Scholarships are now OPEN for Agricultural Health and Medicine. Successful applicants will be contacted directly.
The National Centre for Farmer Health provides a limited number of scholarships to financially assist students who would like to undertake further study in the area of Agricultural Health and Medicine. Scholarships are open twice yearly to applicants who enrol in core units HMF701 (Agricultural Health and Medicine) and/or HMF702 (Healthy and Sustainable Agricultural Communities) either as part of their Graduate Certificate in Agricultural Health and Medicine, or as an elective at Deakin University or other universities post-graduate course.
2024/2025 Scholarship Opportunities
1. National Centre for Farmer Health scholarships
The National Centre for Farmer Health is offering scholarships valued at $1,650 to help rural and health professionals complete the Agricultural Health & Medicine unit in 2025. The scholarship supports attendance at the five-day intensive in Hamilton, VIC (24-28 February 2025) and online study, preparing you to better serve and advocate for farming communities.
2. Grampians Public Health Unit – Graduate Certificate of Ag Health & Medicine partial Scholarships
Grampians Public Health Unit in collaboration with the National Centre for Farmer Health are offering three (3) scholarships, each valued at $7,400.
These partial scholarships for the Graduate Certificate in Agricultural Health and Medicine covers the two core units delivered by the National Centre for Farmer Health:
- HMF701 Agricultural Health and Medicine; and
- HMF702 Healthy and Sustainable Agricultural Communities.
This application is open to those who are currently, or plan to be, rural and remote professionals in the fields of medicine, nursing, health, health management, rural policy, WH&S and agriculture in the following Grampians Region:
- Ararat Rural City
- Central Goldfields Shire
- City of Ballarat
- Hepburn Shire
- Hindmarsh Shire
- Horsham Rural City
- Moorabool Shire
- Northern Grampians Shire
- Pyrenees Shire
- West Wimmera Shire
- Yarriambiack Shire
Eligible applicants must be willing and able to complete the two core units in 2025.
Individuals who have previously been awarded a scholarship by the National Centre for Farmer Health are not eligible to apply.
To learn more about Agricultural Health and Medicine follow this link: What is Agricultural Health and Medicine?
Important Information
For more information about the scholarship opportunities, topics covered in the units or on the application process, please contact:
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