Pacific Health

Workforce Awards

Purpose
The purpose of the Pacific Health Workforce Awards is to contribute to the development of a tertiary qualified Pacific health workforce by supporting:

The workforce training needs of Pacific health providers and
Students to undertake a health related course of study.

Funding
These awards are funded by the Pacific Provider Development Fund (PPDF) and are administered by the Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) on behalf of the Ministry of Health.

Who can apply
Applicants must be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident and eligible to undertake study in a New Zealand tertiary education organisation. Only students who are undertaking health, or health management, related tertiary study are eligible to apply.

Note: Employees of District Health Boards are not eligible to apply.

Value of awards
The value of the awards is up to $10,000 and is for one year only. The awards will cover course fees (up to the value of $7500), general expenses ($1500) and a mentoring stipend ($1000). The amount awarded will vary and will be based on the actual cost of the course and related requirements.

For more information contact Jonathan Malifa at pacific_health@moh.govt.nz.

Closing date for applications

Applications for the 2008 academic year have closed. This information will be updated shortly for the 2009 academic year.

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Page last updated: 3 July 2008