Financial Support

In 2025, eligible students can apply for up to $150 per week of placement*.

Our team will review your application for a Rural Placement Support Payment of either $75 or $150 per week. This will be decided by the distance of your placement from your permanent residence.

*subject to change

If you are a psychology student, this amount is not applicable – Masters of Psychology | Going Rural Health

Check out our criteria to ensure you meet the eligibility requirements. Please note, criteria is subject to change.

Payment will be made upon successful completion of the placement. Evidence of placement completion must be completed online through our portal.

Payment will be made via electronic bank transfer to the nominated bank collected throughout the application process.

Once confirmation is emailed to you that payment has been submitted to finance, we ask that you allow 3 weeks for payment to be received.

We receive a high volume of applications for support. We ask that you allow up to 15 business days for your application to be processed. If your application has not been processed within this time frame, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

How you spend the payment is up to you. This money is paid after your placement has been completed, it is designed to reimburse the costs you may have incurred on your rural placement such as fuel, travel and food.

You do not need to provide any receipts of costs incurred or will occur while on rural clinical placement.

Students can apply for accommodation or the Rural Placement Support Payment for any rural placement, currently we have 6 applications in your student portal to be used. Should you require more, please contact us.

By applying and accepting the Rural Placement Support Payment, you agree to:

• fulfil all requirements as set out in these guidelines

• Consent to University of Melbourne staff accessing the information provided or your student records for the purposes of assessing and administering the support

• Provide any change of individual circumstances or changes to the placement in writing to going-ruralhealth@unimelb.edu.au

• Provide information and participate in surveys for promotional purposes, and review of Going Rural Health student supports

• University of Melbourne reserve the right to undertake audits of your student records to ensure compliance with these guidelines.

• University of Melbourne reserve the right to refurse providing support should we feel threatened at any time.

• Going Rural Health’s funding criteria is subject to change.