George Alexander Foundation Scholarship

For bachelor degree students with academic ability, leadership potential and a passion for community involvement; worth up to $24,000.

George Alexander (1910–2008) was an engineer who studied Industrial Management and Executive Training at RMIT. George was particularly aware of the obstacles he had faced as a child and his own lack of education, so he was inspired to help young people from disadvantaged backgrounds get a start in life. In order to achieve this, he created the George Alexander Foundation to use his wealth in a constructive way.

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be an Australian citizen, permanent resident or permanent humanitarian visa holder
• be enrolling full-time in semester 1 and 2 at RMIT in a bachelor degree in 2023
• have completed at least one year of your program
• have at least two years of full-time study remaining (full-time through 2023 and 2024)*
• be able to demonstrate academic merit
• show initiative and commitment in your academic and/or personal life
• be active in your community (i.e., volunteer work, university clubs and committees, student leadership or sporting teams)
• demonstrate leadership and leadership potential in your academic, professional and/or personal life
• not have completed the same level of program or higher, e.g., if you are studying a Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction Management), you should not have previously completed another bachelor degree.

*Bachelor of Architectural Design (BP250) students who have at least two years of full-time study remaining or intend to transition into the Master of Architecture (MC163) immediately after completing BP250 are eligible to apply (if all other eligibility criteria are met).

Postgraduate students are ineligible to apply.