Eligibility Criteria

Students must meet the below-listed criteria when applying for our Rural Placement Support Payment or subsidised accommodation. The parameters around the eligibility criteria are set by the Australian Government as part of the University Department of Rural health funding agreement.

1. Be an Australian citizen, New Zealand citizen, permanent resident of Australia (including holder of an Australian permanent visa) or have refugee status (evidence must be provided)
2. Be undertaking a placement that has been applied for, organised and confirmed by the relevant registered Australian university (evidence must be provided)
3. Be undertaking a placement that is a minimum of 2 weeks full time (and no less than 4 or more days per week)
4. Be completing a placement within the Going Rural Health footprint (See GRH Footprint)
   Submit an application before, during, or up to 30 days after the completion date of the placement. Applications submitted more than 30 days after the placement completion date will not be accepted
5. At the completion of placement, finalise their application through the application portal (accessible here: [Rural Living Portal] to confirm that they have completed their placement. Students do this by providing relevant
   documentation showing placement completion. This must be completed within 30 days of the placement completion date. Failure to do so will result in students’ application being withdrawn, and support will be revoked. (Students who have been accepted for subsidised accommodation
   will be invoiced for the full rate at $200 per week of stay, if they fail to comply)
6. Provide further documentation to support their initial application if requested, or are followed up to provide correct documentation. Our team will follow up students for 30 days from the initial request for further documentation date. If no response is received within this timeframe, the application will be considered withdrawn

• Aboriginal health work
• Audiology
• Chiropractic
• Dietetics/nutrition
• Exercise physiology
• Medical laboratory science (pathology)
• Midwifery
• Nursing (Diploma students not eligible)
• Occupational therapy
• Optometry
• Orthoptics, orthotics and prosthetics
• Oral health
• Osteopathy
• Paramedicine
• Pharmacy
• Physiotherapy
• Podiatry
• Psychology (Click here for further information on our psychology support program)
• Medical radiation sciences (including diagnostic radiography, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine and molecular imaging)
• Social work
• Sonography
• Speech pathology

Please note that not all courses are included in our funding scope.

Diploma students are not eligible.