"I thought there was a need in our own backyard here in New Zealand," she said.
She admitted it was three years of "hard work" of fundraising and grants to get the clinic up-and-running and the scholarship funds would help.
The free care was currently running in private clinics around Hamilton, she said, and she hoped it would expand nationwide soon.
Other winners in the category included 9-year-old Quinn Gardiner-Hall who planned to inspire young Kiwis to get active by running four half-marathons in four different countries before he turned 12, Auckland's Daniel Xu, 26 who wanted to use technology to prevent sunburn by providing real time UV information and alerts on mobile phones with the launch of his app 'UV Lens'.
AMP chief customer officer Jeff Ruscoe said he was "incredibly impressed" by the scholarship winners to push their personal limits.
"This year is no exception and we praise the courage, passion, determination and commitment of all who applied for the scholarships.
"It's a rewarding feeling to give something back to New Zealanders showing such great Kiwi talent," he said.
Winners of the $10,000 AMP Study Start scholarship included a robotics engineer and an aspiring astronaut.
Janitha Gunathilake, 18, from Southland recently built a six-legged robot that could crawl into clogged air-conditioning tubing to assess the damage using a camera.
Aerospace engineering student Monique Oliver, 18, from Taranaki was one of 48 secondary school students worldwide, to attend a space programme in Texas. Her dream was to be an astronaut.
AMP Regional Scholarship went to 19-year-old Joshua Guillemot-Rodgerson from Christchurch who aimed to be the first Kiwi dancer to graduate from the prestigious The Julliard School in New York.
He would use the money to finish his degree and "show the world that New Zealand produces top-calibre dancers".
The AMP Scholarships National Awards evening was held yesterday evening at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
AMP provided $200,000 in scholarships this year.
