IGNITED Scholarship - Igniting female interest in engineering, information technology and construction management

The IGNITED Scholarship has been created to ignite women's interest in industry areas traditionally dominated by men, including engineering, information technology and construction management.

This scholarship is open to female students entering an approved undergraduate course offered by the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment.

Scholarship offer rounds Early Round: To be considered for these early round scholarship offers you will need to submit your application and all supporting documentation by 5 December 2022 at 5pm.

Round 1: To be considered for these Round 1 scholarship offers you will need to submit your application and all supporting documentation by 9 January 2023 at 5pm.

We will be aiming for full allocation at this round.

Re-offer Round: To be considered for any remaining scholarships, not taken up in previous offer rounds, you will need to submit your application and all supporting documentation by 2 February 2023 at 5pm.

All scholarships will be offered within six weeks of the Re-offer round closing date.

Benefits

Payment of $625 per credit point plus an academic mentor. Payments can be made as cash or towards student contributions (tuition fees) - the choice is yours.

This scholarship is available for the normal course duration.

To be eligible you must:

• be female

• an Australian citizen, New Zealand citizen, Australian permanent resident or holder of an Australian permanent humanitarian visa

• be a commencing student enrolled for the first time at Deakin University in your first year of your bachelor degree in Trimester 1 2023

• be enrolled full-time in a Commonwealth Supported Place in one of the following courses:

• Bachelor of Artificial Intelligence

• Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours)

• Bachelor of Computer Science

• Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours)

• Bachelor of Cyber Security

• Bachelor of Data Science

• Bachelor of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (Honours)

• Bachelor of Engineering (Industry) (Honours)

• Bachelor of Environmental Engineering (Honours)

• Bachelor of Information Technology

• Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (Honours)

• Bachelor of Mechatronics Engineering (Honours)

• Bachelor of Software Engineering (Honours)

• be enrolled at Melbourne Burwood, Geelong Waterfront, Geelong Waurn Ponds or Online

• Year 12 applicants - minimum ATAR of 70 (including published subject or Special Equity and Access Scheme adjustments) and satisfactory completion of the published course specific requirements

• Consideration will be given for non-Year 12 applicants based on academic merit (in previous Year 12 results and/or GPA for post-secondary studies deemed at or above the equivalent of a 70 ATAR).