The deadline is looming to apply for new scholarships for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pharmacy students.
The scholarships were announced as part of a joint initiative between The Pharmacy Guild of Australia and Healthcare services company Symbion, under their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander pharmacy students initiative.
The scholarships will help strengthen the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workforce through education and career support, with the concept following the Guild’s and Symbion’s own reconciliation initiatives.
Under the program, four pharmacy student scholarship recipients of the program will each receive an annual entitlement of $10,000 and be eligible for conference registration fees, travel and accommodation to a pharmacy conference for one year.
The initiative also provides two pharmacy assistant scholarships of $5,000 annually and payment of conference registration fees, travel and accommodation to the Pharmacy Assistant Conference for one year.
To help strengthen Symbion and TerryWhite Chemmart’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples workforce, Symbion will provide each program participant with:
- Options and support for placement for each Program Participant during their degree/study;
- Opportunities for placement during the pharmacy student’s intern year (or similar) at a TerryWhite Chemmart pharmacy;
- Employment opportunities during holiday periods.
Each program participant will receive a mentor and that mentor will be paid by Symbion $750 for each year of support.
If you want to apply, you'll need to hurry as applications close after 16 July.
