Flagstaff Partners Honours Commerce Scholarship

Key scholarship details

Application status

Not open yet

Benefit amount

Up to $15,000

Eligible study level

Honours

Eligible student type

Domestic students

Eligible study stage

Future study

Benefit duration

One or more years

Summary

The Flagstaff Partners Honours Commerce Scholarship was established by Flagstaff Partners, and is offered to Bachelor of Commerce students who are considering undertaking the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) specialising in Finance.

Benefits

This scholarship provides a living allowance of $15,000 paid in half-yearly instalments of $7,500 in May and October.

The scholarship also includes the opportunity to undertake a paid internship with Flagstaff Partners over the summer vacation preceding your Honours year.

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility

To be considered for this scholarship, you must:

Be an Australian citizen or hold Australian permanent residency
Be a Bachelor of Commerce student in their final semester of study who is majoring in Finance and considering to undertake the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Finance in 2026
be able to demonstrate academic merit
be able to demonstrate:
- An interest in the investment banking industry
- Highly developed interpersonal skills
- Leadership potential

Selection criteria

Selection will be based on academic merit, demonstrated interest in the investment banking industry, strong interpersonal skills, leadership potential and interview performance.

Recipients who do not enrol in the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Finance in 2026 will not receive payment and will forfeit the scholarship.

Conditions

Please ensure that you have completed the recommended sequence of subjects in your 3rd year of the BCom to enable you to Major in Finance and to facilitate your enrolment into the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Finance in 2026.

Here is the sequence of Year 3 subjects required to Major in Finance as per the BCom Study Planner 2025:

FNCE30001 Investments
FNCE30007 Derivative Securities
ECOM30002 Econometrics*
Breadth or Commerce Elective
Commerce Elective
Commerce Elective
Breadth
Level-3 Finance Subject

*To enrol into Honours in Finance you must have completed ECOM30002 Econometrics 2.

Application

How to apply

When the scholarship is open for applications, click on the “Submit an application” link, below. Your application will require:

A cover letter which addresses the selection criteria
A current resume
A copy of your current Statement of Results (available from the Student Portal)

When will I know the outcome?

All applicants will be notified via email.

Recipient feedback

The Flagstaff Partners Honours Commerce Scholarship supported me during my Honours year in Finance, where I was exposed to a vast breadth of research across various subfields of behavioural finance, market microstructure and corporate finance. Importantly, the scholarship was complemented by an internship at Flagstaff Partners, a premier corporate advisory firm specialising in mergers & acquisitions and capital raising activities for some of Australia's largest companies. Here, the generalist coverage model at the firm provided exposure to work with corporate clients covering many of ASX's largest sectors including natural resources, gaming, retail and financial institutions. The experiences gained through these opportunities provided me with insight into the scale of the corporate finance world, and simultaneously bolstered my passion for academia during my final year of Honours study.

Thomas Gao

The information listed here is subject to change without notice. Where we have listed information about jointly run scholarships programs, please also see our partners' websites. Information describing the number and value of scholarships awarded is indicative.

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