Scholarships

Round 1: Scholarship Application Deadline: 11:59pm AEST Monday 13 May 2024 (CLOSED)

Round 2: Scholarship Application Deadline: 11:59pm AEST Monday 2 September 2024 

We are pleased to be able to offer a number of scholarship opportunities available to attend APSAD Canberra 2024. This second round of scholarships will be prioritised for accepted abstract presenters, peers, consumers and people with lived/living experience.

While it has been determined that on-demand/virtual registrations for APSAD Canberra 2024 will not be available, APSAD remains dedicated to increasing scholarship opportunities. These scholarships aim to assist individuals who may face barriers in attending the event in person. 

APPLICATION INFORMATION

Applicants will respond to the below:

  • Are you working and/or volunteering as a peer / consumer / lived or living experience in the field? If so, please describe your work including how long you have been doing it. Max 200 words.
  • What do you hope to learn at APSAD Canberra 2024? Max 200 words.
  • Will your organisation fund your attendance if you are not successful in obtaining a scholarship?
  • Please indicate the level of funding required, e.g., travel and accommodation with organisation paying for registration.

APPLICATION GUIDELINES

  • Scholarship can include conference registration, return economy class flights and accommodation.
  • Please adhere to the word limits outlined for the selection criteria
  • Applicants must reside in Australia or New Zealand
  • Priority will be given to accepted abstract presenters
  • Successful applicants may be asked to write a short paragraph about what they learned at the conference for inclusion in the post conference e-newsletter to delegates and APSAD members, and post conference report.

SCORING CRITERIA

  • All scholarship applications are carefully reviewed and scored according to the Scholarship Criteria.
 

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APSAD recognises the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the ACT and surrounding region. APSAD acknowledges that other people and families also have a traditional connection to the lands of the ACT and region and we respect this connection to country.

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