Monash Salary Options Bursary

Eligibility

To be eligible, you must be:

• An Australian or New Zealand citizen, or holder of an Australian permanent resident visa or permanent humanitarian visa and,
• a commencing undergraduate student enrolled in the Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery Extended Rural Cohort at a Monash campus in Australia, and
• from one or more of Monash University’s defined equity or personal disadvantage groups, and
• able to demonstrate leadership qualities, and
• reside in the Northern Victoria region as determined by Monash University.

Selection criteria

Awarded on the basis of need to eligible applicants who demonstrate:

• leadership qualities
• a knowledge of and expressed interest in rural health
• a commitment to work in rural health
• a willingness to promote rural health as a positive career choice.

Value

$2,000 one-off payment.

Number available in 2009

One

Deferability

This bursary cannot be deferred.

2009 Applications

Applications open 10:00am (AEST) Friday 1 August and close 5:00pm (AEST) Friday 31 October 2008.