Poche Centre for Indigenous Health Research Top-Up Scholarships

The UQ Poche Centre brings together Indigenous and health expertise across the University, and works collaboratively with Indigenous community organisations and health providers, on improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The Centre has two key areas of focus: developing a skilled and available workforce in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health; and improving urban Indigenous health outcomes across the life course. This top-up scholarship is specifically designed to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander higher degree research students undertaking doctoral or master's research that targets improving health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people in urban settings. The scholarship provides additional funding of $10,000 per annum for up to 3.5 years. Applicants are expected to undertake research that responds to needs identified by Indigenous communities and aims to improve urban Indigenous health outcomes across the life course, from maternal and child health, through adolescence to the challenges of chronic disease and ageing, with a major focus on prevention and education. Recipients must produce research, in collaboration with primary health care providers, which translates to immediate outcomes for Indigenous communities. The scholarship is awarded via a competitive process based on academic merit and strategic alignment with Poche Centre objectives. Recipients must be recipients of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Scholarship and have a supervisor who is an academic from the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health. Scholarship recipients are expected to engage with and regularly participate in research activities at the Poche Centre.