Scholarships, grants and awards

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The following awards and scholarships are available to ACN Fellows, Members and non-members. Eligibility criteria are listed for each award:

• Laura Saunderson Fund
  Funding for continuing education for nurses working in aged care within Western Australia.
  Eligibility: Open to ACN Fellows and Members working in aged care in Western Australia.
• Eric Murray Achievement Award – $1,500
  The award is to assist with continuing professional development or community work that is judged beneficial to the nursing profession and public.
  Eligibility: Open to current ACN students enrolled in one of the following ACN courses:
  • ACN graduate certificate course
  • Immunisation for Health Practitioners
• Crestani Scholarship in Cancer Nursing – the cost of one subject, up to the value of $2,000, of ACN’s cancer nursing graduate certificates
  Eligibility: Must be a registered nurse intending to study an ACN cancer nursing graduate certificate. Open to ACN Fellows, Members and non-members.
• Patricia Slater Award
  This award is for a registered nurse who is within the first three years of graduating from an undergraduate nursing course. The prize is registration, travel and accommodation to attend the ACN National Nursing Forum.
  Eligibility: Must be a Member of ACN.

To be eligible to apply for the following awards and scholarships, applicants must be a nurse who has been an ACN Fellow or Member for three consecutive years or more. Additional eligibility criteria are listed for each award:

• The College Consortium Fund – up to $30,000
  The research grant is available to registered nurses and midwives to conduct a research project that aims to improve access, equity, quality and outcomes in health care. Applications from research collectives and multidisciplinary groups are encouraged.
  Eligibility: Principal investigator must be a Fellow or Member of ACN.
• The Sul Stuart Fraser Scholarship
  This scholarship is open to registered nurses wishing to undertake the ACN Graduate Certificate in Perioperative Nursing. The scholarship covers the cost of the course fees.
• Annie M Sage Memorial Scholarship – $10,000
  Postgraduate research studies in nursing at an Australian university.
• Florence Nightingale Memorial Scholarship – $10,000
  Doctoral or postdoctoral studies at an Australian higher education institution.
• ACN Research Grant – $10,000
  PhD, postdoctoral or research studies at an Australian university, hospital or health care facility affiliated with a university.
• ACN Scholarship Grant – $5,000
  Postgraduate or honours studies at an Australian higher education institution.
• Joyce Wickham Memorial Grant – $5,000
  Doctoral studies in nursing at an Australian university.
• Sister Margaret Y Winning Queensland Nursing Scholarship – $10,000
  Postgraduate nursing studies at Queensland University of Technology.
• New South Wales Nurses Research Grant – $10,000
  Postgraduate studies in clinical nursing at an Australian university.
  Eligibility: Must be a nurse practicing in NSW.
• Bequest Fund for Research – $10,000
  Postgraduate research studies in nursing at an Australian university.
  Eligibility: Must be a nurse practicing in Victoria.
• Centaur Nurses Memorial Education Trust – $5,000
  Postgraduate research studies in nursing at an Australian university.
  Eligibility: Must be a registered nurse practicing in Victoria.

Other awards

• Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers
  Offered by the Hon. Greg Hunt MP in conjunction with ACN to recognise a nurse who has demonstrated leadership to bring new thinking to a wide range of health care challenges.
  Eligibility: Find out more.
• Parkinson’s Care Postgraduate Unit of Study Award
  Up to $2,500 towards ACN’s Parkinson’s Care postgraduate unit of study course.
  Eligibility: Must be a Queensland-based registered nurse.

ConvaTec scholarship for the Graduate Certificate in Stomal Therapy Nursing course

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) in collaboration with ConvaTec ANZ, and supported by The Australian Association of Stomal Therapy Nurses (AASTN) and The New Zealand Nurses organisation College of Stomal Therapy Nurses (NZNOCSTN), is delighted to offer three scholarships for nurses to complete the ACN Graduate Certificate in Stomal Therapy Nursing, commencing July 2020.