The Mental Health and Wellbeing Workforce Scholarship program offers development opportunities for:
- registered nurses employed in mental health and wellbeing services
- mental health nurses
- lived and living experience workers.
Scholarships help support workforce retention and contribute to building mental health workforces that deliver high quality treatment, care and support for consumers and their families, carers and supporters.
The scholarships also support continued learning and development to help build skills, knowledge, capabilities and career satisfaction.
Scholarships
Included in the program are the following scholarship programs and grants:
- Full Course Fee Postgraduate Mental Health Nurse Scholarship Program. Closing 27 October 2026.
- $3000 Postgraduate Mental Health Nurse Scholarship Program. Closing 27 October 2026.
Lived and living experience workforce university scholarship program
Lived and Living Experience Workforce (LLEW) University Scholarships are available for lived and living experience workers employed in Victorian public mental health and wellbeing, alcohol and other drug (AOD), and harm reduction services.
The scholarships help workers study at university to build their knowledge, skills and leadership capability. This supports them to take on a variety of leadership roles across the mental health, AOD and harm reduction sectors, alongside the expertise gained through their lived or living experience.
The scholarships are managed by The Collective, a workforce development consortium led by people with lived and living experience who have expertise across LLEW disciplines.
For information about eligibility, application requirements, key dates and how to apply, visit The Collective’s website and submit your application directly through The Collective.
Mental health reform
The Mental Health and Wellbeing Workforce Scholarship Program is a priority of Victoria’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Workforce Strategy 2021-2024.
The mental health and wellbeing workforce are the critical enablers of reform. We rely on their skills and expertise to provide treatment, care and support to Victorians, and to improve our reforming system.
Mental health sector reforms are creating more jobs, services, education, training and career development opportunities across the state, including regional and rural Victoria.
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