The Rural Skills Grant is a workforce incentive that supports the individual skills development for non-Fellowed GPs practising in private general practice in rural South Australia.

The grant provides up to a total of $3,000 towards skill development activities that will increase rural general practice capability. Applicants can submit one application for up to three activities, with activities being completed by 31 January 2026.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this grant, you must be an International Medical Graduate or Australian Medical Graduate who meets all the following criteria:

• Does not hold Specialist Registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
• Currently practising in private general practice in an eligible rural South Australian location (MM 2-7).
• Is on a pre-fellowship or fellowship program, or
• has not yet joined the Pre-Fellowship Program (PFP), or
• is not yet eligible to join a fellowship program.

Rural GPs, RGs and Registrars who are working solely for SA Health are not eligible.

Single Employer Model (SEM) participants will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

For a list of eligible pre-fellowship or fellowship programs, see the applicant guidelines.

If applications exceed available funding RDWA will prioritise Applicants from MM5-7 locations.

You can check your MM location in South Australia using the Health Workforce Locator Modified Monash Model 2019.

Apply

Read the Guidelines to understand the applicant, program and activity eligibility criteria, and application, assessment and payment process.

Contact

Caroline Burrowes, Towards Fellowship Program Coordinator
Phone: 08 8234 8277
Email: GPServices@ruraldoc.com.au