Osiecki Family Foundation Clinical Placement Scholarship

Applicants applying for this scholarship must:

1. Be Australian citizens or permanent residents of Australia. 
2. Be enrolled in the Bachelor of Health Science (Health and Lifestyle) or the Master of Naturopathic Medicine at Southern Cross University and making satisfactory academic progress.

Scholarship funding is to be used for student placement travel and accommodation.

• Students undertaking clinical placement in remote/regional areas, external to Southern Cross University clinics, can receive funding up to $5,000.
• Students living away from the SCU clinics and needing to travel can receive funding of up to $1,000.

Selection will be based on:

The applicant must provide a one or two-page application stating the following:

• A brief summary of the student learning and placement
• Costs planned and/or associated with their professional opportunity up to the value of $5,000
• The start and end date of clinical placement activity (or planned dates)
• Demonstrated capacity to make valuable contribution/ impact to the university and the community
• Endorsement from supervising staff from the student’s faculty and approved by their Executive Dean.

Students must also give Southern Cross University permission to use such impact story for its promotion, as well as to report against acquittal to donors.

On completion of their clinical placement, students will be asked to complete a reflection template outlining the impact that their clinical placement had on their studies and future career.

At the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine our mission is to contribute meaningful solutions to healthcare through naturopathic education, research, and advocacy, in communities throughout Australia and worldwide.