Indigenous Master of Psychology Scholarship

Financial resources are a major issue impacting tertiary study for Indigenous students. This contributes to the chronic under-representation of Indigenous students in postgraduate clinical psychology programs that, in turn, results in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander psychologists making up well under 1% of the proportion of all registered psychologists. By offering a scholarship for each full-time year in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of New England, this scholarship aims to encourage, retain and support Indigenous students on the pathway to becoming a qualified Psychologist to address these major workforce shortages. The scholarship is valued at approximately $30,000 total over 2 years and is available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students studying full-time or part-time in the Master of Psychology (Applied) or Master of Professional Psychology at UNE. Applicants must demonstrate financial need and provide appropriate documentation confirming their Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identity according to UNE's rules.