Health Workforce Scholarship Program 2027

The Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP), funded by the Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and administered in Queensland by Health Workforce Queensland, offers scholarships and bursaries to help health professionals in remote and rural areas.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Interview Process
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineOctober 25, 2026
• Study LevelTraining
• SponsorHealth Workforce Queensland
• Course to studyHealth
• Eligible CountryAustralia

Benefits

The HWSP offers two types of funding:

• Bursary: Payments of up to $10,000 within a 12-month period that covers the cost of course fees and training related expenses such as travel and accommodation where appropriate. Including online or face-to-face: short courses, workshops and conferences.
• Scholarship: Payments up to $10,000 per year can be provided for up to two years, to attain a post graduate qualification of either a postgraduate certificate, postgraduate diploma, Master or PhD.

Requirements

• Please review the Applicant Guidelines for this information. In general,?Scholarships or bursaries are available for medical, nursing/midwifery, dental, allied health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers who provide primary health care services in rural and remote Queensland.?Eligible settings include private practice, Aboriginal Medical Services (AMS), Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS), and non-government or not-for-profit organizations. Health professionals working exclusively in aged care or Queensland Health facilities are not eligible.

Applications will be assessed based on:

• The location of your employment and service provided;
• Applicant criteria;
• Proposed professional development activity;
• Planned increase in skill, capacity and/or scope of clinical practice;
• Meeting one or more identified primary health workforce needs; and
• Demonstration of primary healthcare service provision to a remote or rural community.
• Prioritisation of applications is based on several criteria, including but not limited to: working hours, rurality, priority locations, professions (as outlined in our Health Workforce Needs Assessment), and employment within Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services.

Selection Process

1. Apply online via the Self-Service Portal

• You will be required to provide your employment, qualification and proposed professional evelopment activity information.
• Please do not forward any documentation with your application. If it is conditionally approved, we will request the relevant documentation from you.
• If you work in an ineligible location and provide outreach services to an eligible location, we will request documentation detailing the outreach services provided.
• Fully completed applications will be reviewed as per the outcome date specified under the Upcoming Application Rounds section on Page 6 of this document.
• Unsuccessful applications will receive email notification of Application Not Approved.

2. If your application is reviewed and is conditionally approved, the following steps will occur:

• Successful applications will receive an email indicating your application has been Approved. To progress your application, you will need to upload documents as per your approval email.
• Once required documents have been uploaded to the Self-Service Portal, they will be reviewed within 30 business days.
• If all documents are reviewed and approved, a Payment Agreement will be issued within 3 business days.
• If documents are incorrect or missing information you will be notified by email with what documents need to be provided. Once required documents are uploaded they will be reviewed within 30 business days.
• If you do not provide the required documents by the due date outlined in your approval email, your application will be closed and funding unassigned from your application.

3. You will receive a Payment Agreement via email, which will document the funding to be paid towards your professional upskilling activity and ROSO requirements, where applicable.

• You will need to accept the terms and conditions of the Payment Agreement by signing the Agreement and uploading to the Self-Service Portal.

4. For scholarship and upfront bursary recipients, you are required to upload receipts to the Self-Service Portal to reconcile the funding provided.

5. All funding recipients are to upload documentation to Self-Service Portal, indicating the successful completion of the professional development activity to complete the application.

Application Deadline

How To Apply

• Applications are made via the Application Portal.

For more information, kindly visit the Health Workforce webpage.