Medicine

Each year the ANU Medical School may offer the John James Foundation Scholarship with the aim of assisting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students to undertake the Medicinae ac Chirurgiae Doctoranda (MChD) program at the ANU Medical School.

Benefits

The duration of the award is up to 4 years. The award is paid in equal instalments at the beginning of each semester unless otherwise stated in the letter of offer.

The Australian National University has a long standing history of research excellence, being ranked in the top 25 Universities in the world (QS World University Rankings), and recognised internationally as having exceptional research disciplines, including the field of Medical Sciences.

Research is an integral part of post-graduate medical training at the ANU, and the 'Research Projects' component of the curriculum provides an important background for this aspect of your training and future career in medicine.

The Rotary Club of Batemans Bay is offering a Scholarship to the Australian National University for medical students attending the Rural Clinical School in Batemans Bay in 2022.

The Australian Rotary Health Indigenous Health Scholarship has the following objectives:

• to assist Indigenous students to undertake a course in a wide range of health related professions;
• to assist students to gain an education which will in turn enable them to use this education for the benefit of other Indigenous people in remote areas;
• with the intention of training medical practitioners and other health professionals to work amongst other Indigenous people.

The Bush Bursaries and the County Women’s Association (CWA) Scholarships provide selected medical students in NSW/ACT with $3,000 each to assist with costs associated with their studies. In return, students spend two weeks on a rural placement in country NSW during their university holidays. The placement combines the enjoyable aspects of country life and rural medicine.

The Peter Sharp Scholarship Program supports ANU medical students enrolled in the Indigenous health stream throughout their studies. This Scholarship was established in memory of Dr Peter Sharp who made a genuine commitment to local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health that was strengthened by his clinical experience and understanding of the complex health, social, emotional and cultural needs of his patients.