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How To Apply

How to Apply


For scholarships that the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development administers, a student must apply for a scholarship at the same year level that they are studying in 2009, eg. a student in Year 8 in 2009 would apply for a Year 8 scholarship. 

Students must register for these scholarships. All applications must be made online. Students who applied last year must reregister for this round of scholarships.

Students will need their 'end of year' results to apply for a scholarship.

Students may apply for more than one scholarship.

Students must provide all the information that is requested of them in the application form and click on the 'Submit' button to lodge an application. Failure to do so will result in the application being invalid.

Please note: The website is in the public domain, therefore it can be accessed from any internet provider. However, if a primary or secondary student uses a school email address to apply, they must apply for the scholarship while the school is not closed for holidays or else they will not be able to access two of the three emails that will be sent to them during the course of the scholarship process. These three emails provide:
     • confirmation of registration 
     • reference number for submitted applications 
     • confirmation that the principal has verified their end of year results.

Year 11 and 12 students must either record a Victorian Curriculum Assessment (VCAA) study score for VCE Unit 2 and 4 results or Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory for VCAL subjects.

Principals must verify the 'end of year' results for primary and secondary students.

Applications close for students on Friday, 22 January 2010. Principals have from Monday, 7 December 2009 until Friday, 19 February 2010 to verify the results.

Successful scholarship winners will be notified individually.
Unsuccessful applications will be notified by email.
Scholarships will be awarded by 30 June 2010.

Please note: Students must either have a Youth Allowance card or their parents/guardians be recipients of the Education Maintenance Allowance to qualify for a scholarship that has financial need as a selection criterion.


Student Application


For your convenience please print out the following information. To apply for a scholarship you will need to perform the following:

  1. > Click on Register (on the menu bar) - You will need to register with a user name and password.

    A registration confirmation will be sent to your email address. (It is very important that your email address is correct and does not change). Make sure you note down and keep your user name password for future reference. Once you have registered move on to step 2.

  2. > Click on Apply Online (on the menu bar) – Key in your user name and your password. Click on login. This will open the screen to record your personal profile information.

  3. > Complete as much personal information as you can, then click on the next step button at the bottom of the screen. Record your end of year results. These results will automatically be saved.

  4. > Click on the next step button at the bottom of the screen. Information is required on community and school activities as a criterion for each scholarship. The exceptions to this are:

    • Dammery Educational Trust Scholarships
    • Victorian Association for Deserted Children Scholarship
    • Ella Donald Fine Arts Scholarship
    • Alice Jennings' Scholarship (which only requires community information)
    • Tertiary Scholarships
    • Doris Evans Scholarship
    • Charlotte Wilson.
  5. > Click on the next step button at the bottom of the screen. The appropriate application form for each scholarship can be accessed by clicking on the Apply for this Scholarship button which sits below each scholarship description.

  6. > Complete any information required for the Scholarship, then click the View your Application button. Make sure all the information is accurate.

  7. > When you are satisfied that you have recorded all the requested information, click on the Submit Application button.

  8. > Each time you submit a scholarship application form, you will receive an email. This email will:

    • acknowledge the application
    • provide a reference number for that scholarship application (keep this reference number along with your password )
    • direct you to provide your Principal with the scholarship reference number so that the Principal will be able to log in and verify the end of year results that you have recorded.

    > (This verification process only applies to primary and secondary students. Tertiary students will need to fax in an official copy of your end of year results to the fax no. shown on the Contact Us page, attention "Coordinator of Student Scholarships", so that their results can be verified.)

  9. > You may then proceed to apply for another scholarship.

  10. > If you happen to click on the Home button when applying for a scholarship, you will be able to return to the page that you were working on, by clicking on Apply Online on the menu bar and logging in again with your user name and password.

  11. > You will be able to apply for another scholarship until Friday, 22 January 2010, as your end of year results are constant for all your scholarships.

  12. > You can at any time make amendments to your personal profile information, activities and referees, and academic results (if they have not been verified).

 


Principal Verification


  1. Principals must verify 'end of year' results for primary and secondary students for the application to be valid. However please note, the Principal Verification tab will only be active between Monday, 7 December 2009 – Friday, 19 February 2010. Therefore Principals will only be able to verify 'end of year' results during that time.

  2. If you are a primary or secondary student, you will need to advise your Principal (either directly or through your coordinator/home room teacher) that you have applied for a scholarship(s) and that he/she will need to verify your 'end of year' results between:

    Monday, 7 December 2009 – Friday, 19 February 2010.

  3. As your end of year results will be attached to each and every application you submit, the Principal will only need to verify your end of year results once. Therefore, the Principal will only need one of your reference numbers to verify your results.

  4. If the Principal is unfamiliar with the online student scholarship application process, please ask the Principal to contact the Student Scholarship Unit (see the Contact link at the bottom of the page).

  5. When your Principal has electronically verified your results (between Monday, 7 December 2009 – Friday, 19 February 2010) you will be notified by email. You will not be able to change your end of year results once the Principal has verified them.

  6. If your Principal does not agree with the results that you have submitted, he/she will deem them incorrect and an email will be sent to you to amend your results. You will then be able to go back into your application, amend the results and resubmit. You must let your Principal know when you have resubmitted your results.

  7. If you have not received an email from your Principal by Friday, 12 February 2010, either confirming or rejecting your end of year results, could you please check with your Principal that he/she has actually received your request to verify your end of year results.


All inquiries should be directed to:

Coordinator of Student Scholarships
Telephone (03) 9637 3367

Email studentscholarships@edumail.vic.gov.au