GPRA has four scholarships available in 2025 to support GP registrars who are currently training in the NT and those who are relocating to the NT for their training.
You are encouraged to apply for one or more of the following scholarships:
GPRA Northern Territory Scholarships 2025
GPRA is proud to support the growth and development of the future GP workforce in the Northern Territory (NT).
Dr Debbie Stach
Northern Territory GP Registrar of the Year Award
$10,000 awarded in 2025 to one GP registrar enrolled in the AGPT training program in the NT.
This award celebrates the life of Dr Debbie Stach, who died tragically in a car accident in 2004 soon after completing her GP training with the former NTGPE. Remove line space here and make one paragraph It recognises ongoing commitment, passion, and leadership to general practice in the NT.
The award is presented annually to one GP registrar enrolled in the AGPT training program in the NT who has demonstrated:
- an outstanding approach to medicine
- a commitment to improving Indigenous health outcomes in the NT
- an outstanding approach to professionalism in their work, education, and training environments.
Debbie was an impressive young doctor whose commitment to Indigenous health made her stand out among her peers.
The Debbie Stach Memorial Fund was established in memory of Debbie by her parents to continue her beliefs and to support initiatives in areas to which she was committed, such as environmental issues, artistic and cultural pursuits, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
Dr Stach’s greatest gift was her sense of humanity. Her peaceful manner and perceptive insight into the world around her, allowed her to connect with and understand people of many different backgrounds. This quality, combined with her desire to live life well, made her a great doctor and a wonderful healer.
- Nominee must be enrolled in the Australian General Practice Training (AGPT) program in the NT at the time of application
- Nominee must demonstrate consistent professional behaviour and a commitment to continue working in the NT after the completion of GP training
- Successful GP registrar must be willing to assist with the promotion of the AGPT program in the NT
- Successful GP registrar must be willing to participate in key NT GPRA-based initiatives/forums as required.
- Member of General Practice Registrars Australia
GP supervisors and GP registrar peers can nominate a GP registrar who is deserving of the award.
$10,000 awarded in 2025 to one GP registrar enrolled in the AGPT training program in the NT.
Ada Wilmadda Parry
Aboriginal Health Scholarship
2 x $5,000 scholarships awarded in 2025 to two GP registrars enrolled in the AGPT training program in the NT.
The scholarship provides $5,000 for up to two GP registrars in the AGPT Program who demonstrate a strong interest in improving Indigenous health, and improving cultural and linguistic understanding between Aboriginal patients and general practitioners.
Ada Wilmadda Parry was one of the first Cultural Educators in the Northern Territory ( NT). Ada has been a Cultural Educator for more than 30 years. Ada advocates the importance of cultural training for general practitioners who work in the NT, and is motivated to ensure Indigenous families do not have to struggle to be understood culturally and linguistically by medical practitioners.
- Demonstrate commitment to train under the AGPT in primary care services in remote locations (MMM6-7) for 12 months (or 2 consecutive AGPT training semesters)
- Member of General Practice Registrars Australia
This is a self-nominated scholarship
2 x $5,000 scholarships awarded in 2025 to two GP registrars
Professor Alan Walker
Paediatric Scholarship
3 x $5,000 scholarships awarded in 2025 to three GP registrars enrolled in the AGPT training program in the NT.
The Professor Alan Walker Paediatric Scholarship is for GP registrars in the Northern Territory (NT) who have an interest in further education in paediatrics, and who have demonstrated high standards of professional behaviour throughout their education and training.
Professor Alan Walker is regarded as a champion of medicine in the field of paediatrics in the NT. He was the head of paediatrics at the Royal Darwin Hospital from 1967 to 1996, and contributed significantly to the establishment of the former Northern Territory General Practice Education (NTGPE) in 2002, being NTGPE’s f irst Chairperson of the Board.
- Nominee must be enrolled in a GP training program in the NT at the time of application
- Nominee must demonstrate consistent professional behaviour and a commitment to continue working in the NT after the completion of GP training
- Successful GP registrars must be willing to assist with the promotion of training in the NT
- Successful GP registrars are required to produce an end of year report on education undertaken
- Nominee will provide a full CV/resume with two referees
- Member of General Practice Registrars Australia
- Advanced Paediatric Life Support course
- Purchase a Vorotek V Scope
- Diploma in Child Health
- Rural Emergency Obstetric Training
- Support Advanced Skill Training.
This is a self-nominated scholarship
3 x $5,000 scholarships awarded in 2025 to three GP registrars
GPRA Northern Territory
Rural and Remote Scholarship
2 x $20,000 scholarships awarded in 25/26 to two GP registrars outside the NT to relocate to the NT for consecutive 2 training semesters. (12 months)
This scholarship supports GP registrars who demonstrate a strong commitment to further specialised training in remote in remote NT areas (MMM6-7).
It aims to help GP Registrars interested in:
- building doctor-patient/doctor community relationships
- continuity of care and connection to community
- relocating to the NT and learning cultural competence
- remote health service delivery and challenges in rural and remote locations
- participating in educational online communities where they can receive peer and mentor support
- Member of General Practice Registrars Australia
The 2024 General Practice Health of the Nation Report highlighted there are only 82 GPs in the NT per 100,000 people, the lowest in the country. This shows the ongoing need for more doctors to train and stay in the NT to improve primary health care. In 2024, GPRA proudly launched this scholarship to help future GPs address this need.
- Must be enrolled in the AGPT program outside NT and applying for a NT placement for 2025/2026
- Demonstrate commitment to train under the AGPT in primary care services in remote locations (MMM6-7) for 12 months (or 2 consecutive AGPT training semesters)
- Provide evidence of meeting training requirements under AGPT for NT placement
- Registered with Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA)
- Willing to participate in NT GPRA-based initiatives
- Not received other scholarships (from other research, government, profit and not-forprofit entities) in the last 6 months.
- Member of General Practice Registrars Australia
This is a self-nominated scholarship
2 x $20,000 scholarships awarded in 2025/26 to two GP registrars outside the NT to relocate to the NT for 2 consecutive training semesters (12 months).
- Attend GPRA’s Northern Territory Annual Registrars Forum (6 September 2025)
- Be a member of General Practice Registrars Australia
