Hunter New England Population Health Indigenous Scholarship

Applications closed
Amount

$15,000

Number available

1

Closing date

24 February 2024

Scholarship details

Donor

Hunter New England Population Health

Establishment

Hunter New England Population Health delivers services that support the development and maintenance of healthy environments, healthy communities and healthy people. Our mission is to protect and promote the health and well-being of people in the Hunter, New England and wider communities.

Our services include responding to environmental, emergency and communicable disease threats, and promoting policies, services, environments and behaviours that are conducive to good health. Such services incorporate the principles and strategies of epidemiology, surveillance, health protection, health promotion, behaviour and practice change, and research.

The Hunter New England Population Health (HNEPH) Indigenous Scholarship aims to raise the profile of HNEPH as a potential future employer for Indigenous students of University of Newcastle within the fields of Nutrition and Dietetics, Education, and Psychological Science. The scholarship also seeks to provide scholars with experience of health promotion research in the real world, relevant to their studies. The expected outcome is adding to the viable employee recruitment market for identified vacant positions within HNEPH health promotion.

The scholar may be offered the opportunity of paid work to join Healthy Children’s Initiative – a state wide childhood obesity prevention health promotion program focused on healthy eating and physical activity, delivered through primary schools.

For more information on this scholarship, please review the full Terms and Conditions.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, you will need to:

  • Be enrolled in your 1st year of a Bachelor of Psychological Science, Bachelor of Education, or a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (including Honours) with University of Newcastle.
  • Be enrolled full-time.
  • Establish your Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identity and heritage with the university as outlined here.
  • Not be the recipient of another University of Newcastle donor-funded or sponsored scholarship concurrently.

Required Documentation

Required documents will be listed on the ‘Your Documents’ page of your application. The application portal accepts PDF only. A maximum of 3 PDF smaller than 5 MB can be added per document type upload field.

  • A written statement (max 2 A4 pages) outlining your academic achievements to date, career aspirations in the relevant area of study/research, and how this scholarship would assist you.
  • The application will include a free text question asking you to outline your interest in associated future opportunities with this donor and/or Industry partner.

Benefit

The scholarship is ongoing for a maximum of 3 years with a total benefit of $15,000 provided ongoing eligibility is met and must be taken up in the year of award.

The scholarship provides a benefit of $5000 annually to be paid as a lump sum following semester one census date.

Selection

Selection is a competitive process and will be based on assessment of the scholarship application and any required supporting documents. Interviews may be held with shortlisted applicants.

Available scholarships will go to the most competitive applicant applying from each year of study, eg – one to a 2nd year student, one to a 3rd year student, one to a 4th year student.

College

Contact Details

Admissions and Scholarships
Student and Academic Services
University of Newcastle
University Drive
CALLAGHAN NSW 2308

Phone: +61 2 4921 5000
Email: scholarships@newcastle.edu.au