Bendigo students: don’t miss out on these bursaries and scholarships

Students enrolled at the Bendigo Campus in 2023 are invited to apply now for a range of scholarships and bursaries.

Applications for all the awards listed below close on 2 July.

All you need to do is apply once via the La Trobe Access Scholarship webpage. If successful, you will be matched with the most appropriate award.


Available bursaries/scholarships:

  • La Trobe University Alumni Bendigo Chapter Postgraduate Bursary

Value: $1,000

Eligibility: Access, continuing Bendigo postgraduate student

  • Flo Robinson Memorial Education Scholarship

Value: $5,000 per year

Eligibility: Bendigo, commencing Master of Teaching (1 for Primary and 1 for Secondary), female, domestic students

  • Mason Family Trust Visual Arts scholarship

Value: $5,000 per year

Eligibility: academic based scholarship for the highest ATAR or top performing student in the Bachelor of Visual Arts at Bendigo, commencing 2023

  • Mason Family Trust Visual Arts Bursary

Value: $2,000 one off

Eligibility: commencing Bachelor of Visual Arts (2023) at the La Trobe Bendigo campus, access

  • Westate Social Work Bursary

Value: $1,000 one off

Eligibility: Continuing, Bendigo Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) or Bachelor of Human Services/Master of Social Work student

  • Regional Women in STEM Bursary

Value: $3,000 one off

Eligibility: commencing, female, studying a course at a regional campus:

Bachelor of Civil Engineering (Honours)

Bachelor of Engineering Honours (Industrial)

Bachelor of Information Technology

Bachelor of Science (or combined in a double degree)

  • Leslie Kilmartin Regional Bursary 

Value: $1,000 one off

Eligibility: continuing Bendigo undergraduate Education students