Ken Rowe Scholarship

Key scholarship details

Application status

Open for applications

Applications open

3 Jul 2026

Applications close

14 Aug 2026

Benefit amount

Up to $6,000

Eligible study level

Graduate coursework

Eligible student type

Domestic and international students

Eligible study stage

Current study

Benefit duration

One-off

Summary

The Ken Rowe Scholarship was established with a gift from the Rowe family to honour the memory of Dr Ken Rowe and is awarded to students who are enrolled in the Master of Education and have a demonstrated commitment to literacy education.

About the donor

The Rowe Family
The Ken Rowe Scholarship was created by the Rowe Family to honour the memory of Dr Ken Rowe, whose long career in education research highlighted the importance of effective, evidence-based teaching practices for the teaching of literacy and numeracy in the classroom.

Maurice Blackburn
The funds for the first four years of the scholarship have been generously donated by Maurice Blackburn. The Award is to honour the memory Dr Ken Rowe who lost his life whilst visiting his beloved holiday home during the Black Saturday Marysville fires in February 2009.

Benefits

This scholarship provides a one-off payment of approximately $6000 (depending on the annual gift income).

Eligibility and selection criteria

Eligibility

To be considered for this scholarship, you must:

Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident or international student
Be enrolled in the Master of Education in the Literacies and English specialisation
Be enrolled in or have completed at least two subjects in the Litracies and Endglish specialisation
Be qualified to teach in Australia

Selection criteria

The panel will take into consideration the applicants previous, current and potential contribution to further literacy education in Australia by assessing and ranking eligible applicant’s responses to application questions and their enrolment in subjects in the Literacies and English specialisation of the Master of Education.

Conditions

Students must agree to the University sharing their name and course details with the donor of their scholarship and provide a note of appreciation and a brief report on the benefits of the scholarship if requested.

Application

How to apply

You must submit an application and include:

Details of your current role and responsibilities
Details of your past teaching experience
Your future plans of where to apply and use your skills and knowledge you gain from the course?
How do you currently contribute to furthering literacy education in Australia?
How do you plan to contribute to literacy education in Australia in the future?
How Is gaining financial support through the scholarship important to enable you to undertake the course? If so, please detail why.

When will I know the outcome?

Applicants will receive an outcome by end of September 2026.

Submit an application

Recipient feedback

I don’t just enjoy it, I love it. I love the networking opportunities. I love meeting like-minded people and I love how the program supports our wonderful education system through current research.

Emma Murnane

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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