Deadline: 30 August 2024
The First Nations Cancer Scholarship Program established by the Aurora Education Foundation and Cancer Australia is to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduate students, health professionals, and early-career researchers (ECRs) to undertake full-time post graduate study (graduate certificate, masters or PhD) or research in a cancer-related field.
The purpose of the Scholarship is to support Scholars in building the skills and knowledge required to inform strategies to improve cancer outcomes for Indigenous communities and increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders in cancer-related fields.
Funding Information
- Administered by Aurora, each scholarship is valued at up to $120,000 AUD per year, for up to three years. Recipients will also have access to up to $5,000 AUD per year in tailored academic and wellbeing support.
- The Scholarship provides Aboriginal and Torres Strait graduate students, ECRs and professionals access to funds to support their full-time studies or research at recognized universities or institutes in Australia, the US or UK.
- Note that if awarded the Scholarship, you will not need to re-apply each year.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for this scholarship, an applicant must:
- Be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent.
- Identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and be accepted as such by the community in which they live or have lived.
- Provide written confirmation of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identity from an incorporated Indigenous organization or Land Council.
- Provide written confirmation of full-time enrolment in a postgraduate course (graduate certificate, masters or PhD) at a recognized university in Australia, the US or the UK OR provide written confirmation from a recognized research institute.
- Must be undertaking full-time graduate study or research in a cancer-related field in health, research and policy.
- Provide a budget outlining how the Scholarship funds will be used. The budget must also outline all additional funding and income.
- Be able to demonstrate how the graduate study or research will impact Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities in improving cancer-related outcomes.
- Be able to demonstrate an aspiration towards employment or continued employment in a cancer-related field.
For more information, visit Aurora Education Foundation.
