Davies Dunn Scholarship

This scholarship provides up to $8,500 (full-time enrolled) for up to one year.

It is impractical to use this scholarship to assist with the payment of tuition fees. The scholarship is paid as a stipend (fortnightly payments) and not as a lump sum, commencing after the semester’s census date.

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

be:
- an Australian citizen, or
- the holder of one of the following visas
  - Australian Humanitarian Visa, or
  - Temporary Protection Visa (V785), or
  - Safe Haven Enterprise Visa (SHEV), or
  - Humanitarian Stay Visa (449), or
  - Temporary Humanitarian Concern Visa (786), or
  - be a person seeking asylum on Bridging Visa E (BVE), or
  - Bridging Visa F (060);
either:
- identify as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, or
- be a current or former refugee, or
- be a person seeking asylum in Australia
be enrolling full-time in Semester 1 and 2 2025 in a postgraduate by coursework program at RMIT (or studying part-time with exceptional circumstances) in a STEM discipline (science, technology, engineering or mathematics)
have at least one year of full-time study left to complete in your program
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
- be from an interstate or rural/regional area and moving/moved to Melbourne to study at RMIT.

Complete the online application by the close date. 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.

If you identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, you will need: