Health Workforce Scholarship Program Round 1 2026/2027

Applications are now open for Round 1 of the Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP).   

It is available to medical, nursing, midwifery, allied health, dental and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals providing primary health care in the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services sector, non-government organisations and private practice.

Due to the success of HWSP, processes, timings, and guidelines have been reviewed and updated and are now available on Rural Doctors Network’s webpage.   

Please click here to learn more.

HWSP is an initiative of the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing and administered in New South Wales by Rural Doctors Network, HWSP provides scholarships and bursaries to help health professionals in rural and remote Australia retain and enhance their skills, capacity and scope of practice.