Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarships

The Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarship (RAMUS) Scheme is one of a number of Australian Government initiatives to increase the number of General Practitioners in rural and remote Australia.

The aim of the Scheme is to increase the number of students with a rural background who enter and complete their study of medicine at a tertiary level. Scholarship holders receive $10,000 each year during the completion of a standard medical degree at their chosen university.

Rural students face considerable financial barriers to taking up tertiary education, particularly the costs of moving away from their family support structure and living in a city. RAMUS provides financial support to assist in meeting accommodation, living and travel costs incurred while studying Medicine. The scholarships are not bonded. Instead, scholarship holders' ties to regional and rural Australia are reinforced though a rural mentorship scheme, as well as membership of their student Rural Health Club.

The National Rural Health Alliance administers the RAMUS Scheme on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.

For more information, please email RAMUS, visit the RAMUS website or freecall 1800 460 440.

Applications for 2013 closed on Monday 14 January 2013.