Monash Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship

About this scholarship

The Monash Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Scholarship (formerly Monash Equity Scholarship) are awarded on equity grounds to domestic graduate research students studying at a Monash campus in Australia. Additional consideration will be given if you have experienced other forms of career disruption due to family/carer responsibilities or educational disadvantage during past studies, such as being a recent refugee, living in a regional or remote area, have a disability or long-term medical condition, or have experienced difficult personal circumstances.Equity CategoriesDisability or long-term medical condition: disability or medical condition that affected previous studies. This may include chronic pain, major illness, chronic illness, physical, vision or hearing impairments.Regional and remote areas: lived for an extended period of time in a regional and remote area of Australia as determined by the Australian Standard Geographical Classification Remoteness Areas Locator that affected previous studies.Difficult personal circumstances: experienced an impact on previous studies due to one or more of the following difficult circumstances:carer responsibilities (e.g. ill children, parent, siblings)chronic medical condition of a dependent childdeath of a partner, parent/guardian/close relativehomelessnessmajor illness of self or immediate family member requiring care natural disaster (e.g. bushfire, flood)relationship breakdown with significant other, separation or divorceabusive family environment.Recent refugee: Global Special Humanitarian Visa (sub-class 202) holders that have had their previous studies affected.

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