Jack Ward Scholarship

This scholarship provides up to $7,000 per year ($3,500 per semester) for the standard full-time duration of an undergraduate program.

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

• be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, Australian permanent resident or a permanent humanitarian visa holder
• be enrolling full-time in semester 1 2025 at RMIT in an associate or bachelor degree program
• have completed at least the first year of your degree by the official results release date in November in the year of application
• be able to demonstrate academic achievement in your current program with a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) to date of 3.0 or greater at the end of semester 2 2024
• 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
• have at least one year of full-time study left to complete
• not have previously completed a program at the same level or higher

Note:

• Students who are completing their first year of an associate or bachelor degree in the year the scholarship commences are ineligible to apply
• Students who are directly entering into second or third year of a new program with credit exemptions and who have not studied at least one full-time year of their new program are ineligible to apply

The link to the application form will be provided here once 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.

Please visit Supporting Your Application for more information.

Find out more about applying for scholarships.

Applications are now closed.

Applications for 2025 are now closed.

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

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

Find out how to contact the Coursework Scholarships Office.