To be eligible for an RMIT Equity Travel Grant you must:
- be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, an Australian permanent resident or a permanent humanitarian visa holder
- enrolment requirements to be considered eligible:
- be enrolled in a degree or postgraduate by coursework program at RMIT
- you will need to be enrolled in an overseas mobility activity course worth a minimum of 12 credit points via Enrolment Online** in 2021***
- 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 educational disadvantage such as:
- having a long term medical condition or disability which impacts your study
- have previously/are currently living in foster/kinship care or are a ward of the state
- experiencing difficult family/social circumstances
- have/will be relocating from interstate or rural/regional Victoria to Melbourne to study at RMIT
- were born overseas, are from a non-English speaking background and recently migrated to Australia
- are a current or former refugee
- completed your secondary education at a School Network Access Program school
- will be enrolled via Enrolment Online in a course* where you complete a mobility activity overseas for credit in your program**
- not be in receipt of any payment/salary/allowance or other grant/scholarship as part of your mobility activity
- not have previously completed a program at the same level or higher e.g. if you are enrolled in a Bachelor of Engineering (Honours), you should not have previously completed another bachelor degree.
*The course is required to be a 100 percent overseas mobility activity. For example, an overseas internship/placement that makes up 25 percent of the course requirement with the other 75 percent conducted in Australia is ineligible for an RMIT Equity Travel Grant.
**Overseas study where you will receive credit exemptions upon your return are ineligible. You must be enrolled in the mobility activity via Enrolment Online.
***These dates may be subject to change as RMIT has cancelled all international travel for students and staff. We advise not booking any flights or accommodation, or making any financial commitments, until further notice.
Note You can apply for this grant prior to applying for an overseas mobility activity.