Named in his honour and to continue his legacy, the Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship provides scholarships to empower Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to succeed in their undergraduate studies.

The scholarship provides access to financial, cultural, mentoring, and other supports for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students studying in health, including access to up to $15,000 per annum (full time) for the normal duration of the course.

The scholarship is available to students studying across a diverse range of qualifications through vocational education and training and university. This includes:

• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander primary health care
• Allied health (excluding pharmacy)
• Dentistry and oral health (excluding dental assistants)
• Medicine
• Mental health studies
• Nursing (Registered and Enrolled nursing)
• Midwifery

Funding is provided for the normal duration of the course from when the scholarship is awarded.

Full time scholarship awardees will receive up to $15,000 per year and part time recipients will receive up to $7,500 per year.

The funding is paid in 24 fortnightly instalments throughout the study period of each year.

The program is intended to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who are studying an undergraduate qualification, within an eligible health discipline.

As a result, applications will be considered from applicants who are:

• of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent. Applicants must identify as and be able to confirm their Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander status.
• enrolled or intending to enrol in an entry level or graduate entry level health related course. Courses must be provided by an Australian registered training organisation or university. Funding is not available for postgraduate study.
• intending to study in the academic year that the scholarship is offered.

Please note: You do not need to be currently enrolled in a course to complete a scholarship application, you simply need to be intending to enrol in semester one for the coming year, at any accredited course provider in Australia.

• Phone: 1800 688 628
• Email: scholarships@acn.edu.au