Grants

Discover the invaluable assistance provided to current and prospective students experiencing financial hardship through grants.

  • Category Foundation
    Description Available for Higher Education domestic Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander undergraduate (including honours) or postgraduate students.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $1,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student undertaking studies in a STEAM course – science, technology, engineering, the arts or mathematics at the Federation University Gippsland Campus in the second or third year of their program. Require evidence of being a part of the AIME program.
    Locations Gippsland
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $4,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Available for commencing or continuing higher education domestic, undergraduate (including honours) or postgraduate student studying in the field of science at the Gippsland Campus.
    Locations Gippsland
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $5,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Available for two asylum seekers or refugees undertaking studies in an undergraduate degree at a Federation University campus.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Wimmera
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Available for a Higher Education domestic Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student undertaking studies in undergraduate (including honours) or postgraduate studies at the Mt Helen campus.
    Locations Ballarat
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Available for a Higher Education domestic Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student undertaking studies in undergraduate (including honours) or postgraduate studies at the Gippsland campus.
    Locations Gippsland
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Available for a Higher Education student from a disadvantaged / low SES background undertaking studies at the Gippsland or Mt Helen campus.
    Locations Ballarat; Gippsland
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Available for a woman / female student undertaking studies in a STEM subject at the Gippsland or Mt Helen campus.
    Locations Ballarat; Gippsland
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic undergraduate (including honours) or postgraduate or TAFE student who is currently or has been in care, kinship care or a state ward for 12 months or more in their first, second or third year of their program.
    Locations Ballarat
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $1,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic students enrolled in an undergraduate (including honours) studying in environmental pursuits (Bachelor of Environmental and Conservation Science or Bachelor of Science with a major in ecology and environmental restoration) in the first year of their program at the Mt Helen Campus.
    Locations Ballarat
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic undergraduate or postgraduate student who is currently or has been in care, kinship care or a state ward for 12 months or more.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online; Wimmera
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic undergraduate (including honours) or postgraduate student who is currently or has been in care, kinship care or a state ward for 12 months or more in the second or third year of their program.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online; Wimmera
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $4,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic undergraduate or postgraduate Mt Helen Campus student.
    Locations Ballarat
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic, CALD, migrant, refugee, international, undergraduate or postgraduate Federation University Ballarat campus student and online students.This scholarship has been established from funds raised by Council members of Federation University in memory of a Council member Cameron Beyer.
    Locations Ballarat
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $8,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic, CALD, migrant, refugee, international, undergraduate or postgraduate Federation University campus students and online students.This scholarship has been established from funds raised by Council members.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online; Wimmera
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher Education Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students undertaking studies at the Gippsland campus in: Bachelor of Engineering (Civil); Bachelor of Professional Accounting; Bachelor of Business; Bachelor of Electrical and Information Engineering; Bachelor of Information Technology. Applicants must reside within the East Gippsland Shire.  This scholarship is paid as $3,000 per year for the duration of the degree, to a maximum of 3 years.  The recipient may be offered approximately 6-8 weeks full time paid employment during the University summer break at East Gippsland Shire Council. The recipient may be offered 1 year post employment with the East Gippsland Shire Council following completion of studies in Civil Engineering or Accounting.
    Locations Gippsland
    Status Open
    Opens 03/06/2024
    Closes 09/08/2024
    Value $3,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic, undergraduate (including honours) or postgraduate FedUni campus students. Elite athletes must be recognised as an elite athlete by the AIS, State Institute or Academy of Sport, AFL Players' Association, Rugby Union Players' Association, Rugby League Professionals Association, Australian Professional Footballers' Association or a national squad member from Australian Sports Commission funded sports. This scholarship will be paid as $7,000 in the first year and then $4,000 per year for up to 4 years of the degree.  If undertaking studies part time, the scholarship will be paid in pro-rata, half per year of the scholarship amount for up to 8 years of the degree. 
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online; Wimmera
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic, CALD, migrant, refugee, international, undergraduate or postgraduate Federation University campus students and online students.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online; Wimmera
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic, CALD, migrant, refugee, international, undergraduate (including honours) or postgraduate Federation University campus students and online students in the second or third year of their program.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online; Wimmera
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $4,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher Education domestic continuing student in the final year of Bachelor of Environmental and Conservation Science, to the value of $6,000.
    Locations Ballarat
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $6,500
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic undergraduate or postgraduate Mt Helen Campus student.
    Locations Ballarat
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic, migrant or refugee student who identifies as woman / female in the first year of their program undertaking studies in Science, Mathematics or Physics at the Federation University Mt Helen campus to the value of $1,000.
    Locations Ballarat
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $1,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic undergraduate (including honours) or postgraduate Mt Helen Campus student from a regional or rural area.
    Locations Ballarat
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic or international student who identifies as woman / female undergraduate (including honours) or postgraduate student studying at the Mt Helen campus.
    Locations Ballarat
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description This scholarship is open to a female student undertaking civil engineering studies at the Gippsland Campus. Applicants must live within the South Gippsland Shire Council.
    Locations Gippsland
    Status Open
    Opens 03/06/2024
    Closes 09/08/2024
    Value $3,500
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic undergraduate or postgraduate Federation University campus students and online students commencing studies in 2024. This scholarship has been established from funds raised by staff of Federation University.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online; Wimmera
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education migrant, refugee, international, undergraduate or postgraduate Federation University campus students and online students who commence studies in 2024. This scholarship has been established from funds raised by staff of Federation University.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online; Wimmera
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $7,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic, CALD, migrant, refugee, international, undergraduate (including honours) or postgraduate Federation University campus students and online students in the second or third year of their program.  This scholarship has been established from funds raised by staff of Federation University.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online; Wimmera
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $4,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Higher education domestic, CALD, migrant, refugee, international, undergraduate (including honours) or postgraduate Federation University campus students and online students in the second or third year of their program.   This scholarship has been established from funds raised by staff of Federation University.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online; Wimmera
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 06/01/2025
    Closes 02/03/2025
    Value $4,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Available for students who are undertaking civil engineering studies at the Gippsland Campus. Applicants must live within the Gippsland region with preference given to applicants who live within the Wellington Shire.  The scholarship is valued at $3,000.
    Locations Gippsland
    Status Open
    Opens 03/06/2024
    Closes 09/08/2024
    Value $3,000
  • Category Foundation
    Description Available for a commencing women / female student undertaking studies at the Mt Helen campus in Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) (Electrical or Electronic) or Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical).  Scholarship value is $6,000 plus $1,000 payable to fund a work-related or additional study experience (visit / flight / tour).
    Locations Ballarat
    Status Open
    Opens
    Closes
    Value $7,000
  • Category Deadly
    Description The Deadly Relocation/Accommodation Costs Scholarship (ICACS) aims to improve higher education access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’, particularly for those who need to relocate from regional and remote areas in order to access study.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online
    Status Open
    Opens 08/01/2024
    Closes 06/12/2024
    Value Up to $7,000
  • Category Deadly
    Description The Deadly Education Costs Scholarship (ICECS) aims to improve higher education access for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online
    Status Open
    Opens 08/01/2024
    Closes 06/12/2024
    Value $4,000
  • Category Grant
    Description The FedSuccess Book Grant provides financial support to purchase text books and other materials. Eligible students are provided with a $200 credit to assist with the cost of textbooks. 
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online
    Status Open
    Opens 12/02/2024
    Closes 06/12/2024
    Value Up to $200
  • Category Grant
    Description The FedSuccess Hardship Support Grant aims to provide assistance to students facing significant financial hardship which is impacting their program participation and progression.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online; Wimmera
    Status Open
    Opens 08/01/2024
    Closes 06/12/2024
    Value Up to $1,200
  • Category Grant
    Description The FedSuccess Placement Grant supports eligible Domestic Undergraduate students who otherwise would not be able to complete required placement and prevent program progression.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online
    Status Open
    Opens 08/01/2024
    Closes 06/12/2024
    Value Up to $1,000
  • Category Government Funded Scholarships
    Description The 2024 Care Experience Scholarships aim to support eligible Higher Education and TAFE students, who have been in foster care, kinship care or residential care by acknowledging their resilience and potential and breaking barriers to education.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online; Wimmera
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 01/08/2024
    Closes 30/09/2024
    Value Up to $1,000
  • Category Grant
    Description The FedSuccess Computer Grant assists students who do not have a laptop or require an update to their laptop to undertake their course. Eligible students receive a computer grant voucher to access an allocated laptop from a CompNow store. 
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online
    Status Open
    Opens 03/06/2024
    Closes 09/08/2024
    Value Up to
  • Category External
    Description AVCAT scholarships are tertiary scholarships for the children and grandchildren of Australian ex-serving veterans. Scholarships are $4000–$6000 per year, for up to three years. Apply online at avcat.org.au from 18 August 2024, Vietnam Veterans' Day. Applications close at midnight AEDT on 31 October 2024. Applicants Must Be: • Enrolled, or planning to enrol, in a full-time course for one or more academic year’s duration at a university, TAFE, or RTO in 2025 • The child, stepchild, foster child, or grandchild of an Australian ex-serving veteran • An Australian citizen or permanent resident • In receipt of, or eligible to receive in 2025, a means-tested Commonwealth educational payment – Youth Allowance, ABSTUDY, Austudy or Veterans' Children Education Scheme (VCES), or Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Education and Training Scheme (MRCAETS). The Long Tan Bursary is sponsored by the Australian Government Department of Veterans’ Affairs. View the complete list of AVCAT Scholarship sponsors here. Find information about scholarships, the application process or scholarship eligibility at avcat.org.au.
    Locations
    Status Upcoming
    Opens 18/08/2024
    Closes 31/10/2024
    Value Up to $6,000
  • Category External
    Description The Pinarc Disability Support Allied Health Bursary Scheme supports career pathways to speech pathology, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy employment within the disability sector in either regional Ballarat or western metropolitan Melbourne (Melton). This scheme supports final year allied health students with a commitment to working in the disability sector by providing financial assistance and work experience opportunities as therapy assistants whilst completing the final year of their degree. Bursaries valued at $10,000 each are available to be awarded to final year allied health students studying speech pathology, occupational therapy, or physiotherapy in Victoria. Bursary recipients are required to commit to a full time two-year return of service at Pinarc Disability Support’s Ballarat or Melton site upon completion of their degree. .
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online
    Status Open
    Opens
    Closes
    Value Up to $10,000
  • Category External
    Description Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships support new undergraduate and postgraduate teaching students to meet the costs of their study in exchange for teaching in government schools or government-run early learning settings for a period of time after graduating from their degree. Scholarships of $40,000 per student are available for full-time undergraduate initial teacher education (ITE) students ($10,000 per year for a four-year qualification) and $20,000 for full-time postgraduate ITE students ($10,000 per year for a two‑year qualification).
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online
    Status Open
    Opens
    Closes
    Value Up to $40,000
  • Category External
    Description ATSE’s Elevate: Boosting women in STEM program will award more than 500 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships to women and non-binary people in STEM. Elevate aims to address gender inequities in STEM through fostering more women and non-binary led industry-academia collaborations in applied research and business, growing professional skills of women in STEM and propelling women and non-binary people into leadership. The Elevate program provides: • A scholarship • Access to events and networking • Mentoring • Wellbeing support during scholars’ university studies Elevate scholarships are awarded across three categories – Undergraduate, Postgraduate Research and Leadership. The program is funded by the Department of Industry, Science and Resources and the Department of Defence. A network of partner organisations from across industry and academia support program delivery.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland; Online
    Status Open
    Opens 01/05/2024
    Closes 30/08/2024
    Value Up to
  • Category External
    Description The Going Rural - Student Placement Support Scheme has been developed to assist students with the associated costs of accommodation and travel when completing a clinical placement in a rural setting across Hume, Ovens, Murray, Goulburn, Ballarat and Grampians region
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland
    Status Open
    Opens 20/01/2022
    Closes
    Value Up to $2,500
  • Category External
    Description The Masters of Psychology – Rural Placement Program was established in 2016. The program aims to grow the rural workforce by supporting students to undertake rural placements and building the capacity of host sites and supervisors to support students. This program is funded by the Australian Government Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training program. Support provided can include financial assistance/bursary (eligibility criteria applies), education support, mentoring assistance, cultural training, support to supervisors, placement matching & placement development.
    Locations Ballarat
    Status Open
    Opens
    Closes
    Value Up to $2,000
  • Category Government Funded Scholarships
    Description This scholarship supports students who choose to live in University accommodation in Victoria and is valued at $1000 per semester for two semesters (total annual value $2000 AUD).
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland
    Status Open
    Opens
    Closes
    Value Up to $2,000
  • Category Government Funded Scholarships
    Description The Federation Excellence Scholarship is offered to eligible high achieving international students applying for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees. This scholarship is the equivalent of 20% of your annual tuition fees for the duration of your course. To maintain the scholarship an awardee must maintain a GPA of at least 5 while studying.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland
    Status Open
    Opens
    Closes
    Value Up to 20% of annual tuition fees
  • Category Government Funded Scholarships
    Description Federation University Australia is pleased to offer a Pathways Scholarship to international students who commence in a Federation University pathway course in 2024. The Federation Pathways Scholarship is equivalent to 20% of the annual tuition fees of a pathway course such as Foundation or Higher Education Diploma.
    Locations Ballarat; Berwick; Gippsland
    Status Open
    Opens
    Closes
    Value Up to 20% of annual tuition fees
  • Category External
    Description Established in 2001, the General Sir John Monash Foundation provides postgraduate scholarships to outstanding Australians to study overseas. The Foundation's mission is to encourage the academic excellence of our nation’s brightest individuals and to foster the growth of their leadership qualities for the benefit of Australia’s future. Generously supported by governments, corporate organisations, private donors and a body of universities, the Foundation has supported 264 John Monash Scholars to date, all of whom have been selected based on their exceptional capacity for leadership and a commitment to issues of national importance. Rapidly emerging from this growing cohort are some of Australia’s most influential thought leaders and change-makers, including leading scientists, academics, business people and policymakers across sustainability, technology, the arts, engineering, health, law and Indigenous affairs. The John Monash Scholarship for postgraduate study overseas is awarded in the spirit of General Sir John Monash, a remarkable Australian who believed that education is not given for individual benefit, but for the higher duties of citizens who seek to advance society. In 2021, the Foundation launched the John Monash Foundation Leadership Academy, an alumni program designed to ensure the professional and academic success of Scholar members. The Academy provides ongoing support, mentorship and professional development for John Monash Scholars to help maximise their long-term impact. The alumni constitute a talent bank for Australia. Applications for scholarships open each year in June, with Scholars appointed in October / November. Applicants can come from any discipline and study at any institution in the world.
    Locations
    Status Open
    Opens 03/06/2024
    Closes 01/07/2024
    Value Up to