Faculty of Arts Internship Grants

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility

To be considered for this grant, you must:

• Make sure that the internship is an approved component of the relevant program and is credit bearing, and takes place in a regional, interstate or overseas location
• Provide a copy of the Professional Placement Agreement which demonstrates that the placement has been approved by both the host organisation and the relevant Program Coordinator and/or Internship Coordinator
• Have met the eligibility requirements for the internship subject available in the degree for which the student is seeking credit at the time of application
• Provide a copy of the receipts for paid economy flights to and from the internship destination (or equivalent overland transportation to and from the destination) and paid accommodation at the internship destination for the duration of the internship

Please note: placements completed as part of the subject Community Volunteering - Global (MULT20014 and MULT30021) are not eligible for this grant

Selection criteria

Successful applicants will have achieved an overall weighted average of at least 70% in their current degree program.

Conditions

1. The Internship Grant scheme accepts applications from students in the Faculty of Arts and Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences who have secured a regional, interstate or international internship. A limited amount of one-off entitlements for one of the following travel options are available:
   • International travel - Up to a maximum of $2,000
   • Interstate travel* - Up to a maximum of $1,000
     *New Zealand is considered interstate travel for the purposes of the scheme
   • Regional travel within Victoria* - Up to a maximum of $1,000
     *For the purposes of the scheme, regional travel is defined as being in an area that is NOT defined as a major city as per the Australian Bureau of Statistics Remoteness Area categorisation
2. The committee's decision will be final
3. Applicants are only eligible to receive the grant once
4. Winning applicants please note: The University of Melbourne reserves the right to publish the name of the winning applicant on its websites and other University of Melbourne publications
5. Applicants must have adequate funds, or means, to pay for all travel-related costs before and during the internship. Applicants must not rely on the Internship Grant as a primary or essential source of funding. Payments to recipients of the grant will be made once the internship has been completed and results for the subject have been certified and ratified
6. No late applications will be accepted for consideration until the next round. Retrospective applications will be accepted, for overseas or interstate internships completed in the twelve months preceding application
7. It is assumed that the relevant EHS and Risk Assessment forms have/will be managed via the Program's Internship Coordination
8. Approval of travel will be contingent upon the current Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade (DFAT) advice in respect to level of safety of overseas destination, available at the Smart Traveller website. Applications for Special Circumstances approval will be referred to the Academic Registrar, who must be provided with documentation of the grounds for this special consideration