• Tasmania Scholarships Program
  (including Tasmania National Undergradate Scholarships and Tasmania University Scholarships)

• Sponsored Scholarships
  The University of Tasmania Foundation works with Tasmania business and individuals to gain support for students at the University.

• Access Scholarships and Bursaries
  The University of Tasmania believes that as far as possible a student's financial situation should not be allowed to be an impediment to a university education. With the assistance of State and local governments, business and industry in Tasmania, and generous benefactors, it is able to provide awards to make access to the benefits of tertiary education easier.

• Postgraduate Scholarships
  The University also has a number of scholarships for postgraduate students.

• Sponsored Scholarships
  The University of Tasmania Foundation works with Tasmania business and individuals to gain support for students currently studying at the University

The Acute Care 3rd Year Nursing Prize
This prize of $100 is awarded to a third year nursing student based in Launceston who in achieves the highest mark in CNA315: Acute Care Nursing.

The Australian Nursing Federation (Tasmania Branch) 1st Year Prize
The Australian Nursing Federation (Tasmania Branch) 1st Year Prize will be offered on an annual basis for an indefinite period. Students enrolled in the first year of the Bachelor of Nursing in the year in which the award is offered will be eligible for the prize. The Australian Nursing Federation (Tasmania Branch) will organise presentation of the prize.

Rustica Bursary
Rustica, the UTAS Rural Health Club, offers bursaries for students who are undergoing a rural placement within Australia or who are participating in a Conference of National Significance (CoNS). The aim of this funding is to provide students with an insight into some of the issues involved with rural and indigenous health and to encourage them to work in these areas once they have completed their degree.
Click here for more information. Closing Date: Wednesday, 30 April 2008

• Tasmania Overseas Scholarships
  In order to encourage University of Tasmania students to maximise the opportunities provided by their university education, these awards will support students who do not already have a scholarship to travel overseas to undertake an accredited academic program, exchange or cultural program.

• Access Scholarships and Bursaries
  The University of Tasmania believes that as far as possible a student's financial situation should not be allowed to be an impediment to a university education. With the assistance of State and local governments, business and industry in Tasmania, and generous benefactors, it is able to provide awards to make access to the benefits of tertiary education easier.

• Sponsored Scholarships
  The University of Tasmania Foundation works with Tasmania business and individuals to gain support for students studying an Honours degree at the University.

• Access Scholarships and Bursaries
  The University of Tasmania believes that as far as possible a student's financial situation should not be allowed to be an impediment to a university education. With the assistance of State and local governments, business and industry in Tasmania, and generous benefactors, it is able to provide awards to make access to the benefits of tertiary education easier.
  

• Tasmania Honours Scholarships
  Tasmania Honours Scholarships are offered to excellent students studying at honours level.

• Tasmania Postgraduate Research Scholarships
  These scholarships are available to graduates with honours at a high standard (or an equivalent qualification) wishing to undertake a research masters degree or PhD at the University of Tasmania.
• Florence Nightingale Grants and awards
  Annual study grants have been established to support Tasmanian nurses in achieving their goals in nursing education and research. The study Grants are offered to registered nurses (resident in Tasmania for two years prior to application) undertaking relevant post graduate studies within Australia.

• Other Postgraduate (Coursework) Scholarships
  A number of scholarships that are available to student undertaking postgraduate study by coursework. See the Tasmania Scholarships Program.

John Howlett Bursary in Psychiatric Nursing
John Howlett suffered brain trauma in 1969 as a result of being knocked down by a motor vehicle while crossing at a pedestrian crossing in NSW. The accident has necessitated him receiving extended care for over three decades from interstate and Tasmanian Mental Health Services. To demonstrate his gratitude for the care he has received from medical staff, his estate has agreed to fund two annual bursaries at the University of Tasmania to support nursing students studying the Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Mental Health Specialisation). Contact Merodi Jack.

The Mildred Hansen Prize in Midwifery
Mildred Isabel Hansen was a double certified nurse and midwife who trained in the Ballarat Base Hospital in Victoria in the early years of the Second World War. While she gave up her midwifery career to marry her husband, Keith, and have a family, she maintained a life-long interest in women’s health issues and in the compassionate care for those afflicted with ill-health. Mildred died unexpectedly in 2008 in her 91st year and to encourage future students of midwifery to be successful in their course, her family has agreed to endow a prize at the University of Tasmania to recognise excellence in the Graduate Diploma of Midwifery.

The prize will be awarded to the student who has successfully completed the Graduate Diploma of Midwifery course with the highest overall results, including both curriculum based units and practicums.
The annual value of the prize will be $500 or any greater amount determined by the selection committee, having regard to the income from the endowment.

The Australian College of Midwives
The Australian College of Midwives (ACM) is the peak professional body for midwifes in Australia and strives to maximise the quality of midwifery and maternity care for Australian women and their families. ACM has a pilosophy of midwifery that is founded on respect for women and considers women in pregnancy, during childbirth and early parenting to be undertaking healthy processes that are profound and precious events in each woman's life.

ACM supports Australian midwives/students midwives to maximise their potential to provide best practice through evidence based care; and provides financial assistance through scholarships. Click here for more information.

• Postgraduate Scholarship Links
  Links to other postgraduate scholarships and awards of interest.