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Scholarship name Annual Value Duration Open Date Close Date
Vice-Chancellor's Academic Excellence Scholarship 100% student contributions, $5000 cash per year and Vice-Chancellor's Professional Excellence Program, $35 000 to $80 000 depending on your course duration Normal course duration 27/8/19
 9/1/20
Deakin Bushfire Relief Residential Scholarship All Deakin Residences costs 1 year 8/1/20
 To be advised
Deakin Academic Performance Scholarship Cash payment up to $8000 1 year Based on ATAR achieved in 2019 Based on ATAR achieved in 2019
Deakin Scholarship for Excellence Undergraduate - $5000 per year Postgraduate - $10 000 per year Normal course duration 27/8/19
 Various closing dates - refer to scholarship webpage
Deakin Scholarship for Excellence - Juris Doctor $10 000 paid towards tuition fees Normal course duration 27/8/19
 12/2/20
Deakin Student Support Scholarship Various packages available: $1000 to $10 000 Different packages have different durations. 27/8/19
 Various closing dates - refer to scholarship webpage
Deakin Funded Scholarship Program Various packages are available. Different packages have different durations 27/8/19
 Various closing dates - refer to scholarship webpage
Deakin Sanctuary Scholarships 100% of tuition fees Normal course duration 27/8/19
 9/1/20
Deakin Sport Network Elite Athlete Scholarship $5000 per year 3 years 27/8/19
 12/2/20
Deakin Warrnambool Residential Scholarships Up to 50% reduction of Deakin Residences costs Normal course duration 1/10/19
 16/3/20
Deakin Warrnambool Residential International Scholarships Up to 50% of Deakin Residences costs Normal course duration 1/10/19
 Scholarship will close when full allocated
Deakin Western Chances Scholarships Up to $3500 1 year 13/11/19
 16/3/20
Alliance Catering Scholarship Cash payment up to $7500 per year Normal course duration 5/6/19
 10/7/19
Allison Murphy Memorial Scholarship Cash payment up to $10,000 per year 3 years 22/11/18
 7/2/19
Alumni Postgraduate bursary 15% reduction per unit Normal course duration Now open Trimester 3 2019 census date
Anna Kannava Scholarship $3000 one-off payment One-off payment 22/1/20
 19/2/20
The Archie and Hilda Graham Foundation Scholarship $5000 in total plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 1 year 27/8/19
 22/1/20
Arcadia Landscape Architecture Indigenous Scholarship Cash payment up to $5000 per year for up to two years 2 years 12/12/19
 16/3/20
AusNet Services Women in Engineering Scholarship Cash payment up to $10 000 per year Normal course duration 27/8/19
 19/2/20
Barwon Water Scholarship Cash payment up to $2000 per year 3 years 27/8/19
 19/2/20
Barwon Water Scholarship for Women in STEM Cash payment up to $2000 per year 3 years 27/8/19
 19/2/20
Bendigo Bank Community Scholarship Program Cash payment up to $4000 per year 3 years 5/6/19
 10/7/19
Casella Family Brands Scholarship Cash payment up to $5000 per year 2 years 27/8/19
 16/3/20
CHC Indigenous Pathway Scholarship Cash payment up to $5000 per year for three years 3 years 12/12/19
 16/3/20
The Christopher Morton Memorial Scholarship $1500 one-off payment 1 year 15/1/20
 16/3/20
ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects Academic Merit Scholarship Cash payment up to $2500 per year for two years 2 years 22/1/20
ClarkeHopkinsClarke Architects Access & Equity Scholarship Cash payment up to $2500 per year 2 years 10/10/18
 14/2/19
Deakin Donors Access Scholarship Cash payment up to $5000 per year Multiple years 2 or 3 years 3/12/19
 22/1/20
Deakin University Student Association (DUSA) Scholarships Voucher package 1 year 27/8/19
 9/1/20
Deakin University Community Bank Relocation Scholarship Cash payment up to $5000 per year Normal course duration 5/6/19
 10/7/19
The den Hollander Scholarship Cash payment up to $8000 per year 1 year 27/8/19
 22/1/20
DemoDAIRY Foundation Scholarship Cash payment up to $5000 per year plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 2 years 27/8/19
 16/3/20
den Hollander Geelong Cats AFLW Scholarship Cash payment up to $8000 per year 1 year 27/8/19
 22/1/20
Destination Australia Scholarships Up to $15 000 per year Normal course duration 1/11/19
 16/3/20
Destination Australia Scholarships International Up to $15 000 per year Normal course duration 1/11/19
 22/1/20
Dr (Aunty) Mary Atkinson Scholarships 100% student contributions (tuition fees) Normal course duration Based on course offer for 2020 Based on course offer for 2020
Dr Menzie and Margaret Lipson Scholarship Up to $7000 per year towards student contributions (tuition fees) Normal course duration 28/8/18
 22/1/19
Ernie Williams Indigenous Scholarship Cash payment up to $10 000 per year 4 years 27/8/19
 12/2/20
Felicity Melican and Gerard Barker Scholarship $7000 in total plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 2 years 27/8/19
 22/1/20
Findex Scholarship Cash payment up to $4000 plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 1 year 27/8/19
 22/1/20
Flavourtech Grow Our Own Scholarship Cash payment up to $5000 1 year 27/8/19
 22/1/20
FJ Foundation Scholarship $7000 in total plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 2 years 27/8/19
 16/3/20
Fletcher and Rena Jones (Cumorah) Foundation Scholarship $7000 in total plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 2 years 27/8/19
 16/3/20
Ford Australia Women in STEAM Scholarship Cash payment up to $12 500 1 year 27/8/19
 22/1/20
Freemasons Foundation Victoria Scholarship Cash payment up to $5000 for one year 1 year 4/12/19
 22/1/20
The Geoff and Helen Handbury Foundation Scholarship $7000 in total plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 2 years 27/8/19
 16/3/20
The George Alexander Foundation Scholarships Cash payment of up to $8000 per year for 3 years or $6000 per year for 4 years 3-4 years, depending on normal course duration 27/8/19
 9/1/20
The George Fairfax Arts Management Scholarship Sue Nattrass Arts Management Fund Cash payment up to $6000 Multiple years 11/9/19
 12/2/20
Graduate Certificate Humanitarian Health Scholarship (Domestic) $500 per credit point Two credit points 5/6/19
 10/7/19
The Harold Carroll Memorial Scholarship Cash payment up to $5,000 3 years 17/10/18
 8/1/19
Helen Macpherson Smith Trust Scholarship Cash payment up to $7000 per year 3 or 4 years 28/8/19
 22/1/20
HEPPP Retention and Support Scholarship One off cash payment of $2500 One-off payment 18/2/20
 16/3/20
The Helen Macpherson Smith Trust Arts and Cultural Management Scholarship Cash payment up to $6000 4 credit points 13/9/19
 12/2/20
IGNITED Scholarship - Igniting female interest in engineering, information technology and construction management Cash payment or student contributions up to $5000 per year and an academic mentor Normal course duration 27/8/19
 22/1/20
Indigenous Student Success Program Cash payment of up to $4000 1 year 18/2/20
 16/3/20
Isobel & David Jones Family Foundation Scholarship $7000 in total plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 2 years 27/8/19
 22/1/20
Jewish Holocaust Centre Wilson Family Scholarship Cash payment up to $3000 One-off payment 5/6/19
 10/7/19
JNE Scholarship Cash payment up to $1000 1 year 22/11/18
 7/2/19
MBA Access for Women Scholarships 50% of tuition fees Normal course duration 29/8/18
 14/2/19
Midfield Group Agricultural Scholarship $7000 in total plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 2 years 27/8/19
 22/1/20
Moyne Shire Council Scholarship $7000 in total plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 2 years 27/8/19
 22/1/20
Moyne Shire Council Food and Agribusiness Scholarship $7000 in total plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 2 years 27/8/19
 16/3/20
Murray Medical Imaging Scholarship Cash payment up to $1500 1 year 24/10/18
 22/1/19
NAB Financial Planning Scholarship Cash payment up to $5000 1 year 22/2/19
 8/4/19
Peddle Thorp Scholarship in Masters of Architecture Cash payment up to $3500 1 year 18/2/20
 16/3/20
Penfold Scholarships Cash payment up to $10 000 1 year 28/8/18
 8/1/19
Peter Davis Memorial Honours Scholarship Cash payment of $500 One-off payment 18/2/20
 16/3/20
Pitcher Partners Scholarship Cash payment up to $12 500 1 year 5/6/19
 10/7/19
Port of Portland Regional Women in Engineering Scholarship Cash payment up to $8000 per year Normal course duration 4/10/19
 19/2/20
PSA Insurance Scholarship To be confirmed 1 year 2/12/19
 6/12/19
Regional Journalism Scholarships Program Different amounts available 3 years 24/1/19
 12/3/19
Richard Michael Future Leaders in Engineering Scholarship Cash payment up to $5000 per year 2 years 10/10/19
 22/1/20
Rex Carland Scholarship Cash payment up to $5000 One-off payment 5/6/19
 10/7/19
Rotary District 9780 Clinical Placement Scholarship Cash payment up to $5000 1 year 24/10/18
 22/1/19
SecureWorx Cybersecurity Excellence Scholarship Cash payment up to $15 000 per year 3 years 5/6/19
 10/7/19
SEW_EURODRIVE Scholarship in Mechatronics Engineering Cash payment up to $5000 per year 2 years 27/8/19
 19/2/20
South West Philanthropic Academic Scholarships Deakin Warrnambool Campus $7000 in total plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 2 years 27/8/19
 16/3/20
South West Philanthropic Scholarships for Deakin Warrnambool Campus $7000 in total plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 2 years 27/8/19
 22/1/20
Student Rental Assistance Scheme Cash payment of up to $1440 1 year monthly instalments 18/2/20
 16/3/20
Sisters of Charity Foundation Scholarship Cash payment of up to $7500 per year Up to four years 13/12/19
 22/1/20
The Sue Nattrass Scholarship Supported by the Myer Foundation (Graduate Diploma) Initial payment of $500, up to $14 400 over multiple years Multiple years 29/8/17
 28/2/18
The Sue Nattrass Scholarship Supported by the Myer Foundation (Graduate Certificate) Initial payment of $500, up to $7200 over multiple years Multiple years 29/8/17
 Applications will remain open until all scholarships have been awarded.
The Sue Nattrass Scholarship (Masters) Initial payment of $500, up to $21 600 over multiple years Multiple years 11/9/19
 12/2/20
Saputo Dairy Australia Scholarship $4000 in total plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 2 years 27/8/19
 16/3/20
Wannon Water Scholarship $7000 in total plus 10% discount with Deakin Residences Warrnambool 2 years 27/8/19
 22/1/20
Westpac Bicentennial Foundation Young Technologist Scholarships Cash payment up to $5000 per year Normal course duration 24/10/18
 22/1/19
Women in Humanitarian Action Scholarship  Graduate Certificate of Humanitarian Health (T3 2019) 50% tuition fees Two credit points 23/10/19
 13/11/19
Women in Humanitarian Action Scholarship  Graduate Certificate of Humanitarian Health 50% tuition fees Two credit points 10/10/19
 12/2/20
Women in Humanitarian Action Scholarship  Master of Humanitarian Assistance (T3 2019) 100% tuition fees Four credit points 23/10/19
 13/11/19
Women in Humanitarian Action Scholarship  Master of Humanitarian Assistance 100% tuition fees Four credit points 10/10/19
 12/2/20
Yarn Strong Sista Indigenous Scholarship Cash payment up to $3000 One-off payment 5/6/19
 10/7/19
Deakin Vice-Chancellor's International Scholarship 100% or 50% of your tuition fees plus participation in the Vice-Chancellor's Professional Excellence Program and priority place in on-campus accommodation (at own cost and subject to availability) Normal course duration 1/1/16
 N/A
Deakin International Scholarship 25% of your student contribution (tuition fees) Normal course duration 1/1/16
 N/A
Deakin STEM Scholarship 20% of student contributions (tuition fees) Normal course duration Now open Trimester 3 2021
Deakin Latin America Scholarship 15% of student contributions (tuition fees) Normal course duration Now open Trimester 3 2023
Deakin Vice-Chancellor's Meritorious 100% Scholarship (India) 100% of tuition fees Normal course duration Now open N/A
Deakin India Cloud Bursary $2,000 Normal course duration Now open November 2020
International Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship 100% (South Asia) 100% of tuition fees Normal course duration Now open N/A
Deakin Global Health Leaders Scholarship 20% of the total indicative tuition fee Normal course duration Now open Trimester 3 2022
Business and Law International Partner Institutions Bursary 10% of your student contribution (tuition fees) Normal course duration 4/3/19
 31/12/23
Faculty of Arts & Education Chinese Partner Bursary Total value of $3000. 1/1/16
Now open		 To be advised
Master of Business Administration Global Leader's Scholarship 20% fee reduction of the total course cost Normal course duration 1/1/17
 1/10/20
Master of Laws (LLM) Domestic Scholarship Fee reduction of $6000 for the duration of the course. Normal course duration 4 credit points of study To be advised To be advised
Master of Laws (LLM) International Scholarship Fee reduction of $10 000 for the duration of the course. Normal course duration 4/3/19
 1/12/23
Warrnambool Campus International Bursary 20% of student tuition fees for the normal duration of selected courses Normal course duration Now open for 2018 Trimester 3 2020
Deakin India Postgraduate Bursary 20% 20% off the total indicative fee Normal course duration Now open Trimester 3, 2021
Deakin India Merit Scholarship 25% 25% of your tuition fees Normal course duration Now open 15 December 2021
Deakin India Undergraduate 20% Scholarship 20% of your tuition fees Normal course duration Now open 15 December 2021
Deakin International 25% Merit Scholarship 25% of your tuition fees Normal course duration 1/3/16
 15/12/17
Deakin International 20% Merit Scholarship 20% of your tuition fees Normal course duration 1/3/16
 15/12/17
Deakin International Merit Scholarship (South Asia - Onshore) 20 or 25% discount off your tuition fees Normal course duration Now open Trimester 3 2022
Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE) Partnership Bursary 40% of the student's tuition fees for their final year as an offshore Deakin Cloud Campus student 1 year Trimester 1 2018 Trimester 3 2020
CICRA Partnership Bursary 40% of the student's tuition fees for their third year as an offshore Deakin Cloud Campus student 1 year Trimester 1 2018 Trimester 3 2020
APIIT Partnership Bursary 40% of the student's tuition fees for their third year as an offshore Deakin Cloud Campus student 1 year 2/2/18
 1/8/18
Singapore Health Bursary 20% of student tuition fees for the normal duration of selected courses Normal course duration Now open Trimester 3 2021
Vietnam Partners Scholarship 20% of student tuition fees for the normal duration of selected courses Normal course duration Now open Trimester 3 2021
Deakin International Merit 10% Bursary 10% of the total indicative fee. Normal course duration 23/11/18
 15/12/21
Deakin International Meritorious 20% Scholarship 20% of indicative fees. Normal course duration 23/11/18
 15/12/21
Deakin International Meritorious 25% Scholarship 25% of indicative costs. Normal course duration 23/11/18
 15/12/21
PhD Scholarship - Research Training Program Scholarship (RTP) / Deakin University Postgraduate Research Scholarship (DUPR) $27,596 or $28,092 3 years Varying Varying
HDR Scholarship - Empowerment and shared decision making $28,092 3 years Thursday 26 March 2020 Friday 24 April 2020
HDR Scholarship Fisheries ecology of rock flathead $28,092 3 years Monday 16 March 2020 Wednesday 31 October 2020
HDR Scholarship - Placebo effect in psychiatric clinical trials $28,092 3 years Thursday 20 February 2020 Monday 23 March 2020
HDR Scholarship - School Principal and Teacher Health program $28,092 3 years Friday 17 January 2020 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Designing green spaces for older adults $28,092 3 years Friday 17 January 2020 Tuesday 31 March 2020
HDR Scholarship - Carbon sequestration monitoring technology $28,092 3 years Friday 6 March 2020 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Business outcomes and cost-effectiveness evaluations $28,092 3 years Wednesday 15 January 2020 Friday 1 May 2020
HDR Scholarship - Implications of genomic testing $28,092 3 years Friday 17 January 2020 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Fire resistant biological materials $28,092 3 years Monday 16 December 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - National Agency for Research and Innovation $28,092 3 years Friday 19 December 2019 Wednesday 15 January 2020
HDR Scholarship - Healthy eating and active play from start of life for Victorian Aboriginal families $28,092 3 years Thursday 12 December 2019 Friday 31 January 2020
HDR Scholarship - Industry 4.0 - Material monitoring for process control in roll forming $28,092 3 years Thursday 5 December 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Evidence in food and nutrition policy $28,092 3 years Thursday 5 December 2019 31 January 2020, or until a suitable candidate is found
HDR Scholarship - Cultural pathways to teen reading $27,596 3 years Friday 15 November 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - New resin chemistry $27,596 3 years Tuesday 29 October 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Smart Discovery and Registration $27,596 3 years Wednesday 18 September 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed.
HDR Scholarship - Evolutionary context prediction $27,596 3 years Monday 16 September 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Cost & Quality of Context $27,596 3 years Monday 16 September 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Assessment in Higher Education $27,596 3 years Friday 11 October 2019 Thursday 28 November 2019
HDR Scholarship - Learning in data-intensive clinical environments $27,596 3 years Friday 11 October 2019 Thursday 28 November 2019
HDR Scholarship - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander $28,092 3 years Friday 11 October 2019 Thursday 30 April 2020
HDR Scholarship - Healthcare supplychain analytics $27,596 3 years Thursday 14 March 2019 Friday 28 February 2020
HDR Scholarship - China Scholarship Council (CSC) - Deakin University PhD Scholarship Program $27,596 3 years Friday 23 November 2018 Friday 10 January 2020
HDR Scholarship - China Scholarship Council (CSC) - Deakin University Visiting PhD Scholarship Program $20,400 2 years Friday 23 November 2018 Thursday 31 January 2019
HDR Scholarship - Deakin CSCRC Varying 3 years Wednesday 2 October 2019 CSCRC Graduate Scholarship applications will be considered through the year.
HDR Scholarship - Magnesium alloys $27,596 3 years Thursday 5 September 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Movement behaviours for toddlers $27,596 3 years Wednesday 31 July 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Hydrogen future $27,596 3 years Tuesday 15 January 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Biosorption $27,596 3 years Thursday 13 June 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Efficiency gains in the dairy industry $27,596 3 years Thursday 13 June 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - School Autonomy $27,596 3 years Tuesday 18 December 2019 Friday 24 January 2020
HDR Scholarship - Hydrogen-in-Mix $27,596 3 years Thursday 13 December 2018 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Flexible Roll Forming of Automotive Structures $32,788 3 years Wednesday 8 August 2018 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Roll forming carbon fibre reinforced metal hybrid components $27,596 3 years Tuesday 11 December 2018 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Golf and Mental Health and Well-being $10,000 3 years Wednesday 20 February 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate is found
HDR Scholarship - Gambling in older adults $27,596 3 years Friday 14 June 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Lina Ricciardelli Memorial $30,000 3 years Tuesday 5 March 2019 Wednesday 31st July 2019 or Thursday 31st October 2019
PhD scholarship - Glendon A Lean Memorial Award in mathematics education $27,596 3 years Monday 29 May 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
PhD scholarship - NHMRC People Support Grants - Postgraduate scholarships Varying Varying Please contact DR Grants
PhD scholarship - Fulbright Commission Varying Varying Check external site
HDR Scholarship - Antipsychotic use and bone $28,092 3 years Wednesday 4 December 2019 Applications will remain open until a candidate has been appointed
HDR Scholarship - Atmospheric Plasma $27,596 2 years Friday 10 May 2019 Monday 6 January 2020
HDR Scholarship - Stress, lifestyle and allostatic load $27,596 3 years Monday 18 November 2019 Friday 20 December 2019
HDR Scholarship - The Effects of Transnational Mobility on Youth Transitions $27,596 3 years Thursday 18 October 2018 Friday 13 December 2019
HDR Scholarship - Food Retail Environments $27,596 3 years Monday 23 September 2019 Thursday 2 January 2020
HDR Scholarship - Operando magnetic resonance imaging $27,596 3 years Tuesday 15 January 2019 Friday 30 August 2019
HDR Scholarship - Interactions in large scale $27,596 3 years Friday 30 November 2018 Thursday 31 October 2019
HDR Scholarship - Data and digitisation for government agencies $27,596 3 years Friday 11 October 2019 Thursday 31 October 2019
HDR Scholarship - Multiculturalism, Migration and Youth $27,596 3 years Wednesday 13 February 2019 Wednesday 30 October 2019
HDR Scholarship - Malaria gene $27,596 3 years Tuesday 30 April 2019 Thursday 31 October 2019
HDR Scholarship - Role of Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteianases $27,596 3 years Friday 10 May 2019 Thursday 31 October 2019
HDR Scholarship - Biochemical basis of Dementia $27,596 3 years Thursday 18 April 2019 Thursday 31 October 2019
HDR Scholarship - Fat metabolism during exercise $27,596 3 years Wednesday 31 July 2019 Friday 30 August 2019
HDR Scholarship - Low temperature plasma processing $27,596 3 years Friday 12 July 2019 Monday 7 October 2019
HDR Scholarship - Electrochemically initiated radical polymerisation $27,596 3 years Tuesday 4 June 2019 Friday 30 August 2019
HDR Scholarship - Preventing premature failure of batteries $27,596 3 years Monday 11 February 2019 Friday 30 August 2019
HDR Scholarship - Degradable silk packing materials $27,596 3 years Wednesday 31 July 2019 Monday 16 September 2019
HDR Scholarship - Environmentally friendly thermosets $27,596 3 years Friday 12 July 2019 Monday 16 September 2019
HDR Scholarship - High strength steel $27,596 3 years Tuesday 25 June 2019 Monday 30 September 2019
HDR Scholarship - Roadwork traffic safety models $27,596 3 years Wednesday 5 June 2019 Monday 5 August 2019

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Research scholarships
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