The documents you need vary depending on your personal circumstances and the scholarship you’re applying for. Each scholarship Deakin offers has specific eligibility criteria which you need to meet for your application to be considered.
There are two areas – hardship and achievements – you can apply for. We’ve grouped some of the common criteria together, as well as the necessary supporting documentation, in the areas below. Please note that unless you’re applying for the Deakin Sanctuary Scholarship, you must be a domestic student to be eligible to apply under these categories.
You might be eligible to get extra support with a scholarship if you are experiencing hardship.
This area applies to you if you have experienced difficult circumstances (personal hardships) that have impacted your ability to study. No supporting documentation is currently required. This is confirmed in the answers you provide in your application. You will be contacted by the scholarships team if documentation is required to support the statement you make in your application.
If you've told us about a disability or medical condition in your application, you need to provide:
We can’t accept generic medical documents, such as prescription, hospital admission forms, special consideration forms and test results.
If someone you care for is living with a disability or medical condition, please refer to the difficult circumstances section above.
Scholarship application portal document type: Domestic scholarships – Evidence of long-term medical condition.
Experiencing financial disadvantage? You’ll need to provide supporting documentation to ensure you meet the eligibility requirements to be considered for a scholarship. Please note that we don’t accept payslips, tax documents, bank statements or bills.
You need to provide either:
You need to provide a statutory declaration. In the form declare your income for the last financial year and provide an estimate of your income for the current financial year.
You need to provide a statutory declaration. In the form, list the names of those who provide your financial support, declare your combined income for the last financial year, and provide a combined estimate of your income and those who support you for the current financial year.
Scholarship application portal type: Domestic scholarships – Evidence of financial hardship.
No supporting documentation is required if you have previously/or are currently living in foster/kinship care or are a ward of the state. This is confirmed in the answers you provide in your application. You will be contacted by the scholarships team if documentation is required to support the statement you make in your application.
If you are living in Australia on a permanent visa or are an Australian citizen, no supporting documentation is currently required. This will be confirmed against the citizenship statistics you completed during the enrolment process.
If you are in Australia on a temporary visa you can apply for the Deakin Sanctuary Scholarship. You’ll need to provide:
Scholarship application portal document type: Deakin Sanctuary Scholarship only – all supporting documentation.
This category of special consideration supports a range of under-represented students, including applicants who identify as Indigenous Australians, and regional or remote applicants.
No supporting documentation is currently required if you identify as an Indigenous Australian. This will be confirmed against the descent statistics you completed during the enrolment process.
No supporting documentation is currently required if you live, or have lived, in a regional or remote area of Australia which has impacted your ability to study. This will be confirmed against the home postcode you select in your scholarship application. Regional or remote are all categories other than RA1 (Major Cities of Australia) on the Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) Remoteness Areas system map – check your regional or remote category using the Department of Health and Aged Care Remoteness Map.
Your referee can be an employer, a member of a school, organisation or community program, or a person you know. Referees can’t be family or friends. The statement should confirm your personal attributes, academic potential or professional contributions. Remember to get your referee's original signature, use an organisational letterhead (if applicable) and make it PDF format.
The due date for supporting documents is the same as the scholarship closing date. Put your best foot forward by submitting your documentation before the closing date, otherwise we can’t consider your application.
If you have participated in community, volunteer or leadership activities, or elite sports, please provide evidence of your achievements.
If you have academic results, such as a Weighted Average Mark (WAM)/Grade Point Average (GPA) achievement of at least 80, from another institution, you’ll need to provide a copy of an official academic transcript.
Scholarship application portal document type: Domestic scholarships – Evidence of academic achievement at an institution other than Deakin University.
If you’ve provided a community service for the benefit of your local community, you’ll need to provide the following supporting documentation:
Scholarship application portal document type: Domestic scholarships – Evidence of leadership, volunteering or community activities or other achievement.
If you’ve participated in sports at an elite, state, national or international level, you’ll need to provide:
Scholarship Application Portal document type: Domestic scholarships – Evidence of elite sporting activities.
If you have leadership experience/skills, life experiences or learned skills that contribute toward the effective leading and or management of people, please supply:
Scholarship Application Portal document type: Domestic scholarships – Evidence of leadership, volunteering or community activities or other achievement.
Do you have other significant non-academic achievements not captured in any of the areas above? Perhaps you’ve excelled in painting, sculpture, music, theatre, literature; or designed a website or app? You may have had work published or exhibited, too. Let us know by providing:
Scholarship Application Portal document type: Domestic scholarships – Evidence of leadership, volunteering or community activities or other achievement.
Discover our top tips for making a strong application for the best chance of securing a scholarship.
Depending on the type of scholarship, you can apply via email, forms, VTAC or our scholarship application portal. Make sure to check the how to apply details on each individual scholarship page for instructions on submitting your documentation.
Follow these simple steps to submit your supporting documents:
If you need help with your scholarship application, contact us by email or phone. You can also download the supporting document examples (PDF, 3.2MB).
Scholarships
+61 3 9244 6333
scholarships@deakin.edu.au
Research scholarships
+61 3 9244 5413
research-scholarships@deakin.edu.au
