QMWS is very pleased to advise of the launch of the 2024 Bursaries that are administered through the National Council of Women of Queensland (NCWQ) Bursary Program. The QMWS/NCWQ bursaries are intended to further the careers of female
Medical Students and Recent Graduates, continue to grow in interest and purpose.
The 2024 program, through NCWQ and its sponsors (including QMWS), offers a range of bursaries, to assist Queensland women with their educational expenses, and/or to attend an event to advance their leadership and professional development.
This year, amongst the 35 or so NCWQ Bursaries offered, there will be at least four (4) that are particularly relevant to medical women, to be awarded in collaboration with the Queensland Medical Women’s Society.
In addition to the 3 medical women’s bursaries last year (see below) in 2024, a fourth bursary, the inaugural Quota/NCWQ Bursary will be offered. This bursary has been established in memory of Dr Laurel McIntosh OBE. She was much admired and respected in her work as a pioneering paediatric ophthalmologist, and was Former President and Life Member of QMWS. The
bursary is intended for a female medical graduate undertaking specialist training in the field of ophthalmology.
The four bursaries include :
- QMWS (Mater) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Bursary
- QMWS (AMAQ) Professor Tess Cramond Memorial Bursary
- Queensland Medical Women’s Society Bursary
- Quota Brisbane/NCWQ Bursary in honour of Dr Laurel Macintosh OBE
Last year’s (2023) recipients include:
* QMWS Members Bursary: Stephanie Lavinia Marie SARDINHA
* Mater Bursary : Megan SHUTTLEWORTH
* Prof Tess Cramond Bursary: Jasmine SOMERS
How To Apply
Each bursary has its own criteria but baseline criteria include:
- Female medical student studying full-time OR recent medical graduate
- A resident of Queensland
- An Australian citizen or a Permanent Resident of Australia
To find out more about the specific criteria, to check you eligibility and to submit an online application, please <https://ncwq.org.au/bursary-program-2023/> see the NCWQ Bursary Program.
Applications open Monday 15 April 2024 and close on 3 Monday June 2024.
There will be celebration for the NCWQ Bursary recipients and donors planned for 20 July 2024. Have a look at the 2023 Bursary Presentation for an idea of how fabulous our presentations have been in the past.
We look forward to receiving applications especially from medical women in their final year as medical students and recent graduates whose career and attendance at a relevant meeting, conference or course would be enabled or enhanced by the receipt of a Bursary.
Donations to the Bursary Program are always welcomed.
For further details please visit the NCWQ website.
For further information, please contact Ms Kathy Cavanagh, the NCWQ Bursary Manager at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> .
