RMIT Tech Ignite Scholarship

This scholarship^* provides:

$15,000 per year for four years
Paid Work Integrated Learning (WIL) activities (internships) totalling 40 weeks at the donor companies

Note: This scholarship is taxable as the recipient is expected to undertake a work integrated learning (WIL) activity with one of the donors. We recommend that you obtain taxation advice from an accountant or the Australian Tax Office regarding scholarships.

^*This scholarship is still to be confirmed for 2027.

Three scholarships available.

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, an Australian permanent resident or a permanent humanitarian visa holder
be commencing full-time study in Semester 1 and 2 2027 and have received a program offer by 12 January 2027^* in one of the following programs:
be from a diverse background and/or be able to demonstrate circumstance(s) that impact your ability to study, or be from an RMIT priority group, including:
- being a strong achieving student who identifies as a woman
- living with a disability, long-term medical condition, or identify as neurodivergent
- have experienced or currently experiencing significant personal or life difficulties
- have relocated/will be relocating from interstate or a rural or regional area to Melbourne to study at RMIT (check eligibility using the Regional Adjustment Calculator)
- are experiencing financial hardship, for example if you:
  - receive a Centrelink/Department of Veterans' Affairs low-income support payment, or
  - hold a low-income Centrelink Health Care Card
- are an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- are an early school leaver, mature-age student, or you entered university via a TAFE pathway
- are a current or former refugee
- are from a low socioeconomic (low SES background)
- completed secondary school at a SNAP (School Network Access Program) school
be available to participate in paid Work Integrated Learning (WIL) activities (internships), totaling 40 weeks in your third year of study. You will gain credit points towards your program if you are enrolled in the Professional program
complete the shortlist questions by 17 January, only if you have received a program offer for an eligible program
be available for an interview in late January/early February if shortlisted^**
be willing to transfer to the Professional practice program by the third year of your study, if your application to do so is successful

^*Direct to RMIT applicants must also accept their program offer by this date.

^**RMIT has a great range of online career support resources available including a prepare for interviews section. Here you can upload your CV and practice mock interview questions. Visit RMIT’s online career support for how to prepare for interviews.

It is preferred that you apply direct to RMIT for this scholarship.

Direct to RMIT applications

Complete the online application by the close date. Partial applications will not be assessed.

VTAC applications

Apply online through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) website (www.vtac.edu.au).

Supporting documentation

Depending on your circumstances, you will need to provide different types of evidence and material to support your scholarship application. Applications without supporting documents will not be considered.

Please visit Supporting Your Application for more information.

Application questions

If you are shortlisted for the scholarship, you will be contacted to answer further application questions. Please check the email address you nominate in your scholarship application form at least twice per week. It is expected that the online application will take approximately thirty minutes to complete. The questions are listed below to allow you time to prepare your answers in advance. When you answer these questions, please use your own words, ideas and experiences — we want to hear your voice, not something written by AI or copied from another source.

What program are you currently studying (or about to start) at RMIT, and why did you choose this program?
What are your career plans after you finish your studies at RMIT?
How will your RMIT program help you prepare for this future career?
How would receiving a scholarship support you to continue and complete your studies at RMIT?
What do you hope to achieve from the 2 x 20-week paid Work Integrated Learning (WIL) activities (internships) in your third year of study?

Find out more about applying for scholarships.

Applications are now open.

This scholarship is still to be confirmed for 2027.

Timely applications: If you submit your Direct to RMIT Access and Equity Scholarship Application by 31 August 2026, we’ll let you know if we need any additional documentation.

Applications for Semester 1 2027 close 2pm Tuesday 20 October 2026. No late applications will be accepted.

This scholarship is still to be confirmed for 2027.

View the Coursework Scholarships Office’s terms and conditions (PDF, 698KB).

If you are a recipient of this scholarship:

You must be willing to participate in Work Integrated Learning (WIL) activities (internships) totalling 40 weeks with the donor companies in your third year of study. These internships will be paid.

The RMIT Tech Ignite Scholarships are funded by Pepperstone and Nintex. Together, the sponsors wanted to create something meaningful to give back to the community, with a key focus on education, particularly for under-represented or under-privileged students. Working with RMIT, we designed an IT scholarship that links with each of our businesses through IT, while supporting students' access to education and offering valuable work experiences, so scholars' graduate with a flying start - igniting their journey into IT!

Pepperstone

Pepperstone is an award-winning provider of online trading. Founded in 2010 to create tech-enabled trading where ambitious traders could access global markets. Today, we're regarded as one of the largest forex and CFD brokers in the world. For more information visit Pepperstone.

Ninetex

Nintex reimagines the way people work and today 10,000+ public and private sector organizations, including more than 50% of the Fortune 500, turn to the Nintex Process Platform to accelerate digital transformation. Nintex's process management and automation software improves the way organisations work with easy-to-use tools for visually managing, quickly automating and continuously optimizing business processes and workflows. For more information, visit www.nintex.com

Find out how to contact the Coursework Scholarships Office.

RMIT Tech Ignite Scholarship

RMIT Tech Ignite Scholarship

For commencing computer science, data science, information technology or software engineering students from diverse backgrounds; worth up to $60,000.