The Health Workforce Scholarship Program (HWSP) is an Australian Government Department of Health & Aged Care initiative, administered by the various Rural Workforce Agencies across the nation.
The scholarship program offers financial assistance to successful applicants providing primary health care in the ACCHS sector, non-government organisations and private practice for training and upskilling purposes, within the following fields:
- medical
- nursing
- midwifery
- allied health
- dental
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals
To find out further details, visit your local Rural Workforce Agency:

NSW - Rural Doctors Network
NT - Rural Workforce Agency NT
QLD - Health Workforce QLD
SA - Rural Doctors Workforce Agency Inc
TAS - The People Project Tasmania
VIC - Rural Workforce Agency Victoria
WA - Rural Health West