Gerard Driesen Scholarship to Support Indigenous Students

This scholarship provides:

up to $10,000 per year for up to the standard duration of program for Indigenous students
up to $10,000 for one year for non-Indigenous students.

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

be an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident or an Australian permanent humanitarian visa holder
be be enrolled full-time semester 1 and 2 in 2022 in a bachelor degree 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 neurodiverse
- experiencing personal/family/social difficulties
- 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
  - Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
  - were born overseas, are from a non-English background and recently migrated to Australia
  - current or former refugee
  - completed secondary school at a School Network Access Program school
have at least one year of full-time study left to complete.

Preference will be given to Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander students.

Preference will then be given to students in one of the following programs

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.

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