The Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA), formed in 1981, is Australia’s leading organisation for diabetes care and education. Its members are healthcare professionals who are committed to providing evidence-based best practice diabetes education to ensure optimal health and wellbeing for all people affected by, and at risk of, diabetes.

The Infomedix & ADEA Research Indigenous Scholarship for Diabetes Education and Management aims to increase the number of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people working in Diabetes Education and Management, and to support an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person studying the Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education and Management at UTS Faculty of Health.

The InfoMedix & ADEA Diabetes Research Foundation’s Scholarship for an Indigenous Student

We are grateful to Nova Peris OAM for officially launching our scholarship during World Diabetes Day celebrations as the official Patron of the scholarship.

Thank you also to UTS Health’s Professor John Evans and InfoMedix CEO Jeff Smoot for speaking at the launch.

The Scholarship aims to support an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person studying the Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education and Management at UTS Faculty of Health.

Applications are open until Sunday, 31 January 2021: apply now

Eligibility criteria

• Be of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent and provide either:
  • a Confirmation of Aboriginality from a Local Aboriginal Land Council or other Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander organisation; or
  • a UTS Statutory Declaration form accompanied by two written references from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people from the applicant’s community who can confirm their identity and are not an immediate family member; and
• Have received an offer for C11115 Graduate Certificate in Diabetes Education and Management.
• All candidates must apply using the UTS online Scholarship application form to be eligible.