Anwar and Myrtha Girgis SIMG Grant

Before applying, please refer to the:
- Learning and Development grant policy (PDF 288.7KB)
- Anwar & Myrtha Girgis Grant guideline (PDF 158.41KB)

To be eligible for this grant, you need to:
- be a doctor experiencing financial disadvantage and who is of refugee or asylum seeker background or who is a recent migrant (having arrived in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand from a developing country) within the five years immediately prior to the closing date for applications for the grant)

AND

- have been assessed by RACS as partially or substantially comparable to being Australian trained, and have commenced (or been approved to commence) or have completed clinical assessment and whose assessment is valid for 12 months from the time of application, or have been assessed by the Medical Council of Aotearoa New Zealand as eligible for vocational registration in surgery or require assistance to meet the language criteria for your vocational registration application to proceed
- be eligible to work as a doctor in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand. 

The grant may fund (but is not limited to) the following:
- Registration fees for exams, professional development and training course/s required to be able to practice in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Costs for the professional care of young children or other dependents to enable participants who are primary carers to undertake this professional development, training, assessment and associated study.
- Attendance or presentation at a conference required to be able to practice in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Reasonable travel and accommodation expenses related to the professional development opportunity (the expectation is that the most economical travel options will be used).
- Costs associated with supervision.

The activity must be undertaken in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand.

Please note, your grant activity must commence after the closing date for applications but before the end of the following year (the grant year). 

Your application is to include:
- your career and employment details
- value and details of what the grant will be spent on and how it will assist you in gaining registration
- evidence of visa status and date of arrival in Australia and/or Aotearoa New Zealand
- rural or regional location (if applicable)

Selection
Written applications will be reviewed by members of the Scholarship and Grant Committee, the Deputy Chair, Board of Surgical Education and Training (responsible for SIMG governance), Aotearoa New Zealand Censor (when applicant is Aotearoa based) and Clinical Director, SIMG Assessment and Support.

Payment
Payment is made directly to the recipient in one instalment by 1 March in the grant year (following receipt of a valid invoice which will be requested by the Scholarships and Grants Team).

All grant recipients will be required to provide an activity report at the end of the grant year when requested by the Scholarships and Grants Team.

Scholarship and Grant Team
Email: [email protected]