Merralls Scholarship
THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Open to students of Indigenous Australian background about to commence the Melbourne JD and are experiencing disadvantaged circumstances. This scholarship is awarded on the basis of both academic merit and financial need.
What are the benefits?
$10,000 per year over three years (total $30,000).
To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:
Be accepted to commence study in the Melbourne JD; and
Have applied through Graduate Access Melbourne (GAM) under the (1) ‘Recognition as an Indigenous Australian’ and (2) ‘Disadvantaged socio-economic circumstances’ categories; satisfy the GAM eligibility criteria for those categories; and supply the required documentation for those categories, including:
A Certificate of Aboriginality or a Statutory Declaration.
A 500-word statement outlining the student’s socio-economic circumstances.
The ‘Disadvantaged socioeconomic circumstances – Supplementary form’, which includes an additional 750-word statement, and income and expenses summaries; and
substantiation of claims with relevant, third-party verified, documentation such as pay slips, Centrelink statements etc.
Selection criteria:
The scholarship is awarded on the basis of demonstrated financial need and academic merit.