Deakin University Eric Ormond Baker Charitable Fund Work Integrated Learning Scholarship 2025

If you are studying at the Waurn Ponds, Waterfront Geelong or Warrnambool campus and undertaking an approved WIL unit with a confirmed regional placement arranged with your faculty, you could be eligible for this Scholarship.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineJuly 23, 2025
• Value$2500
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorDeakin University
• City to studyVictoria
• School to studyDeakin University
• Eligible CountryAustralia

Benefits

This scholarship offers a one-off cash payment of $2500.

Requirements

Prospective candidates should ensure they meet all criteria before submitting their application.

To be eligible you must be:

• a domestic student
• enrolled full time in a bachelors degree at either the Waurn Ponds, Waterfront or Warrnambool campus in Trimester/Semester 2 2025
• enrolled in an approved WIL unit within Trimester/Semester 2 2025 with a confirmed placement in a regional or remote area as defined by the Australian Statistical Geography Standard – Remoteness Ares (ASGS-RA)
• experiencing an area of hardship.

To see areas classified under ASGS-RA, search the Health Workforce Locator. Tick ASGS Remoteness Areas 2016, enter your address and click Search Location.

Areas of hardship include:

• financial hardship – either that you are in receipt of a means-tested Centrelink benefit, Low Income Health Care Card or have a personal or family taxable income below the threshold determined by the University
• rural, regional or remote home location
• disability/long term medical condition
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background
• arrive in Australia as a refugee
• other demonstrable hardship.

Conditions

As a scholarship recipient you must provide a completion statement about your regional placement.

Application Deadline

July 23, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to Deakin University on applicantportal.deakin.edu.au to apply

When applying for this scholarship, select the 'Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Student Support Scheme' option and, if eligible, your application will automatically be considered for this scholarship.

The scholarship application process is highly competitive with a limited number of scholarships available. Unfortunately, not all eligible applicants will receive one.

What happens next?

Your application will be assessed and ranked based on the details you provide and your supporting documentation.

If you are successful, you will be contacted by the email address you nominated within your application portal account, unsuccessful applicants will not be contacted.

You'll find out if you were successful usually within four weeks of the application closing date. If you have not received an offer by this time, you have been unsuccessful. You can view the status of your application via your scholarship application portal account.

For more information, kindly visit Deakin university scholarship webpage.