2022 AHPA Scholarships Program - Applications now open!

6 Aug 2021 - 17 Sep 2021, 12:00am-12:00am

2022 AHPA Scholarships Program - Applications now open!

The Australian Health Promotion Association (WA Branch) Scholarships Program for 2022 is now accepting applications. The Scholarships Program is funded by Healthway and this year will offer up to five six-month workplace scholarships starting in in early 2022:

One Graduate scholarship
One or two Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander scholarships
One Regional scholarship (can also be graduate and/or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
One scholarship of any category

The AHPA Scholarships program has been proudly funded by Healthway since 1993. If you are interested to find out where a scholarship can take you, please watch this short video interview with Melissa Ledger from Cancer Council WA, speaking about her experiences as an AHPA Graduate Scholarship Recipient in 1999, as part of Healthway's 30-year anniversary: a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BhjcqxlHIE" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BhjcqxlHIE

Potential applicants:

The AHPA scholarship is the best way to kick-start your career in health promotion. Winning the scholarship will pay 6 months full-time salary, working at an agency of your choice on a project you have developed. To apply you can approach an agency with an idea for a potential project and submit an application with them, or email Myra, AHPA Scholarships Coordinator a href="mailto:scholarshipswa@healthpromotion.org.au" target="_blank" title="mailto:scholarshipswa@healthpromotion.org.au to be matched with an agency and a project. Read the 2022 Handbook and check your eligibility to apply on the Scholarships WA website: a href="http://healthpromotionscholarshipswa.org.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" id="m_-4311392298776599815LPlnk" data-saferedirecturl="http://healthpromotionscholarshipswa.org.au/

Potential agencies:

Would you consider the prospect of hosting a new graduate in a health promotion position, working on a project funded by this scholarship? If you have a new idea or an existing project that could be completed in six months by a motivated, health promotion graduate, please read more about the scholarship program and past projects on the Scholarships WA website: a href="http://healthpromotionscholarshipswa.org.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" id="m_-4311392298776599815LPlnk" data-saferedirecturl="http://healthpromotionscholarshipswa.org.au/ or express your interest to Myra, AHPA Scholarships Coordinator on a href="mailto:scholarshipswa@healthpromotion.org.au" target="_blank" title="mailto:scholarshipswa@healthpromotion.org.au

Applications for the 2020 Scholarships Program are due Friday 17 September 2021