Indigenous Bursaries

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility

To be considered for this bursary, you must:

• Be an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person by descent, identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person, and be accepted as such by the community in which you live or have lived
• Be enrolled in a course at the University of Melbourne
• Have met the conditions of any Indigenous Bursaries awarded to you previously (such as submission of scholarship reports)

Selection criteria

Eligible applicants are selected on the basis of the specific purpose of the scholarship, financial need, academic merit and other scholarships awarded to the applicant.

Conditions

• Students must affirm and maintain their eligibility for support for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. See: Establishing your eligibility
• You must be enrolled in a course at the University of Melbourne.
• This scholarship cannot be deferred.
• You may be eligible to receive this scholarship while enrolled as a part-time student.
• You must provide a Scholarship report by 31 July of each year that you receive the scholarship. The report may be made available to the donor of the Scholarship.
• You must acknowledge the support of the Scholarship in any publication, advertisement, lecture, seminar, workshop, performance or exhibition issuing from the scholarship.