Aus­tralian Remote Health Awards

Each year we are delight­ed to run our annu­al awards pro­gram, which includes the pres­ti­gious Auro­ra Award — Remote and Iso­lat­ed Health Pro­fes­sion­al of the Year, as part of our com­mit­ment to cel­e­brat­ing excel­lence in remote nurs­ing prac­tice. This year we will also be offer­ing awards includ­ing the Excel­lence in Remote and Iso­lat­ed Health Prac­tice Award spon­sored by James Cook University/​Murtupuni Cen­tre for Rur­al & Remote Health, Ear­ly to Remote Prac­tice Award spon­sored by Flinders Uni­ver­si­ty – Rur­al and Remote Health, and the Col­lab­o­ra­tive Team Award. Here’s your chance to nom­i­nate one of your col­leagues and acknowl­edge their out­stand­ing con­tri­bu­tion to the rur­al and remote health sector. 

Nom­i­na­tions are now open.

Schol­ar­ships

Under­grad­u­ate Remote Place­ment Scholarships

Are you an under­grad­u­ate nurs­ing, mid­wifery or allied health stu­dent seek­ing sup­port for an upcom­ing remote health place­ment? Thanks to Aussiewide Econ­o­my Trans­port, Zeitz Enter­pris­es, HES­TA and Hut­Six cur­rent under­grad­u­ate stu­dent Mem­bers can apply for sup­port to expe­ri­ence remote health firsthand. 

Our Under­grad­u­ate Remote Place­ment Schol­ar-ships pro­vide up to $1,000 to cov­er the cost of fares, trav­el and accom­mo­da­tion asso­ci­at­ed with clin­i­cal place­ment. They are offered in two rounds each year to cur­rent CRANAplus under­grad­u­ate stu­dent Mem­bers enrolled as under­grad­u­ates in a health dis­ci­pline at an Aus­tralian University. 

Appli­ca­tions are now open for place­ments being held dur­ing the first six months of 2024.

Gayle Wood­ford Memo­r­i­al Scholarship

Joint­ly spon­sored by CRANAplus and Flinders/​College of Med­i­cine and Pub­lic Health, the Gayle Wood­ford Memo­r­i­al Schol­ar­ship cov­ers all course fees for a Grad­u­ate Cer­tifi­cate in Remote Health Prac­tice through Flinders University.

It is award­ed to one suc­cess­ful appli­cant each year on the basis of the like­li­hood and lev­el of con­tri­bu­tion the recip­i­ent will make to remote and Indige­nous health, with study to com­mence the fol­low­ing year. Eli­gi­ble RNs, Indige­nous health prac­ti­tion­ers, allied health pro­fes­sion­als and med­ical offi­cers with an approved health-relat­ed degree or qual­i­fi­ca­tion from an approved ter­tiary insti­tu­tion are encour­aged to apply.

Sub­mit your schol­ar­ship appli­ca­tion.

Grants

Nurs­es Memo­r­i­al Foun­da­tion of SA Grants

Thanks to the gen­eros­i­ty of the Nurs­es Memo­r­i­al Foun­da­tion of South Aus­tralia Inc., we are able to offer a lim­it­ed num­ber of grants to assist CRANAplus Mem­bers (reg­is­tered as a nurse and/​or mid­wife and work­ing in a remote/​rural area) to attend our cours­es. The funds make learn­ing acces­si­ble by con­tribut­ing to the fees and costs asso­ci­at­ed with course atten­dance. Abo­rig­i­nal and Tor­res Strait Islander nurs­es are strong­ly encour­aged to apply. 

Appli­ca­tions are now open for cours­es being held dur­ing the first six months of 2024. 

Coun­try Women’s Asso­ci­a­tion (CWA) Rur­al & Remote Nursing/​Midwifery Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Grant

The CWA Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Grant, in col­lab­o­ra­tion with CWA NSW, sup­ports the devel­op­ment of rur­al and remote health pro­fes­sion­als and stu­dents, par­tic­u­lar­ly nurs­es and mid­wives. Appli­ca­tions are open to reg­is­tered nurs­es and mid­wives, and enrolled nurs­es who cur­rent­ly live in a rur­al or remote set­ting clas­si­fied MMM 4 – 7, who work in a clin­i­cal role and are enrolled in a pro­gram of study, course, inten­sive or place­ment to gain new skills and knowl­edge rel­e­vant to their prac­tice and set­ting. The pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment activ­i­ty must be under­tak­en with­in 12 months of the appli­ca­tion clos­ing date.

Sub­mit your schol­ar­ship appli­ca­tion.