Want to kick start your career in health promotion?

The Australian Health Promotion Association (WA Branch) in collaboration with Healthway is offering four scholarships during 2019:

One graduate scholarship;

One Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholarship;

One regional scholarship; and

One of any category.

The scholarships have been successfully administered by AHPA (WA Branch) since 1993, with a total of 64 graduates and 36 Aboriginal people having completed placements in a vast range of health related organisations in the government and not-for-profit sector.

Health agencies and organisations are encouraged to consider the prospect of hosting an applicant in a health promotion position that is funded by the scholarship. Applicants must be supervised by a health professional with health promotion experience and skills within the organisation and undertake tasks of mutual benefit to the professional career of the applicant and the selected organisation. The project can form part of an existing program within an organisation or may be a new initiative where planning has been undertaken. It is essential that the project already has funding as the scholarship only covers the salary (plus 20% on-costs). The applicant should not be expected to source further funding in order to complete the project. Additional funds will not be available from Healthway beyond the scholarship period. Fore more info, download the 2019 Handbook. To apply, you will need to submit the Application Form and Project Proposal by 5pm, Friday 16 November 2018.

Applicants must meet ONE of the following requirements:

• Undergraduate or postgraduate student in the final year of a health promotion, health science, preventative health or public health degree at a Western Australian university;

• Completed a tertiary qualification in health promotion, health science, preventative health or public health (e.g. undergraduate or postgraduate degree) at a Western Australian university within the past 12 months; OR

• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person wishing to progress into a career in health promotion who either has work or volunteer experience and/or TAFE/University qualifications in Aboriginal health, nursing, youth work, teaching or other related fields.

Each scholarship offered is for a six-month full-time health promotion work placement (part-time options can be negotiated).

Celebrating 21 Years

In 2013, AHPA (WA Branch) and Healthway celebrated 21 years of providing scholarships to the Western Australian community. As part of this celebration a retrospective booklet was developed that showcased the recipients and projects that have been funded over this time.

Download our 21 Years of Scholarships Booklet