Frances Feenstra Psychology Scholarship

People Measures endeavours to encourage Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to consider organisational psychology as a career.

Benefits

• Honours and graduate diploma students will receive cash payments up to $5000 over one year.
• Masters students will receive cash payments up to $10,000, based on remaining course duration (payments of $625 per enrolled credit point for the remaining course duration).

Areas of study: Psychology At Institution: Deakin University

Study level:

• Honours, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma
• Postgraduate coursework

Study Load: Full Time Location: VIC

Conditions As a scholarship recipient you must:

• write an introduction statement about your goals for study and what it means to receive the scholarship
• provide a completion statement at the conclusion of your studies
• be prepared to attend a meet and greet with the scholarship donor.

Your application Supporting documents As part of the application process, you will also be required to upload current supporting documentation.

When you apply for this scholarship, you'll need to supply evidence of your financial and/or medical hardship (if applicable).

Make sure you choose the correct document type when you upload your documents as it will make a difference. If your documents are uploaded into the incorrect type they will not be considered when assessing your application. Remember it is quality, not quantity, which you need to provide. Aim to provide documents which are current, relevant and concise.

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Application tips Applying for a scholarship isn’t just about meeting the eligibility criteria.

It’s a good idea to think about why you want a scholarship, how it will help you and what you have to offer the Deakin community.

You can apply for this scholarship directly to Deakin through our Scholarship Application Portal.

To be eligible, you must be: an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person; experiencing an area of hardship that impacts your ability to study; enrolled full-time at Deakin University at the respective trimester in one of the following courses:

• Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) (must be a commencing student)
• Graduate Diploma of Psychology (Advanced) (must be a commencing student)
• Master of Pscyhology (Organisational) (you must have a minimum of 8 credit points of study remaining).