Ernest William Capp Scholarship

This scholarship provides up to $1,000 as a one-off payment.

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be an Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident
• be enrolling full-time at RMIT in semester 1 and 2 in a diploma or undergraduate degree program in 2026
• be able to demonstrate financial hardship such as:
  • receiving a government tested low income benefit or having a Centrelink Health Care Card
• be able to demonstrate circumstance/s which impact your ability to study such as:
  • 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
  • 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
• be able to demonstrate outstanding potential and ambition, academic or otherwise
• have at least one year of your program left to complete
• not have completed the same level of program or higher, e.g. if you plan to study a Bachelor of Architectural Design, you should not have previously completed another bachelor degree.

Postgraduate students are ineligible for this scholarship.

It is preferred that you apply direct to RMIT for this scholarship. 

Direct to RMIT applications

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

VTAC applications

Apply online through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) website (www.vtac.edu.au).

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.

Find out more about applying for scholarships.

Applications are now closed. This scholarship will next be offered for Semester 1 2026, with applications opening August 2025.

Applications now closed.

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

The Ernest William Capp Scholarship is made available by the generous bequest of the late Ernest William Capp. The Scholarship is designed to assist the education of students who experience financial hardship and other cirucmstances that impact their education, who demonstrate the will to succeed.

Find out how to contact the Coursework Scholarships Office.