Melbourne Indigenous Merit Scholarship

Key scholarship details

Application status

Open for automatic consideration

Benefit amount

100% fee remission and up to $18,000

Eligible study level

Graduate coursework

Eligible student type

Domestic students

Eligible study stage

Future study

Benefit duration

One or more years

Summary

This scholarship is available to talented students of Australian Indigenous descent.

Benefits

The scholarship provides the following benefits:

A living allowance of $6,000 per year (paid in two instalments in April and September) for up to three years
A full fee remission for students enrolled in an Australian Full Fee Place for the duration of the course, or a HECS Student Contribution exemption for students enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place for the duration of the course.

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility

To be considered for this scholarship, 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
Have applied for a University of Melbourne graduate degree by coursework.

Selection criteria

Eligible candidates are selected based on academic merit taking into consideration the results of previous tertiary study.

Conditions

This scholarship is subject to the Coursework Terms & Conditions. The scholarship can be deferred to the following year if there are compassionate or compelling circumstances that prevent you from commencing your course in the year for which the scholarship was offered. Students must affirm and maintain their eligibility for support for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. See: Establishing your eligibility

Study level:

Graduate coursework

Student type:

Domestic students

Study stage type:

Future study

Study area:

Agricultural and veterinary sciences; Architecture, building, planning and design; Arts, humanities and social sciences; Business and economics; Education; Engineering; Environment; Health; Information technology and computer science; Law; Music, visual and performing arts; Science

Application

How to apply

If you have applied for admission for a graduate coursework program you will be automatically considered for the Melbourne Indigenous Merit Scholarship.

When will I know the outcome?

Offers are made from mid-January for commencement within the same academic year.

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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