Alan and Mary Longstaff Women in Engineering Scholarship

For students who identify as a woman in the first or second year of a Bachelor of Engineering who are Indigenous, relocating to study, or can demonstrate financial disadvantage; worth up to $5,000.

If you identify as a woman and are commencing or going into the second year in a Bachelor of Engineering and are either an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, moving from a regional area to study in Melbourne, or can demonstrate financial disadvantage, this scholarship could provide assistance for two years.

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be an Australian citizen, an Australian permanent resident or an Australian permanent humanitarian visa holder
• identify as a woman
• be undertaking full-time study in semester 1 2023 in a single Bachelor of Engineering degree and be either:
• commencing first year, or
• enrolling in second year (not have completed/have credit exemptions more than 96 credit points of study by the end of semester 2 2022)
• meet one or more of the following:
• identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
• be from a rural/regional area and moving/moved to Melbourne to study at RMIT
• be able to demonstrate financial disadvantage such as receiving a government tested low income benefit or having a Centrelink Health Care Card
• have not previously commenced or completed a program at the same level of study or higher

Preference will be given to students who are commencing their first year in their Bachelor of Engineering program.