Sarah's Dream Scholarship

This scholarship provides $10,000 for one year.

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be an Australian citizen
• have completed your first year of the Associate Degree in Aviation (Professional Pilots) (AD023), with a minimum of 96 credit points and a maximum of 120 credit points of study (or credit exemptions) by the end of 2024
• be enrolling full-time in semester 1 and 2 2025 in the Associate Degree in Aviation (Professional Pilots) (AD023) (and may have co-enrolment in the Bachelor of Aviation (Pilot Training) (BP345) - but not solely enrolled in this program in either semester)
  
• 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
  • 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 academic achievement
• be passionate about the aviation industry
• have not completed the same level of program or higher, e.g., if you plan to study/are studying an Associate Degree in Aviation, you should not have previously completed another associate degree

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).

Quotes from past recipients:

"I was overjoyed and felt very privileged to be offered such an important scholarship. It has given me the opportunity to finish my studies, before I got the scholarship I was planning to take the semester off of study to save for the course. Now I am able to complete the final semester of my course and began chasing my dream job sooner." - Associate Degree in Aviation (Professional Pilot) student

Find out how to contact the Coursework Scholarships Office.