Equity Criteria include but are not restricted to: low income, family background, living in a rural or isolated region, permanent disability, recently migrated from a non-English speaking background or Indigenous Australians.

 Target Group:  Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, Educational disadvantage, Non-English speaking background, Physical, medical, psychological or learning difficulties, Rural and isolated area resident

 Study Location:  Australia - NSW: Illawarra

 Closing Date:  Mid April

 Scholarship Website:  http://www.uow.edu.au/about/scholarships/ug/listing/UOW141123.html (opens in new window)

 Contact Title:  Scholarship Support Officer

 Contact Department:  Scholarships and Grants

 Contact Phone:  61 2 42981929

 Contact Email: 

 Contact Postal Address:  Bld 17 Student Central, Northfields Avenue, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522 Australia

 Provider Name:  University of Wollongong

 Provider Phone:  61 2 42213555

 Provider Fax:  61 2 42214322

 Provider Website:  http://www.uow.edu.au (opens in new window)