Apply with confidence by understanding the scholarship's purpose, requirements and assessment criteria before you begin.
✓ Read the scholarship conditions carefully
Each scholarship has its own:
- Eligibility requirements
- Purpose and objectives
- Assessment criteria
- Supporting document requirements
- Submission deadlines
To maximise your chances of receiving an award, we strongly encourage you to carefully review the eligibility criteria and purpose of each scholarship before submitting an application.
Applying for awards that are not relevant to your circumstances is unlikely to strengthen your application and may reduce your overall chances of success. Assessment committees consider applications against the specific objectives and selection criteria of each award. Where an applicant's experience, background, field of study, or proposed activity does not align with the intent of the scholarship, the application is less likely to be competitive.
Assessment committees have noted instances where applicants have submitted applications for awards that did not match the award's intended purpose. For example, an award may be designed to support a particular area of study, research topic, career pathway, geographic region, financial circumstance, or personal background. When applications do not demonstrate a clear connection to these objectives, committees are unable to assess them favourably, regardless of the applicant's broader achievements.
✓ Understand what the award supports
Different scholarships may support:
- Research activities
- Conference travel
- Overseas study
- Financial hardship
- Academic achievement
- Discipline-specific research
- Professional development opportunities.
Make sure you understand what the funding is intended to support before preparing your application.