The Storey Scholarships program has supported life-changing global experiences and opportunities for RMIT students since 1955, making it the University's longest-running scholarship program.
About Storey Scholarships
The scholarships, funded from the John Storey Junior Memorial Scholarship Fund, were established in 1955 by Sir John Storey in memory of his son, an RMIT student who passed away aged 22. Since then, the scholarships have supported almost 1000 students.
Hundreds of these students have been able to study abroad, exposing them to new ideas, cultures and opportunities, while others have been supported through their studies in mechanical engineering.
Supporting student opportunities
Life-changing global experiences
Hundreds of students have prospered with study abroad opportunities.
Travel scholarship program
$10,000 is awarded to six students every year for international exchange and tuition costs.
Learning beyond the classroom
Travel scholarship recipients gain first-hand exposure and interaction in diverse cultures.
Support for future engineers
Up to $10,000 a year is offered to an outstanding mechanical engineering student.
One bequest, decades of impact
Recipients of Storey Scholarships have gone on to become noted artists, engineers, scientists, designers and entrepreneurs – all thanks to one of the most significant bequests in the University’s history.
Stefan during morning pit stop practice at Newcastle 2019. GRM's last full time Supercars round. Image credit: Ross Gibb
Driven to succeed
Watching car racing on TV with his parents put Stefan on the road to becoming team manager of a legendary Australian motorsport team.
I was very fortunate to receive the scholarship, but it wasn’t until I entered the workforce and started planning for the future that the real impact became apparent.”
About John Storey Junior
John Storey Junior was a Mechanical Engineering student at RMIT (then the Melbourne Technical College) who helped establish the Student Representative Council, acted as its first President, and lobbied for the establishment of a central library.
His studies were cut short when he was tragically diagnosed with leukaemia, dying in 1947 at just 22 years old. His father, industrialist Sir John Storey, left a sizeable bequest to RMIT eight years later and established a fund for scholarships to commemorate the life of his son.
Today, the John Storey Junior Memorial Scholarship Fund supports the prominent Storey Scholarships program.
Each year, the program awards $10,000 to six students undertaking their first international exchange and supports tuition for one exceptional student enrolled full-time in Mechanical Engineering.
Life-changing scholarships
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