Faculty of Education Scholarships

Overview

The Faculty of Education offers a range of scholarships, awards, prizes and bursaries to support you in your studies and to recognise outstanding achievement. Visit the Scholarships and Awards page to investigate the awards that you may be eligible for, view the honours board, donate to fund future awards and gain answers to your frequently asked questions about awards. Alternatively, you can browse scholarships across the University or submit an application for a student grant if you are in financial need. Applications for student grants take place in two rounds per year.

Commencing Master of Teaching Student Scholarships

Continuing Master of Teaching Scholarships

Faculty Travelling Scholarships available for Professional Experience in the Master of Teaching

Scholarship	Eligible cohorts	Eligible travel programs
School of Early Childhood Studies Fund - Placement Scholarship	Master of Teaching (Early Childhood) Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary)	International Work Integrated Learning (WIL) in an Early Years setting. Regional, rural, or remote Indigenous teaching placement/WIL in an Early Years setting.
Valerie and Lawrence Kennedy Scholarship	Master of Teaching (Primary) Master of Teaching (Early Childhood and Primary)	International WIL in a Primary school setting. Regional, rural, or remote Indigenous teaching placement/WIL in a Primary school setting.
Cornelius Regan Scholarship	Master of Teaching (all streams)	Regional, rural, or remote Indigenous teaching placements/WIL.
John and Eric Smyth Travelling Scholarship (Current Students)	All FoE students, provided they: are under 30 years of age at the time of application have previously completed an undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne.	International WIL Disciplined Inquiry Capstone (Travel)

State and Federal Government Teaching Scholarships

In addition to our faculty scholarships, there are also several state and federal initiatives available for eligible students.

Please note that this page may be subject to changes as we are informed of new scholarship initiatives or changes to existing scholarships.

Grant	For	Availability	Courses	Further Information
Commonwealth Practicum Payments	Mandatory teaching placements	Domestic only	All MTEACH except MTSI	Commonwealth Prac Payment - Department of Education, Australian Government   Commonwealth Prac Payment
Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships	Students who will teach in government schools or early learning after completion of their degree	Australian Citizen/Permanent resident	Australian credited teaching degree	Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships - Department of Education, Australian Government
Secondary Teacher Scholarships (STS)	Up to 200 scholarships for in-demand specialisations	Australian Citizen	Secondary and Specialist ITE	Scholarships for secondary teaching degrees
Pre-Service Teacher Placement Grants (PPG)	Victorian Government school locations - regional	Domestic and International	MTEACH Secondary/Primary and Early Childhood & Primary	Pre-service teacher Placement Grant program
VCEA - Catholic PPG	Victorian Catholic school locations - regional	Domestic and International	MTEACH Secondary/Primary and Early Childhood Primary	Pre-service Teacher Placement Grants