Kidney Health Australia Scholarship Funding

Nursing Scholarships - Medical and Scientific Kidney Related Research
Application Guidelines Nursing Scholarship
Note new form - Close date 30 August annually

For Registered Nurses wishing to study Masters Degree and post graduate education in Nursing. The aim of the program is to encourage nurses to pursue a career in renal nursing in any of its components – clinical practice, education or research - across the continuum of chronic kidney disease from prevention and early detection to renal replacement.

Nature of Funding  The amount of the grant will be up to $3,000 per year for a maximum period of up to 3 years. The funding is awarded annually for the duration of the Award but funding in the 2nd and 3rd year is contingent on Kidney Health Australia receiving evidence of satisfactory annual progress from the relevant university.

Funding may be provided to those already enrolled in one of the above courses. While grants of this nature are usually tax exempt, the final determination of their tax status rests with the Australian Tax Office.

Eligibility and Location  Applicants will be expected to have a renal nursing background and plan to use their Masters degree in the general area of renal nursing in Australia.

Closing date  Four printed copies each of your application and accompanying letter of support (see formal guidelines) from your current Manager/Head of Department, should reach the Medical Director’s office by 30 August annually.

Summer Vacation Scholarships 
Application Guidelines Summer Vacation Scholarship
Note new form - close date 30 August annually 

Kidney Health Australia provides scholarships for undergraduate students who wish to spend their summer vacation undertaking a supervised research project related to the causes, prevention and treatment of disorders of the kidneys and urinary tract.

Nature of Funding  The amount of the scholarship stipend is $2000. The award is made available at the end of the project after a satisfactory report on the outcome has been received. While scholarships of this nature are usually tax exempt, the final determination of their tax status rests with the Australian Tax Office.

Eligibility and Location  Preference will be given to Australian applicants enrolled in Australian universities. If funds permit, consideration may be given to supporting overseas applicants enrolled at Australian universities, or Australian applicants enrolled at overseas universities. Part-time students are not eligible. It is not permitted to receive funding from more than one source, for similar project work.

Closing date  Four printed copies each of your application and accompanying letter of support (see formal guidelines) from your current Manager/Head of Department/Supervisor, should reach the Medical Director’s office by 30 August annually.

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Kidney Health Australia Awards for Excellence

Latest Kincaid-Smith Medal awarded - a very special part of our 2010 launch of Kidney Health Week

Emeritus Professor Kincaid-Smith AC, CBE attended a ceremony to see Professor Judith A Whitworth AC, a former student, receive the Kincaid-Smith Medal, in recognition of her internationally renowned expertise in the areas of kidney disease and blood pressure research.

The award of the Kincaid-Smith Medal to Professor Whitworth bought together the work of two of the most influential women in the history of kidney research in Australia, which has contributed importantly to advances in the care of kidney patients worldwide.

Professor Whitworth is the 6th recipient of this award - the most prestigious awarded in the kidney sector in Australia.

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Kidney Health Australia established this prestigious award to honour the outstanding clinical and scientific achievements of Emeritus Professor Priscilla Kincaid-Smith AC, CBE and her many years of service to our organisation. In the early sixties she demonstrated overwhelming evidence of the link between headache powders and kidney damage and campaigned strongly against their use. Her research also resulted in substantial contributions to the link between the kidneys and high blood pressure.

Highlights of Professor Kincaid-Smith’s impressive career include her appointment as Director of Nephrology - the Melbourne Hospital 1967-1991, Professor of Medicine - University of Melbourne 1975-1991, and Physician in Nephrology - Royal Women’s Hospital 1976-1991. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1975, for services to medicine.

This prestigious award, given only periodically, is the highest scientific accolade of Kidney Health Australia. It is awarded on the recommendation of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee for outstanding contributions to the cause of nephrology. 

 

• Professor Judith A Whitworth AC 2010
• Professor Stephen Holdsworth 2005
• Professor Anthony d’Apice 2002
• The ANZDATA Registry 2000
• Professor Villis Marshall 1996
• Professor Robert Atkins 1994

Best Clinical and Laboratory based presentations
Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) Annual Scientific Meeting

Kidney Health Australia sponsors two separate awards which are presented at this meeting annually, each to the value of $1,000. The awards are judged on abstract and presentation, and all presenting members of the society are eligible.