Indigenous Peoples’ Medical Scholarship 2009-Australia
December 11, 2008Applicants for this scholarship must be Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders. For the purposes of this scholarship, an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is someone who is of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, or who identifies as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and is accepted as such by the community in which he or she lives or has lived. Applicants will be asked to provide a letter from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community organisation supporting their claim.
To be awarded a scholarship, applicants must be currently enrolled at an Australian Medical School, and have successfully completed their first year of a medical degree. However, students who are currently completing their first year of medicine are eligible to apply. Applicants must also be eligible for ABSTUDY. A scholarship will not be awarded to an applicant who already holds another scholarship.
The scholarship will be awarded on the recommendation of an advisory committee appointed by the AMA’s Indigenous People’s Medical Scholarship Board of Trustees. Selection of the scholarship recipient will be based on:
- satisfactory academic performance judged on results achieved;
- reports from referees familiar with applicant’s work and suitability for a career in medicine; and
- a statement provided by the applicant describing his or her aspirations, purpose in studying medicine, and the uses to which he or she hopes to put their medical training.
Each applicant will be asked to provide a 2 page curriculum vitae including employment history, the contact details of two referees, and a transcript of the most recent results.
The scholarship will be awarded for a full course of study, subject to review at the end of each year. A scholarship may be awarded part of the way through a year to apply to the remainder of the year’s study. If a scholarship holder fails to complete the course of study set down for any year, the scholarship must be surrendered. If a scholarship holder’s performance in any semester is unsatisfactory in the opinion of the head of the medical faculty or institution, further payments under the scholarship may be withheld.
The value of any scholarship given in 2009 will be a maximum of $9,000 per annum. Please note that it is the responsibility of applicants to seek advice from Centrelink, on how the scholarship payment may affect ABSTUDY or any other government payment.
Applications close Friday 30 January 2009.
The Indigenous Peoples’ Medical Scholarship Trust Fund has been established with a contribution from the Australian Government. The Trust is administered by the Australian Medical Association, with the help of an advisory committee appointed by the Board of Trustees.
The Australian Medical Association would like to acknowledge the Reuben Pelerman Benevolent Foundation for its support of the Indigenous Peoples’ Medical Scholarship.
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dear sir/madam
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dear sir,
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I have send all required documents my self and Official transcrpit through Addis Ababa University To master of molecular biology in your institute but my fear is that the dead line is before february one I send it 14.01.2009 it may be dlayed
If not I hope Iwill fit your criteria and I will be one of your candidate of this year.
Thank you !
from ETHiopian health and Nutrition research institute
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
I send all required documents for masters of molecular Biology at your institution 14.01.09 my fear is that it may be dlayed of the official transcrpit which is sent by The Addis Ababa University
Thank you!
Negga Asamene
From Ethiopian Health and nutrition research institute
Ethiopa Addis Ababa
thakyou!
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ihave MSC in natural products in medicinal plants
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thank you
with best regards.
My name is Sanam Majeed from Pakistan. I did Inter, now I want to applay for the MBBS scholarship that`s whay give me the information about Indigenous people`s Medical Scholarship 2009- Australia. what is the process to take rigestration for this Scholarship. give me e-mail address of that person who help me directly for this Scholarship. THANKS
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Thank you in advance
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waiting for positive response
thanks !!
Tesfamichael Gebrewahed
salam
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Dear Sir/Madam
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THANK YOU
SINCERELY
Dear Sir/Madam
Am David Macharia undergraduate from western Kenya am pleased to inform you that am interested to win a chance in the scholarships you are advertising .am 20 yrs and i finished my high school education in 2007 Nov and attained a KCSE mean grade of ‘B’ and i was eligible for university admission in our country but due to the high cost of higher education in our local varsities and a low monthly income from my mother am not able to join our local versities .This makes me to go down on my knees that Sir this year will be a year of CHANGE in my academics and life that you may listen to my plea and have mercy and award me a scholarship so that i can access higher education and make my dreams come true to study medicine and be a clinical doctor that i may boost the chances of survival in my locality for young children who’s life aren’t taken into consideration. My dreams are to attain a master’s degree in medicine please help sincerely. I will also be thankful if you offer me any chance in any field you are offering.
THANK YOU
SINCERELY
Dear Sir/Madam
Am David Macharia undergraduate from western Kenya am pleased to inform you that am interested to win a chance in the scholarships you are advertising .am 20 yrs and i finished my high school education in 2007 Nov and attained a KCSE mean grade of ‘B’ and i was eligible for university admission in our country but due to the high cost of higher education in our local varsities and a low monthly income from my mother am not able to join our local versities .This makes me to go down on my knees that Sir this year will be a year of CHANGE in my academics and life that you may listen to my plea and have mercy and award me a scholarship so that i can access higher education and make my dreams come true to study medicine and be a clinical doctor that i may boost the chances of survival in my locality for young children who’s life aren’t taken into consideration. My dreams are to attain a master’s degree in medicine please help sincerely. I will also be thankful if you offer me any chance in any field you are offering.
THANK YOU
SINCERELY
Dear Sir/Madam
Am David Macharia undergraduate from western Kenya am pleased to inform you that am interested to win a chance in the scholarships you are advertising .am 20 yrs and i finished my high school education in 2007 Nov and attained a KCSE mean grade of ‘B’ and i was eligible for university admission in our country but due to the high cost of higher education in our local varsities and a low monthly income from my mother am not able to join our local versities .This makes me to go down on my knees that Sir this year will be a year of CHANGE in my academics and life that you may listen to my plea and have mercy and award me a scholarship so that i can access higher education and make my dreams come true to study medicine and be a clinical doctor that i may boost the chances of survival in my locality for young children who’s life aren’t taken into consideration. My dreams are to attain a master’s degree in medicine please help sincerely. I will also be thankful if you offer me any chance in any field you are offering.
THANK YOU
SINCERELY
Dear Sir/Madam
Am David Macharia undergraduate from western Kenya am pleased to inform you that am interested to win a chance in the scholarships you are advertising .am 20 yrs and i finished my high school education in 2007 Nov and attained a KCSE mean grade of ‘B’ and i was eligible for university admission in our country but due to the high cost of higher education in our local varsities and a low monthly income from my mother am not able to join our local versities .This makes me to go down on my knees that Sir this year will be a year of CHANGE in my academics and life that you may listen to my plea and have mercy and award me a scholarship so that i can access higher education and make my dreams come true to study medicine and be a clinical doctor that i may boost the chances of survival in my locality for young children who’s life aren’t taken into consideration. My dreams are to attain a master’s degree in medicine please help sincerely. I will also be thankful if you offer me any chance in any field you are offering.
THANK YOU
SINCERELY
Dear Sir/Madam
Am David Macharia undergraduate from western Kenya am pleased to inform you that am interested to win a chance in the scholarships you are advertising .am 20 yrs and i finished my high school education in 2007 Nov and attained a KCSE mean grade of ‘B’ and i was eligible for university admission in our country but due to the high cost of higher education in our local varsities and a low monthly income from my mother am not able to join our local versities .This makes me to go down on my knees that Sir this year will be a year of CHANGE in my academics and life that you may listen to my plea and have mercy and award me a scholarship so that i can access higher education and make my dreams come true to study medicine and be a clinical doctor that i may boost the chances of survival in my locality for young children who’s life aren’t taken into consideration. My dreams are to attain a master’s degree in medicine please help sincerely. I will also be thankful if you offer me any chance in any field you are offering.
THANK YOU
SINCERELY
Dear Sir/Madam
Am David Macharia undergraduate from western Kenya am pleased to inform you that am interested to win a chance in the scholarships you are advertising .am 20 yrs and i finished my high school education in 2007 Nov and attained a KCSE mean grade of ‘B’ and i was eligible for university admission in our country but due to the high cost of higher education in our local varsities and a low monthly income from my mother am not able to join our local versities .This makes me to go down on my knees that Sir this year will be a year of CHANGE in my academics and life that you may listen to my plea and have mercy and award me a scholarship so that i can access higher education and make my dreams come true to study medicine and be a clinical doctor that i may boost the chances of survival in my locality for young children who’s life aren’t taken into consideration. My dreams are to attain a master’s degree in medicine please help sincerely. I will also be thankful if you offer me any chance in any field you are offering.
THANK YOU
SINCERELY
Dear Sir/Madam
Am David Macharia undergraduate from western Kenya am pleased to inform you that am interested to win a chance in the scholarships you are advertising .am 20 yrs and i finished my high school education in 2007 Nov and attained a KCSE mean grade of ‘B’ and i was eligible for university admission in our country but due to the high cost of higher education in our local varsities and a low monthly income from my mother am not able to join our local versities .This makes me to go down on my knees that Sir this year will be a year of CHANGE in my academics and life that you may listen to my plea and have mercy and award me a scholarship so that i can access higher education and make my dreams come true to study medicine and be a clinical doctor that i may boost the chances of survival in my locality for young children who’s life aren’t taken into consideration. My dreams are to attain a master’s degree in medicine please help sincerely. I will also be thankful if you offer me any chance in any field you are offering.
THANK YOU
SINCERELY
Dear Sir/Madam
Am David Macharia undergraduate from western Kenya am pleased to inform you that am interested to win a chance in the scholarships you are advertising .am 20 yrs and i finished my high school education in 2007 Nov and attained a KCSE mean grade of ‘B’ and i was eligible for university admission in our country but due to the high cost of higher education in our local varsities and a low monthly income from my mother am not able to join our local versities .This makes me to go down on my knees that Sir this year will be a year of CHANGE in my academics and life that you may listen to my plea and have mercy and award me a scholarship so that i can access higher education and make my dreams come true to study medicine and be a clinical doctor that i may boost the chances of survival in my locality for young children who’s life aren’t taken into consideration. My dreams are to attain a master’s degree in medicine please help sincerely. I will also be thankful if you offer me any chance in any field you are offering.
THANK YOU
SINCERELY
Dear Sir/Madam
Am David Macharia undergraduate from western Kenya am pleased to inform you that am interested to win a chance in the scholarships you are advertising .am 20 yrs and i finished my high school education in 2007 Nov and attained a KCSE mean grade of ‘B’ and i was eligible for university admission in our country but due to the high cost of higher education in our local varsities and a low monthly income from my mother am not able to join our local versities .This makes me to go down on my knees that Sir this year will be a year of CHANGE in my academics and life that you may listen to my plea and have mercy and award me a scholarship so that i can access higher education and make my dreams come true to study medicine and be a clinical doctor that i may boost the chances of survival in my locality for young children who’s life aren’t taken into consideration. My dreams are to attain a master’s degree in medicine please help sincerely. I will also be thankful if you offer me any chance in any field you are offering.
THANK YOU
SINCERELY
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Bsc in general mechanics
Msc in energy energy engineering
we have plenty of oil in our country but no experts in this field.
e.g. metering of out going flow
so i am interested in petroleum engineering.
more specifically on: design of oil and gas production facilities.
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i have completed MBBS program recently.i want to do post graduation in cardiology.would you please inform me about scholarship available in this subject in different university of Australia
I am a male nigerian talented but finacially challenged.I have lost the two of my parents,my dad in 1994 and my mum in the year 2000.Pls do something about me so that i can help others like me through you.I have only been able to have my waec results through struggling on my own.Pls help
Dear Madam / Sir
My name Bowo Budileksono, i completed my study at biology university of padjadjaran bandung Indonesia. I am very interest to continue my study on medical biology, because in Indonesia there is a lot of case to be solve, especially in medical case.For information i dont have suficient fund to continue my study so therefor i;m looking for full and free scholarship or looking for sponser for my study
Thank you very much
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Sir/Dear Mrs.I am from Ethiopia who writes this message .First i am very happy getting your email
adress from the internet .how are you ?God bless you .I am graduated from faculty of Veterinary
medicine,Addis Ababa University on August 27,2007 with Doctorate degree with cGPA 2.33 at 25 years
old .after along journey and tedious work in the faculty for not less than 7(seven)years of stay
.since i am from poor country (third world country )in addition i am from the poorest and uneducated
family ,even my father and mother can not write and read .these problemes makes me very difficalt at
stay in the university during my study .even if i am employed after my graduation in the
governmental organization ,the salary they pay me was 120USA$ per month .imagine how much our
country is poor.this payment can not cover any living utility (house rental ,food ,transportation
cost ,tax,helping my poor famile etc ).Now i am working in Oromia Pastoralist Area Devvelopment
Commission which is one of the regional state of the country .the commossion is working in drought
prone area ,flood,famine and confilict sensitive area between tribes on limited natural resourse
like grazing land .pastoralist society is rearing cattle ,camele,goat,sheep etc and follow their
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they are mobile depending on weather condition .the community of pastoralist is more of illiterate
.therefore the regional government (Oromia) is trying the best (endeavour)to reduce poverty and
illiteracy .In general the Ethiopian Federal Government is working hard to eliminate poverty from
the country in which Agricaltural lead industralization is feasible to over 85% population is in
rural area .because of this it is very essential to increase number of educated person to minimize
the problemes mentioned above in the country .therefore ,I am very eager (very keen) to upgrade my
education to master in veterinary medicine or related field to help the poor society (pastoralist
),my poor family and my self .hence ,I am politely requesting your help to hand me (assist)in
offering me achance of getting post graduate study for 2009 academic year in which fully funded
(sponsered )or financially merited (supported )scholarship with partime duty .sir,give me any
information concerning freely sponsered postgraduate study(funding center) adimission at any
University through my e-mail .please do not ignore me !you are blessed in God if you are help one
inocent person .I am waiting for your positive and immediate reply .
adress:e-mail :feyissatufa@yahoo.com
tel:251114670058/251-11-467-2004
fax:251-11-467-2125
P.o.box:20120 , Addis Ababa,Ethiopia
Thank you in advance
yours sincerly Dr.Feyissa Tufa
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am from Pakistan and doing my postgraduation in the field of Gastroenterology(FCPS-II) under college of Physicians And surgeons, pakistan.I want to learn about postgraduate training scholarships for the students interested in the field of Gastroenterology in the international universities.
Thanking in anticipation.
Sincerely Yours.
Dr.Muhammad Riaz
Pakistan
Dear Sir,
I have completed BHMS (Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine & Surgery) from University of Dhaka & recently completed MPH (Master of Public Health) in the field of Epidemiology from University of South Asia. I want to do PhD in Homeopathic Medicine for development community health, would you please inform me about scholarship available in this subject in different university of Australia. I would like to improve my career in the field of Homeopathic Medicine and help my people in Bangladesh. I am also interested in research assistantship. I hope you can help me to achieve my search.
Thanking You
Regards’
Dr. Mohammad Eaktear Uddin
Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Email- dreaktear526@yahoo.com
I am a bangladeshi, i finished my secondary education last year (2008),i am seeking for a scholarship,and i wish could be sponsored in any university what so ever studying medicine.i will be happy if my request is granted.thanks mommadzillu@ymail.com +1191552909
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Dear sir :
I havecomplete BSc honour in public health espesialization (medical entomology) from university of Khartoum – sudan .and i would like t improve my career in fiele of medical entomology . would you please help me to find scholarshipof master degree in this science in any university in europe.
your sencerly
waleed ismail adam
Dear sir,
Sir ,i want to take admission in MBBS on scholership financial aid base. i have done my fsc(pre-medical) with 64.78%marks in 2007.now i m doing my bs hons in food science and technology.but i want to fulfill desire of my parents by becoming a successfull doctor.can u send me essential informaton for MBBS programs on financial aid base scholership programs.
i am an Ethiopian residing in Kenya as refugee i am a graduate in nursing and i need getting help for the information about Scholarship in any related field in any country. Since i don’t have enough financial sources to afford the fees so which are those institutions that provide free education or sponsor me.
thanks
Samuel Bekele
I am a Pakistani, doing my F.Sc part2 from Govt.Gordon College which is a prestigious and famous college of city Rawalpindi. I wanted to know if there are any scholarships offered by any Medical college in Europe or Australia offering sponsoring programs for students.
as i am a student of pre-medical I wanted to apply for M.B.B.S in any of such scholarship programs