APPLICATIONS FOR THE RURAL GRANT FOR 2024 will close on 1 May

Mary Garlick, a retired long standing rural midwife has generously granted a sum of money to the New Zealand College of Midwives to administer as an annual grant for midwifery students who intend to practise rurally on graduation.

Applications will be accepted from students who are enrolled in their final year of the Bachelor of Midwifery programme.

Midwifery students are eligible to apply for the annual grant if they meet the following criteria:

• Applicant must be a New Zealand College of Midwives member and enrolled as a final year student of an approved New Zealand Bachelor of Midwifery programme for the current year.
• Applicant must intend to practise as a rural midwife in New Zealand on graduation. Preference may be given to those intending to practise as a community midwife.
• One grant will be awarded per annum.

To apply, applicants must:

• demonstrate a commitment to rural midwifery practice on graduation
• complete the application forms available on this page and email lynda.o@nzcom.org.nz, please include a copy of your CV
• ask two referees to also complete the relevant form
  – one from a lecturer at the midwifery school in which the student is enrolled
  – one from a midwife who the student has had a clinical placement with

The Midwifery Student Rural Grants Advisory Committee will award the grant.