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RAMUS Scholarships – Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarship
John Flynn Scholarship Scheme
Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships
The Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarships Scheme
Reduce Your HECS Debt

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RAMUS Scholarships – Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarship :

Rural students face considerable financial barriers to taking up tertiary education, particularly the costs of moving away from their family support structure and living in a city. RAMUS provides financial support to assist selected students from rural and remote areas to meet accommodation, living and travel costs incurred while studying medicine. Scholarship holders receive $10,000 a year during the completion of a standard medical degree at their chosen university. The scholarships are not bonded. Instead, scholarship holders' ties to regional and rural Australia are reinforced through the mentor program, as well as through membership of their university's student rural health club. Each year approximately 100 new scholarships are made available, to maintain the total of 500.

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John Flynn Scholarship Scheme :

Established in 1977, the John Flynn Scholarship provides the opportunity for the Scholarship holders to undertake a placement in the same rural or remote community for a minimum of two weeks per year, normally over a four-year period. Students may undertake a placement in a supervised general practice, hospital, Aboriginal Medical Service or other medical facility that provides primary care.

Each scholarship holder is matched with a rural and remote medical practitioner in the placement community.  The mentor provides a role model for the scholarship holder, and introduces them to country medical practice and supervising and supporting them during their stay. 

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Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships :

The Australian Government provides Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships to medical students prepared to commit to at least six years of rural practice once they complete their basic medical and postgraduate training. The scheme aims to increase the number of doctors practising in rural and remote communities.

Universities are responsible for offering the scholarships, and potential students should contact medical schools of universities for information about application and selection procedures. For information on Medical Rural Bonded Scholarships contact the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing:

Free call : 1800 248 720
Fax : (02) 6289 1352

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The Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarships Scheme :

The Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarships Scheme provides undergraduate Indigenous Australian medical Scholarships for up to six years of study, worth $15,000 per annum.

For more information go to www.rcna.org

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Reduce Your HECS Debt :

Under the HECS Reimbursement Scheme medical graduates can have one-fifth of their HECS university medical fees reimbursed for each year of training undertaken or service provided in designated rural and remote areas.

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More information about the range of scholarships available to rural students that wish to undertake a career in medicine is available at www.health.gov.au/ruralhealth