Faculty of Economics and Commerce

Please note that all scholarships offered through the Faculty require you to provide an offical academic record. Due to Australian Privacy Laws we cannot provide this information to any third party (including award sponsors) on your behalf. A copy of your Academic Record can be requested free of charge from the Admin tab on your Student Portal.

CLOSED:

• AIRC Centennial Prize

• Commerce Alumni Scholarships

• C.S Soper Scholarship in Economics
• Citigroup Women in Investment Banking Scholarship
• Department of Primary Industries Honours Scholarship
• Deutsche Bank Penultimate Year Scholarship
• Exchange Scholarships
• Goldman Sachs JBWere Final Year Scholarship
• Honours Scholarships
• Kinsman Studentship Awards
• Lorna Stirling Fund
• OS- Help Loan
• Robin D. Hocking Scholarship
• Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarships
• Rural Finance Scholarships
• Shell Personal Development Award
• Enquiries

Australian Industrial Relations Commission Centennial Prize

To commemorate 100 years of concilliation and arbitration, members of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission established a trust to fund the AIRC Centennial Prize.

Awarded annually, the prize is open for application to research students, both undergraduate and graduate, who have submitted a research essay or thesis in the area of Industrial Relations or Labour History. Selection is based on the quality of the essay or thesis, and the relevane of the research to the AIRC and the community.

AIRC Centennial Prize Information

Applications closed.

Citigroup Women in Investment Banking Scholarship

To encourage women to pursue a career in investment banking, Citigroup is pleased to sponsor an annual scholarship for a female Bachelor of Commerce student to the value of $8,000.

Open to female students studying a Bachelor of Commerce, including combined degrees. The tenure of the scholarship is one year. Selection is based on academic merit and interview performance.

Citigroup Women in Investment Banking Scholarship Information 143KB (PDF)

Applications closed.

Commerce Alumni Scholarships

Commerce Alumni Final Year Undergraduate Scholarship

Sponsored by the University of Melbourne Commerce Alumni Society (UMCAS). Value: $2,000.

Open to full-time Bachelor of Commerce students, including combined degree and Honours students, who are in their final year of study in 2009. The tenure of the scholarship is one year. Selection is based on academic merit and interview performance.

Commerce Alumni Final Year Undergraduate Scholarship Information 72 KB (PDF)

Applications are now invited - closing Friday 27 March 2009.

Commerce Alumni Final Year Graduate Scholarship

Sponsored by the University of Melbourne Commerce Alumni Society (UMCAS). Value: $2,000.

Open to students undertaking their final semester of study in 2009 in any coursework graduate program in the Melbourne Graduate School of Management. The tenure of the scholarship is one year. Selection is based on academic merit and interview performance.

Commerce Alumni Final Year Graduate Scholarship Information 71KB (PDF)

Applications are now invited - closing Friday 27 March 2009.

Commerce Honours Scholarships

In 2008, the Faculty will fund four Honours Scholarships in each department (ABIS, Actuarial, Economics, Finance, Management and Marketing). To be eligible, students must be commencing a B.Com(Hons) in one of these departments. Each scholarship is worth $5,000. There is no application and students will be considered automatically. The selection criteria is academic merit.

C.S. Soper Scholarship in Economics

Established by the late Emeritus Professor Joan Rydon, in memory of her husband and former Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce, C.S. (Sam) Soper, this scholarship is an annual award.Valued at $5000, the scholarship is open to students commencing the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours), specialising in Economics.

Selection is based on academic merit and interview performance

C.S Soper Scholarship in Economics information

Applications closed.

Department of Primary Industries Honours Scholarship

The Department of Primary Industries is pleased to sponsor an annual scholarship for Bachelor of Commerce Honours students. The scholarship is valued at $3,000 and is open to Bachelor of Commerce students intending to undertake Honours in 2009 and who are majoring in Economics. The tenure of the scholarship is for one year.

Selection is based on academic merit and interview performance. An interest in public policy will also be considered. Eligibility criteria and application details can be found in the following flyer.

Department of Primary Industries Honours Scholarship Information (PDF 114KB)

Applications closed.

Deutsche Bank Penultimate Year Scholarships

Deutsche Bank is pleased to sponsor an annual scholarship to Bachelor of Commerce (and combined degree) penultimate year students. Valued at $6000, the scholarship is open to Bachelor of Commerce students undertaking their penultimate year of study. Combined degree students are eligible to apply, but must be in their penultimate year of study, even if the Commerce component has been completed.

Selection criteria is on the basis of academic merit, extra-curricular activities, interpersonal and leadership skills and qualities which offer evidence that applicants have a genuine interest in the the investment banking industry.

• Deutsche Bank Scholarship Information 63KB (PDF)
• Deutsche Bank Upcoming on-campus events 32KB (PDF)

Applications closed.

Exchange Scholarships

The Faculty of Economics and Commerce offers grants, separate to any Melbourne Global Mobility scholarships, to support undergraduate and postgraduate students who wish to participate in the Melbourne Global Mobilty Program.

For full details on the funding available, please contact the Global Mobility Co-ordinator at the Commerce Student Centre.

Other Exchange/Study Abroad Scholarship Opportunities

More information about other funding opportunities is available from the Melbourne Global Mobility website at: http://www.mobility.unimelb.edu.au/

Goldman Sachs JBWere Final Year Scholarship

The Goldman Sachs JBWere Scholarship is be open to Bachelor of Commerce and combined students for applications from penultimate year students for awarding the following year. The award is valued at $4000. Students who are studying or intend to undedertake honours are also invited to apply providing their final year of study is the following year. Applicants must have studied either Finance, Accounting, Economics or Actuarial studies within the Bachelor of Commerce.

Selection criteria is outstanding academic achievement, demonstrated leadership potential, excellent interpersonal skills and interview performance. These skills and abilities may be demonstrated during University studies or through excellence in a range extra-curricular activities.

• Goldman Sachs JBWere Scholarship Information 2009 (PDF 308KB)
• Goldman Sachs JBWere Employment Information

Applications are called for in approximately July each year.

Applications closed.

Harvard Symposium

Climate: Science + Humanities, Graduate Perspectives from Australia, China and the US

A funding opportunity for students to attend the joint Harvard-Go8-C9 Symposium, 'Climate: Science + Humanities' is now available.The event, funded by Harvard's Australian Studies Committee, offers an opportunity to strengthen the international ties among leading universities and build relationships into the future.

Alison Bashford, Visiting Professor of Australian Studies, Harvard University, is inviting applications from graduate students to the special symposium for Australian (G08), Chinese (China 9) and Harvard students. Together, this group of future research leaders will present interdisciplinary work on climate, developing global perspectives from very different national bases.

2010 Harvard Symposium information and application form (PDF 11KB)

Two students from the University of Melbourne will be selected to receive grants of $2500 for travel and $800 for accommodation. Selection is based on excellence and innovation in research, capacity to connect science and humanities on climate issues, and evidence of potential for research leadership.

Applications are now invited - closing Wednesday 1 July 2009.

Kinsman Studentship Awards

Funded through the J.R. Kinsman Fund, the Kinsman Studentship Awards are offered to promote and encourage research in the Faculty of Economics and Commerce. Valued at $1500, the studentship is open to current Bachelor of Commerce Honours students who wish to develop their Honours research essay so that it can be published as a paper in a refereed journal.

Selection is based on the quality of the research essay and the potential for the essay to result in a publishable paper. The award requires that students work jointly with a supervisor or advisor, and the issue of collaboration and authorship agreed prior to commencing.

2009 Kinsman Studentship Awards Guidelines and Application Form (PDF 18.5KB)

In addition to the studentship, the best four research papers supported under the scheme will receive an award known as the Kinsman Honours Research Essay Prize, valued at $500. (One prize is available to a student from each of the Departments: Accounting and Business Information Systems, Economics, Finance and Management & Marketing.)

Applications closed.

Lorna Stirling Fund

Travelling Scholarship available to students currently enrolled at The University of Melbourne

Ms Lorna Stirling was a Music Director in the Melbourne University Drama Club in the 1940s. On her death in 1956 she bequeathed funds to the University for the purpose of promoting international student relationships through the creation of scholarships for the exchange of students between The University of Melbourne and other universities.

The fund provides one off payments of between $500 and $4000. In order to be considered for a scholarship you must:

• be enrolled at the University of Melbourne at the time of application and for the period of the proposed exchange or project;
• have a signed letter of support from a relevant student organization, such as the Student Union or a Faculty based student society;
• demonstrate how your project is relevant to the interests of the student population at large; and/or
• demonstrate how your project will enable mutual understanding to be established between students at the University of Melbourne and at the international university(s).

More information and the application form can be found at www.unimelb.edu.au/unisec/stirling/