To be eligible for this scholarship you must:
- identify as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- be an Australian citizen
- register with RMIT’s Ngarara Willim Centre and provide documentation confirming that you are an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander by the scholarship application due date
- be enrolling full-time in semester 1 2023 (part-time students with extenuating circumstances will also be considered)
- be commencing your second year of an associate or bachelor degree in 2023, having already completed between 96-108 credit points in your program
- be able to demonstrate financial disadvantage such as:
- receiving a government tested low income benefit or having a Centrelink Health Care Card
- be able to demonstrate circumstance/s which impact your ability to study such as:
- having a long term medical condition or disability
- experiencing difficult family/social circumstances
- be from an interstate or rural/regional area and moving/moved to Melbourne to study at RMIT
- have previously/are currently living in foster/kinship care or are a ward of the state
- be from an under-represented background such as completed secondary school at a School Network Access Program school
Preference will be given to students who are studying in the following disciplines: information technology, STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths), business.