Scholarships and Competitions

University of Melbourne - Narrm Scholarship

This scholarship program provides financial, academic and wellbeing support to eligible undergraduate students who apply through our Special Entry Access Scheme (SEAS), Access Melbourne. For details on the program benefits and eligibility please visit our website.

Speak Up! Scholarship

Opens: March 7, 2024

Closes: August 15, 2024

NSHSS created the Speak Up! Scholarship for students with a demonstrated passion for communications. To enter, you must write an essay response of between 500-800 words to the provided question.

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Global Voices Fellowship

Opens: June TBC

Closes: July TBC

The Global Voices Fellowship supports young Australians (18-30) to have an unparalleled opportunity with experience in policymaking and international diplomacy.

You don’t need experience in international relations or policy to apply. We are looking for young people with a demonstrated interest in global issues, an ambitious spirit and the ability to communicate their ideas with the world effectively.

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Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest - Australia

Opens: April 1, 2024

Closes: July 31, 2024

We invite Australian students to join for a chance to win thousands of dollars in prize money for essays they write about subjects arising from Ayn Rand’s novel Atlas Shrugged.

NOTE: Students from countries other than Australia can find details on the International competition here.

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Future of Food Youth Design Challenge

Opens: February 6, 2024

Closes: July 1, 2024

The Future of Food Youth Design Challenge is a free design thinking challenge that asks youth to consider food problems from their own lived experience (and others around them) and reframe challenges as opportunities to make a difference using social entrepreneurship.

We are challenging young people aged 10-21 across Australia to ideate solutions to: “How might we reimagine the Future of Food?”

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