Scholarships

During the year, we offer a selection of scholarships to health students across our footprint.

Three Rivers DRH commencing and continuing Charles Sturt University student scholarships provide financial support to students undertaking a health course that we support.

These scholarships are open to all age groups – school leavers and non-school leavers.

Applications close on Friday 31 October 2025 at 11.59pm for all scholarships.

Three Rivers DRH Rural Postgraduate Scholarships

Do you have a genuine and authentic interest in improving the health and wellbeing of our rural population? Rural areas have abundant opportunities for health professionals to apply their skills and knowledge to have a meaningful impact on their local communities.

These scholarships provide health professionals with the chance to participate in formal qualifications focused on enhancing rural health, aiming to support the delivery of essential health services to the rural population. They are open to health professionals working in our footprint who would like to pursue a Graduate Certificate offered at Charles Sturt University.

By accepting this scholarship, it is anticipated that you work as a registered health professional within our footprint.

These scholarships are valued at up to $5,000 each.

More information and to apply

Three Rivers DRH Postgraduate Scholarships – Deniliquin area

Do you have a genuine and authentic interest in improving the health and wellbeing of our ageing population? Rural areas have significant ageing populations and provide health professionals with the opportunity to apply their skills to improve outcomes for older people.

These scholarships provide health professionals with the chance to participate in formal qualifications focused on aged care, aiming to support the delivery of essential health services to the ageing population. They are open to health professionals working in our footprint who would like to pursue a Graduate Certificate offered at Charles Sturt University.

By accepting this scholarship, it is anticipated that you demonstrate interaction with people from the ageing population or participate in an aged care related work, and you have resided within the postcodes of 2732, 2712, 2707, 2710, 2713, 2716, 2735, 2731, 2733, 2734, 2714, or 2736.

These scholarships are valued at up to $5,400 each.

More information and to apply

Three Rivers DRH First Nations Scholarship – Deniliquin area

Do you have a genuine and authentic interest in improving the health and wellbeing of our ageing population? Rural areas have significant ageing populations and provide current and future health professionals with the opportunity to apply their skills to improve outcomes for older people in rural areas.

These scholarships provide current and future health professionals with the chance to participate in formal qualifications focused on aged care. They aim to support the delivery of essential health services by empowering First Nations current and future health professionals to lead change and advocate for holistic, culturally responsive care for the ageing population.

First Nations health professionals bring invaluable cultural knowledge, lived experience, and leadership that are essential to improving health outcomes for First Nations Elders and communities. The scholarships are open to current and future health professionals who would like to pursue an undergraduate or postgraduate qualification offered at Charles Sturt University.

By accepting this scholarship, it is anticipated that you demonstrate interaction with people from the ageing population or participate in an aged care related work, and you reside within the postcodes of 2732, 2712, 2707, 2710, 2713, 2716, 2735, 2731, 2733, 2734, 2714, or 2736.

These scholarships are valued at up to $10,000 each.

More information and to apply



Throughout the year, we offer financial support to students undertaking a clinical placement within our footprint.

Check out our placement financial support

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Currently, we do not have any scholarships available.

However, throughout the year, we offer financial support to students undertaking a clinical placement within our footprint.

Check out our placement financial support

You can stay up to date on our scholarship opportunities and all our activities by subscribing to our free newsletter and following us on Facebook, X (Twitter), YouTube and LinkedIn.

Three Rivers DRH commencing and continuing Charles Sturt University student scholarships provide financial support to students undertaking a health course that we support.

These scholarships are open to all age groups – school leavers and non-school leavers.

Applications close on 8 August 2025 at 11.59pm for all scholarships.

Commencing and continuing student scholarships – Deniliquin region

Do you have a genuine and authentic interest in improving the health and wellbeing of our aging population?

Rural areas have significant aging populations, and there are numerous opportunities for students across various health professions to apply their skills, knowledge, and practice in rural health aged care settings.

These scholarships provide health students the chance to participate in workplace learning focused on aged care. The scholarships support you to engage with the ageing population in our rural communities.

These scholarships are open to students who have resided in the following postcodes: 2652, 2707, 2712, 2716, 2733, 2736, 2700, 2710, 2713, 2731, 2734, 3586, 2706, 2711, 2714, 2732, 2735. You can also check out our footprint map.

Valued at $20,000, we are offering this scholarship to a first-year Charles Sturt student undertaking a health course we support.

Apply now: Three Rivers DRH Commencing Student Scholarship – $20,000

We are offering five (5) scholarships, each valued at $5,000, to Charles Sturt first-year students and those continuing their studies in a health course we support.

Apply now: Three Rivers DRH Commencing and Continuing Student Scholarship – $5,000

Commencing and continuing student scholarships – Lachlan, Parkes and Forbes areas

These scholarships provide support to health students from the Lachlan, Parkes and Forbes local government areas on their health career journey, assisting with their studies, participation in rural workplace learning, and attendance at intensive schools.

These scholarships are open to students who have resided in and/or completed their education in the following postcodes: 2669, 2806, 2871, 2875, 2671, 2869, 2873, 2876, 2672, 2870, 2874, 2877. You can also check out our footprint map.

Valued at $5,000 each, we are offering five (5) scholarships to Charles Sturt first-year students and those continuing their studies in a health course we support.

Apply now: Three Rivers DRH Lachlan, Parkes and Forbes LGA Pathways Student Scholarship – $5,000