RMIT Indigenous Accommodation Scholarship

This scholarship is awarded for the duration of your program, based on the values and details outlined below.

You demonstrate financial hardship in your scholarship application;

• $6,000 per year ($3,000 per semester) if you are full-time enrolled; or
  
• $3,000 per year ($1,500 per semester) if you are part-time enrolled
  

You do not demonstrate financial hardship in your scholarship application; 

• $3,000 per year ($1,500 per semester) if you are full-time enrolled; or
  
• $1,500 per year ($750 per semester) if you are part-time enrolled

This scholarship provides funds to assist in financing rental/shared accommodation in Melbourne.

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• be an Australian citizen
• identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
• 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 from an interstate or rural/regional area within Australia and moving/moved to Melbourne to study at RMIT in semester 1 2026, or be residing in an area that is 90 minutes or more by public transport to your campus of study
• be enrolling in semester 1 2026 in a certificate IV, diploma, undergraduate degree or postgraduate by coursework program at RMIT
• be able to demonstrate circumstance/s which impact your ability to study such as:
  • receiving a government tested low income benefit or having a Centrelink Health Care Card
  • living with a disability, long-term medical condition or identify as neurodivergent
  • experiencing personal/family/social difficulties
  • 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
• have not previously completed a program at the same level of study or higher

In addition to the above:

• to be considered for the full value of the scholarship per annum, you must demonstrate financial hardship in your scholarship application; such as showing documentation that you receive a government tested low income benefit or have a Centrelink Health Care Card
• you must not be enrolling in an apprenticeship or traineeship program

_{Note: If you have already been enrolled at RMIT for the minimum number of credit points or years to graduate (standard full-time duration), you are ineligible to apply for this scholarship.}

The online application form will be made available here when applications open. 

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.

You will need:

• to confirm your Indigenous eligibility with RMIT’s Ngarara Willim Centre prior to the application close date

If you cannot provide the required confirmation documentation by the close date, please review the RMIT Accommodation Scholarship as the eligibility is based on financial and educational circumstances.  

Please visit Supporting Your Application for more information.

Find out more about applying for scholarships.

Applications are now closed.

This scholarship will next be offered for Semester 2, 2026, with applications opening mid-May 2026.

Applications are now closed.

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

This scholarship is paid as a stipend (in fortnightly payments) and not as a lump sum.

For assistance in finding accommodation in Melbourne, visit our accommodation section which advertises various types of rental/shared vacancies.

Refer to RMIT's Moving to Melbourne website for information on lifestyle and culture, public transport, employment and the cost of living.

Find out how to contact the Coursework Scholarships Office or Ngarara Willim.