Hearing Australia Scholarship

The Hearing Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Master of Audiology Scholarship was established in 2017. The scholarship will recognise and support Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in the Master of Audiology at Flinders University.

One new scholarship will be available each year subject to funding. The scholarship is valued at $15,000 over two years.

The scholarship has been established through the generous support of Hearing Australia.

$12,000 stipend paid in instalments after the census date of each semester. Recipients will be paid $2,000 a semester in the first year of study and $4,000 a semester in the second year of study.

A one week remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Services Outreach trip in Year 2 up to the value of $3000 paid by Hearing Australia for the purpose of accompanying Hearing Australian Audiologists. Trip includes air travel, accommodation and living expenses arranged by Hearing Australia at its discretion.

Applicants for the scholarship must:

• be of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; and
• identify as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; and
• be accepted as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander by the community in which they live or have lived; and
• be commencing a Master of Audiology at Flinders University in the year of the award; and
• normally be enrolled full-time at Flinders University.