Important dates
Applications for Trimester/Semester 1 2025 open 5 September 2024.
Applications for Trimester/Semester 1 2025 close 7 January 2025 at 5pm.
Scholarship offer rounds
Round 1: To be considered for these Round 1 scholarship offers you will need to submit your application and all supporting documentation by 7 January 2025 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 31 January 2025 at 5pm.
All scholarships will be offered within six weeks of the Re-offer round closing date.
Benefits
This scholarship offers payments up to $8000 per year towards accommodation costs with Deakin Residences.
This scholarship is available for 3-4 years (dependent on course duration).
Eligibility criteria
Prospective candidates should ensure they meet all criteria before submitting their application.
To be eligible you must be:
- a domestic student
- commencing an undergraduate bachelor degree in Trimester/Semester 1 2025
- enrolled full time at Deakin's Geelong Waurn Ponds, Waterfront or Warrnambool campus (on campus study)
- relocating from a Victorian rural or regional home location to study at Deakin University
- residing in on-campus accommodation* at Waurn Ponds, Waterfront or Warrnambool
Preference will be given to students who are enrolled in the Bachelor of Construction Management and/or who are from Colac or the Western District of Victoria.
*You will need to submit a specific residential application in addition to a scholarship application. It's free to apply or cancel your application at anytime until a deposit is made. To apply visit Deakin Residential Services.
Conditions
The following conditions apply:
- you must reside at Deakin Residences Waurn Ponds, Waterfront and Warrnambool for the first year of the scholarship only. If you vacate from residences after your first year of study, the scholarship amount will be processed as a cash payment
- you must write an introduction statement about your goals for study and what it means to receive the scholarship
- you must provide a completion statement at the conclusion of your studies
- this scholarship only applies to accommodation costs with Deakin Residences, no further residential cost discounts will apply.
- you must remain enrolled in on campus studies
- scholarship recipients must agree to and abide by all rules set out in our Residential Handbook
- this scholarship are offered for Waurn Ponds, Waterfront and Warrnambool campus only, this scholarship is not transferrable to other campuses
- the scholarship cannot be intermitted and you must maintain a full-time course load for the duration of the scholarship
- depending on the time of your accommodation application, you may receive an accommodation offer before the scholarship offers have been made in mid-January 2025. If you receive an accommodation offer and wish to secure your accommodation regardless of the scholarship outcome, you will need to pay a deposit which will later be refunded if you receive a scholarship
- if you do not wish to pay a deposit, you may cancel or decline your accommodation offer and re-apply if you are successful in securing a scholarship, however please note that this will be subject to availability and may mean that you do not receive your first preference of accommodation type
- if you pay the deposit, are not successful in securing a scholarship and find you no longer want to live on Residences, cancellation and refund of this deposit will be considered at the discretion of Deakin Residential Services.
Your application
Application tips
Applying for a scholarship isn’t just about meeting the eligibility criteria.
It’s a good idea to think about why you want a scholarship, how it will help you and what you have to offer the Deakin community.
How to apply
Apply through VTAC
If you’ve applied to study at Deakin through VTAC and have completed a VTAC scholarship application, you’ll be considered for this scholarship.
Apply directly to Deakin
If you didn't complete a VTAC scholarship application, are applying directly to Deakin for a course or already have your 2025 course offer, you can apply for this scholarship directly to Deakin through our Scholarship Application Portal.
When applying direct to Deakin for this scholarship, select the 'Undergraduate Scholarship Application Tri/Sem 1 2025' option and, if eligible, your application will automatically be considered for this scholarship.
This reduces the number of scholarships you have to apply for and increases your chances of receiving a Deakin scholarship.
The scholarship application process is highly competitive with a limited number of scholarships available. Unfortunately, not all eligible applicants will receive one.
What happens next?
Your application will be assessed and ranked based on the details you provide and your supporting documentation.
We will commence offering scholarships progressively from mid-January 2025. To give your application the best chance possible of being considered in all offer rounds, you should submit your application and supporting documentation by 7 January 2025 at 5pm.
If you are successful, you will be contacted by the email address you nominated in your application portal account, unsuccessful applicants will not be contacted. You'll find out if you are successful usually within six weeks of the Re-offer round closing date. If you have not received an offer by this time, you have been unsuccessful. You can view the status of your application via your scholarship application portal account.
Next offering period
This scholarship is yet to be confirmed for any future offering periods. Please check back at this page at a later date for any updates.