Scholarships and grants

Charles Sturt University and Three Rivers DRH offer a variety of scholarships and grants across a range of disciplines. If you don't find a scholarship here, you can search the full Charles Sturt University scholarship database.

Throughout the year, we offer financial support to students undertaking clinical placement.

We currently have a selection of scholarships for 2025 open for health students across our footprint!

Honours scholarship

Valued at $9,000, this scholarship is for an eligible student from within our footprint who is commencing full-time study in the Charles Sturt University Bachelor of Science (Honours). Applications close at 11.59pm on 11 January 2025.

Three Rivers DRH Honours Scholarship

Commencing health student scholarships

We are offering five scholarships to all students commencing their studies with Charles Sturt University in 2025 in a health course we support. Each scholarship is valued at $5,000. Applications close at 11.59pm on 17 January 2025.

Three Rivers DRH Commencing Student Scholarship

Aged care scholarships

Do you have a passion for improving the health and wellbeing of our aging population?
Rural areas have a significant aging population, and there are many opportunities for students across different health professions to apply their skills, knowledge and practice in the Three Rivers DRH footprint. These scholarships support you to engage with the ageing population in our rural communities. Applications close at 11.59pm on 17 January 2025.

Three Rivers DRH Aged Care Commencing Student Scholarship
Valued at $20,000 each, we are offering three scholarships to first-year Charles Sturt students undertaking a health course we support.

Three Rivers DRH Aged Care Continuing Student Scholarship
Valued at $2,500 each, we are offering five scholarships to existing Charles Sturt students continuing their studies in a health course we support.

Both 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.

Allied health scholarships

Three Rivers DRH Allied Health Commencing Student Scholarship for the Lachlan, Parkes and Forbes LGAs
Valued at $20,000 each, we are offering three scholarships to first-year Charles Sturt students undertaking an allied health course we support.

Three Rivers DRH Lachlan, Parkes and Forbes LGA Allied Health Commencing Student Scholarship
Valued at $5,000 each, we are offering seven scholarships to first-year Charles Sturt students undertaking an allied health course we support.

Three Rivers DRH Lachlan, Parkes and Forbes LGA Allied Health Continuing Student Scholarship
Valued at $2,500 each, we are offering four scholarships to existing Charles Sturt students undertaking an allied health course we support.

Applications for these scholarships close at 11.59pm on 17 January 2025 and are open to students who have resided in the following postcodes: 2669, 2806, 2871, 2875, 2671, 2869, 2873, 2876, 2672, 2870, 2874, 2877. You can also check out our footprint map.

Financial support for clinical placement

Charles Sturt University students

Three Rivers DRH Placement Grant

This grant provides financial support for eligible students to assist with costs associated when attending workplace learning placements.

Three Rivers DRH Outreach Visit Support Scheme

This scheme assists health discipline students with costs when attending outreach visits as part of their clinical placement within our footprint.

Non-Charles Sturt University students

Three Rivers DRH Travel Support Scheme

This scheme provides financial support for health discipline students undertaking placement within our footprint from universities other than Charles Sturt.

Three Rivers DRH Outreach Visit Support Scheme

This scheme assists health discipline students with costs when attending outreach visits as part of their clinical placement within our footprint.

Other scholarships

Three Rivers DRH Rural Ageing PhD Scholarship

We are offering a Rural Ageing PhD Scholarship for an outstanding researcher to commence studies in Session 1, 2024. This scholarship includes a $40,000 annual stipend, tuition fees and operating funds.

The scholarship is for research activity focused on the Riverina region of NSW, which is part of the Murrumbidgee Local Health District and Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network.

It will be awarded on a competitive basis to students proposing innovative research aligned with one or more of the following priorities:

  • Rural aged care workforce development
  • Rural aged care training strategies
  • Innovative rural service delivery models to enable the provision of aged care services to meet community needs
  • Health issues directly impacting on older rural people
  • Improving the health of older First Nations peoples

Expressions of interest close on 17 November 2023.

More information about our Rural Ageing PhD Scholarship

Commencing and continuing health student scholarships

The Three Rivers DRH commencing and continuing student scholarships are for Charles Sturt students undertaking a health course we support.

This financial assistance will support regional and rural-based health students with the general costs of university education. We are offering five commencing student and six continuing student scholarships.

Applications for both scholarships close at 11.59pm on 19 January 2024.

Three Rivers DRH Commencing Health Student Scholarship – $5,000

Three Rivers DRH Continuing Health Student Scholarship – $2,500

Scholarships for people from the Lachlan, Forbes and Parkes areas

Are you thinking about a career in allied health? Our $20,000 Allied Health Pathways Scholarships can help you on your journey to becoming a rural health professional.

As a health professional, you can provide better outcomes for your rural communities and region. You can make a difference in people’s lives.

We are offering three $20,000 scholarships to people from the Lachlan, Forbes, and Parkes Local Government Areas (LGAs) who want to study for an allied health degree with Charles Sturt University.

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

To be eligible, you must live in the Lachlan, Forbes or Parkes LGAs and commencing study in one of the following courses with Charles Sturt:

Applications close at 11.59pm on 19 January 2024.

    $20,000 Allied Health Pathways Scholarships – Lachlan, Forbes and Parkes LGAs

    Honours scholarships

    Are you planning on enrolling in the Charles Sturt University Bachelor of Science (Honours) program in 2024?

    We are offering three health students who have completed a bachelor degree to complete a one-year, full-time, honours qualification. These scholarships are also open to health professionals who have completed a bachelor degree and are interested in returning to study with a focus on research skills and capacity building. Each scholarship is valued at $8,900.

    Your proposed project must focus on health outcomes, health education or the health workforce in the Lachlan region of NSW.

    Applications close at 11.59pm on 15 February 2024.

    Three Rivers Department of Rural Health Honours Scholarship