In 2024, OQNT launched its inaugural Rural Student Placement Scholarship to support local optometry students to undertake a rural placement opportunity in either Queensland or the Northern Territory. OQNT is excited to continue the program in 2026, applications for which are now open.
In 2025, OQNT provided four Rural Scholarship for Queensland University of Technology final year optometry students to complete their placements in a rural setting. Two recipients, Kelvin Hui and Chanaah Thevasagayam have finished placements and here, share their experiences.
OV/SA’s Looking Outward on Optometric Knowledge (LOOK) Local Scholarship is now open for applications. Established last year to facilitate Australian-based study tours for an OV/SA financial member, the Scholarship is intended to directly improve eye health of local communities throughout Victoria and South Australia.
Optometry Australia (OA) is pleased to announce that it is again offering a bursary to support members to attend the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Eye Health Conference (NATSIEHC25) on the lands of the Whadjuk Noongar people in Perth on 27-29 May 2025. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander optometrists and optometry students are strongly encouraged to apply.
In the spirit of reconciliation Optometry Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
