Development Grants
The Foundation provides grants on an annual basis in the following categories:
QAS Professional Development Grant - $1,000
The Foundation also supports the professional development of Ambulance Officers by providing financial assistance to attend a conference or similar activity.
The conference or activity must be relevant to paramedic practice, pre-hospital care or emergency medicine, and recipients must be able to demonstrate that their attendance will help them to meet a career development objective.
This grant will be made to any Ambulance Officer for a significant contribution to the promotion or development of the corporate image of QAS generally.
The grantwill provide financial assistance to attend a conference or similar activity in the pre-hospital care or emergency medicine fields.
- Guide to Application for QAS Professional Development Grant (PDF / 75.9 KB)
- QAS Professional Development Grant Application Form (PDF / 54 KB)
AEA/LHMU Outstanding Student of the Year Grant - $2,000
This award is offered to encourage student paramedics to strive for excellence throughout their course and competency achievement phase.
A grant of $2,000 will be provided to assist the student to further studies, competencies, or ambulance knowledge in their subsequent 12 months of full time service.
The grant recipient is selected from nominations made by educators from Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy School of Ambulance and Paramedic Studies (QCESA), Regional Staff Development officers and the student’s immediate supervisors.
The selection is made through a competitive assessment process by a panel chaired by the Education and Development Manager. All QAS officers who have graduated form the core program in the twelve months preceding the grant are eligible.
The winner of this grant will be a Paramedic from the QAS core paramedic education program who has graduated in the preceding 12 months, having demonstrated consistent outstanding performance throughout their studies.
Applicants must be nominated by QCESA School of Education Lutwyche Campus or the Regional Manager Staff Development through QCESA School of Education Lutwyche Campus.
Please click on this link for the nomination form to be filled in by a Clinical Support Officer.
For further information on eligibility, suitability, judging criteria and performance criteria please click on these links for the Grants & Awards Info Table (PDF / 44 KB) and the Obligations Booklet (PDF / 58 KB).
Past Recipients
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QAS Outstanding Student Paramedic Graduate |
QAS Professional Development Award |
2003 |
Wayne Thurston |
John Murray |
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Introduction of 12 lead ECG for Thrombolysis by Intensive Care Paramedics |
2004 |
Julie Mann |
Gavin Leader |
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Remote Paramedic Practice experience in Ghana |
2005 |
Tony Wilson |
Greg Buck |
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Helping Paramedics deal with the loss of a child |
Emergency Institute Conference |
2006 |
Brad Hardy |
Rohan Foote |
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International Society Aeromedical Services & Flight Nurses Australia Conference |
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AEA/LHMU Outstanding Student of the Year Grant |
QAS Professional Development Grant |
2007 |
Michele Dalton |
John Hinder |
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To devise clinical checking systems that assist us as a team to perform clinical procedures. |
General Administration
Grants are announced and arrangements advised for subsequent presentation at the annual KJ McPherson Education and Research Foundation Patron’s Day Gala Dinner.
The decision of the Foundation Committee Members shall be final in all matters relating to any grant.
All eligible QAS personnel are strongly encouraged to enter these prestigious and most worthy grants in the spirit of continuing the work carried out by Ambulance Officer Kenneth James McPherson DSM.
Last updated 24 July 2008
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