If you’re undertaking further study or professional development opportunities, applying for a grant or scholarship might be a way to help fund all or some of your costs.
We’ve compiled a list of grants, awards and scholarships offered annually by ANMF (Victorian Branch) and other organisations. Each administering organisation will have terms and conditions and application deadlines, so read the eligibility requirements carefully.
ANMF (Victorian Branch)
ANMF members are eligible to apply for grants offered or administered by the branch. Members are notified via our email ‘On the Record’, e-news and The Handover.
- $10,000 Elizabeth Hulme Higher Education and Research Grant – applications close 30 September
- Vi Elliott Occupational Health Nurses Trust – applications close 30 September
- Humanitarian Grant for refugee nurses and midwives – ongoing
Australian Nurses Memorial Centre (ANMC)
The ANMC was established following a public appeal initiated by returning nurses from Second World War. Each year they offer or administer postgraduate scholarships as part of their mission to act as a ‘living memorial by advancing the nursing profession through education’. Applications open 1 July and close 31 August for:
- ANMC Vivian Bullwinkel Award
- ANMC Betty Jeffery Award
- ANMC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurse/Midwife Scholarship
- ANMC Commemorative Scholarship
- ANMC Mental Health Scholarship
- ANMC and Australian Legion of Ex-Servicemen and Women Scholarships
- Beth Cuthbertson Scholarship
- Rosemary Norman Grants
- Prince Henry’s Affiliates Scholarship
- Michael Dent Scholarship
- ‘Babe’ Norman Scholarship
Victorian Nurses and Midwives Trust
The Victorian Nurses and Midwives Trust (formerly the Nurses Board of Victoria) offers grants. Applications for 2027 will open in July for:
- PhD Completion Support Grant
- VNMT PhD Scholarship
- Post Graduate Qualification (Masters/Grad Dip/Grad Cert) Grant
- Diploma/Certificate IV/short courses Grant
- Enrolled Nurse Grant
- William Cooper Grant
- Rosemary Kelley Foundation Grant
Victorian State Government
The Victorian State Government through the Department of Health offers scholarships, including:
- Victorian AOD workers to undertake the Graduate Certificate of Addictive Behaviours (applications closed for 2026)
- Maternal and Child Health (MCH) nursing scholarship administered by La Trobe University (applications will re-open 2027)
Other
There are many other organisations that offer scholarships, fellowships, grants and prizes, such as:
- professional organisations e.g. the Council of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM), Australian College of Perioperative Nurses (ACORN), Australian College of Nursing, Australian College of Midwives, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA) or Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN)
- your university
- philanthropic societies and trusts, such as the Churchill.
