The RAMUS Scheme assists selected students with a rural background to study medicine at university. Scholarship holders receive $10,000 a year during the completion of a standard medical degree at their chosen university. The scholarships are not bonded. Scholarship holders are encouraged to take part in activities to maintain and strengthen their ties to rural Australia and to develop an appreciation of work as a medical practitioner in rural areas. All scholarship holders have a rural doctor as a mentor and are required to be a member of their university’s student rural health club.

The RAMUS Scheme supports 550 current scholarship holders. Each year approximately 100 new scholarships are made available, to maintain the total of 550.

The RAMUS Scheme is an Australian Government initiative aimed at increasing the number of doctors in rural and remote areas of Australia.

The RAMUS Scheme was established in 2000. Since then, over 1,500 scholarships have been awarded to rural medical students and more than 870 RAMUS scholars have graduated from medicine. About 500 rural doctors across Australia participate in the Scheme as mentors.

The National Rural Health Alliance administers the RAMUS scheme on behalf of the Department of Health and Ageing.

Applications for 2010 closed at 5:00pm AEDST 18 January 2010.

Contact Information

Mail:	RAMUS Team National Rural Health Alliance PO Box 280 Deakin West ACT 2600
Toll free:	1800 460 440
Phone:	02 6285 4660
Fax:	02 6285 4670
Email:	ramus@ruralhealth.org.au

RAMUS Brochure - Scholarships for rural students studying medicine