RMIT Equity Travel Grant

This grant provides up to $4000 depending on your mobility activity and destination.

_{Region 1 – Africa, Europe, Korea, Middle East, Central and South America.
Region 2 – North America, Asia (excluding Korea), Pacific, Indian subcontinent.}

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.

The online application form will be made available here when applications open. In order to be considered for this scholarship, you must submit a complete online application. Partial applications will not be assessed.

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.

You will also need:

• A copy of your international mobility activity confirmation letter (if applicable)

Find out more about applying for scholarships.

View the Coursework Scholarships Office’s terms and conditions.

The RMIT Equity Travel Grant is usually paid two months prior to the commencement of a student’s mobility activity provided they are enrolled via Enrolment Online (EOL).

You cannot be awarded more than one scholarship/grant (of any type) to fund your mobility activity.

Supported international mobility activities include but are not limited to:

• Study Abroad
• Exchange
• Global intensives (study tours)
• Industry and research placements/internships where no salary is paid.

You should not rely on receipt of grants/scholarships alone to fund your outbound mobility activity.