Murdoch Senate Scholarship –Murdoch University Perth Western Australia

Scholarship Introduction:
Murdoch University introduced the Murdoch Senate Scholarship in 2005 to recognise the hardships some of our students face while studying. If you are experiencing financial or personal hardship while studying at Murdoch we encourage you to apply for the $3,000 scholarship that can be used to help you with some of the costs of full time study. The Scholarship is valued at $3,000 and is paid as two lump sums of $1,500 each semester for two semesters, and you can re-apply throughout your undergraduate studies as often as you need to.

Eligibility for scholarship:
Applicant must fulfill the following conditions to apply for the scholarship

• must be an Australian citizen or Permanent Resident with a Humanitarian Visa
• must have enrolled at Murdoch in your first undergraduate course, or enrolled in a PostGrad Dip Ed
• must be in financial hardship
• must have enrolled in a minimum of 9 credit points, or have exceptional reasons for studying part-time

Application form:
The application form link is available from the site when form is open. All applications are ranked against each other in a careful assessment of the combination of each of these criteria.

• Overall eligibility requirements as outlined above
• Whether you are considered to belong to an equity grouping, for example if you have a disability or medical condition, if you are Indigenous, or if you have had to relocate from a regional or remote area to study at Murdoch
• What level of responsibility you may have for others, and your living arrangements
• Any difficult personal circumstances that may be unique to your life experience
• Your level of financial difficulty
• Australian Bureau of Statistics indicators of disadvantage.

How to apply:

• Applications are open from the Monday of Orientation Week each semester and close at 4:30pm on the Friday of Week 2.
• The application form is electronic and the link to the form is available from this website when applications are open.

Last date to apply:
The last date to apply is February 7 , 2011.

Source: http://our.murdoch.edu.au/Student-life/Finances/Undergrad-scholarships/Murdoch-Senate-Scholarship/