Scape Accommodation Support Scholarship

For students who need to relocate to study at RMIT in Melbourne; provides a rental subsidy worth up to $10,536.

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, an Australian permanent resident or a permanent humanitarian visa holder
• be from an interstate or rural/regional area and moving/moved to Melbourne to study at RMIT
• be enrolling full time in semester 1 2023 in a certificate IV, diploma, degree or postgraduate by coursework program at RMIT
• not already be committed to a student accommodation provider under a lease agreement in 2023
• be able to demonstrate circumstance/s which impact your ability to study such as:
• receiving a government tested low income benefit or having a Centrelink Health Care Card
• having a long-term medical condition or disability
• experiencing personal/family/social difficulties
• have previously/are currently living in foster/kinship care or are a ward of the state
• be from an under-represented background such as
• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
• were born overseas, are from a non-English background and recently migrated to Australia
• current or former refugee
• completed secondary school at a School Network Access Program school
• have not previously commenced or completed a program at the same level of study or higher.

If you are a certificate IV or diploma student you must:

• have a government-subsidised place.
• not be enrolling in an apprenticeship or traineeship program. Preference will be given to students commencing a program at RMIT for the first time.