Felicity Purcell Nursing Bursary

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University of Southern Queensland

Scholarship Details

Provider Name: University of Southern Queensland

Scholarship Name: Felicity Purcell Nursing Bursary

Description: Each year, USQ will offer the Felicity Purcell Nursing Bursary to an undergraduate student commencing or continuing study in a Bachelor of Nursing at the USQ Toowoomba or Fraser Coast campuses. Felicity Purcell was a nursing student at USQ, graduating with a Bachelor of Nursing in 1994. This bursary promotes the best traditions of nursing's ethos of care for others, as embodied by Felicity Purcell. Specifically, it provides financial assistance to a nursing student who, like Felicity, comes from a rural or remote background.

Study Level: Bachelor Degree (Pass)

Study Fields: Nursing

Subjects: Nursing

Support Type: Equity Scholarship

Offer Frequency: Annual

Annual Amount: $2,500

Annual Comment: The bursary provides a one-off payment of $2,500 to assist with costs associated in attending a rural and remote clinical placement and other study costs.

Length: 1 year(s)

Gender: Co-Ed

Eligibility: Applicants must: be Australian citizens or permanent residents; be from a rural area within Queensland; be commencing or continuing their studies in a Bachelor of Nursing in Semester 1; be enrolled on-campus at Toowoomba or Fraser Coast; and be enrolled in a minimum of 3 study units in each of Semester 1 and Semester 2.

Target Group: Educational disadvantage, Rural and isolated area resident

Study Location: Australia - QLD: Darling Downs/South-West Queensland QLD: Wide Bay

Closing Date: End October

Number Per Year: 1

Scholarship Website: http://www.usq.edu.au/scholarships (opens in new window)

Scholarship Contact Details

Contact Title: General Scholarship Enquiries

Contact Phone: 61 1800 269500

Contact Email:

Provider Details

Provider Name: University of Southern Queensland

Provider Phone: 61 7 46312100

Provider Website: http://www.usq.edu.au (opens in new window)

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