Scholarships

Scholarships - Round 2. Joint Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference and the 25th IUSTI World Congress Scholarship - Clinicians, Nurses or Pharmacists -CLOSED

Scholarship Application Deadline: 11:59pm AEST Sunday 4 August 2024 

To be eligible you must:

  • Be an ASHM member. SIGN UP HERE
  • Be living and working in Australia AND
  • Be an HIV clinician, nurse or pharmacists 

Priority will be given to:

  • Clinicians with higher HIV case loads  
  • Clinicians from rural and remote areas managing patients with HIV or at risk of HIV 
  • Clinicians who meet the above criteria who have not attended this conference or other overseas HIV conferences before 
  • Clinicians who have not received funding from ASHM in the past, particularly for a face to face conference in the last 2 years. 

Scholarship Inclusions:

  • Registration for the conference
  • Return Flights to Sydney, Australia 
  • Accommodation for the duration of the conference

The ASHM scholarship program is supported by an unconditional education grant, thank you to our supporters.



More information and available ASHM Scholarships can be found here. 

Apply Now: Scholarships available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce - CLOSED

Scholarship Application Deadline: 11:59pm AEST Sunday 28 July 2024 

Please review the below criteria before submitting an application. 

 Scholarship Criteria: 

  •  Must be Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander 
  • Be living and working in Australia 
  • Work in a community-controlled health service / organisation 
  • Must have approval to attend both the IUSTI World Congress in Sydney (Gadigal Country) on 17-20 September 2024 and Burnet Training Program* in November in Naarm (Melbourne) this year. 

Burnet wishes to liaise directly with scholarship recipients for the scheduling of the training day. The content will be discussed with the recipients at the IUSTI Congress. All accommodation and flight costs will be covered by Burnet to attend. 

Scholarship includes: 
  •  Conference registration, Conference dinner ticket, flights and accommodation for 3 nights (extra nights may be covered depending on flight availability to and from your destination). 
  • Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea is included in the registration for the conference
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Scholarships supported by Burnet Institute

Scholarships - Round 1. Abstract Submitters - CLOSED

Scholarship Application Deadline: 11:59pm AEST Sunday 17 March 2024 

This round of scholarships is for abstract submitters who are successful in receiving an oral or poster presentation for the 2024 IUSTI Congress. 

Priority will be given to:

  • Those who identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander / Māori / First Nations / Indigenous
  • Low – lower middle income country presenters 
  • Early career clinical or research scientist, epidemiologist, program staff (i.e. has worked in the field <5 years but does not hold a PhD)
  • Medical Trainees 
  • Undergraduate students
  • Postgraduate students
  • Individuals Less than 5 years post-MD, or with an equivalent medical degree
  • Early career researchers (<5 years post-PhD conferral, excluding any periods of career disruption that lasted >6 months)
  • Mid-career researchers (5-10 years post-PhD conferral, excluding any periods of career disruption that lasted >6 months)

Joint Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference and the 25th IUSTI World Congress Scholarship - Clinicians, Nurses or Pharmacists - CLOSED


To be eligible you must:

  • Be an ASHM member. SIGN UP HERE
  • Be living and working in Australia AND
  • Be an HIV clinician, nurse or pharmacists 

Priority will be given to:

  • Clinicians with higher HIV case loads  
  • Clinicians from rural and remote areas managing patients with HIV or at risk of HIV 
  • Clinicians who meet the above criteria who have not attended this conference or other overseas HIV conferences before 
  • Clinicians who have not received funding from ASHM in the past, particularly for a face to face conference in the last 2 years. 

Scholarship Inclusions:

  • Registration for the conference
  • Return Flights to Sydney, Australia 
  • Accommodation for the duration of the conference

The ASHM scholarship program is supported by an unconditional education grant, thank you to our supporters.



More information and available ASHM Scholarships can be found here. 

"An interpretation of the layers of occupation of First Nations People (Gumbaynggirr/Bundjalung Naions) and their symbiotic relationship with flora and fauna on the mighty Clarence River"
Artwork: "Bindarray" - River by Deborah Taylor 

We acknowledge that the conference is being held the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuing connection to land, water, and community and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. ASHM acknowledges Sovereignty in this country has never been ceded. It always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.