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2025 Hardship & Support Grants for Hume Residents

Status Application Dates Value
Open

Open: 2/12/2024
Close: Rolling selection on 2024/2025 or until funding allocated

$250 - $2,000

Hume Multiversity aims to develop and promote partnerships between business, education and community by offering a range of programs and services which increase employability and assist local businesses and industries to grow.

Scholarship Overview

The Hardship & Support Grants for Hume Residents Program provides financial assistance to students living in the Hume City Council who are facing financial challenges. These grants are designed to help students stay on track with their studies, meet essential educational expenses, and overcome immediate financial hardships. By easing financial pressures, the program aims to support students in completing
their courses successfully and achieving positive vocational and career outcomes.

Audience

This scholarship is available to Melbourne Polytechnic Students residing in the Hume City Council region.  

Scholarship Format / Structure

The program provides financial grants ranging from $250 to $2,000, based on the applicant’s level of hardship and financial need. The grants may cover:

  • Tuition and Course-Related Fees: Including tuition, materials and amenities fees for enrolments and re-enrolments in Term/ Semester 1, 2025.
  • 2025 Hardship Assistance: Rent, transport, food, unexpected medical expenses, or technology repairs (e.g., laptops).

Format:

  • Tuition, material and amenities fee-based grants will be paid directly towards the enrolment & re-enrolment process.
  • Hardship Assistance outside of tuition, materials and fees will be paid as a direct EFT payment to applicant. 

Number of Scholarships Available

15+ Grants Available

Selection Criteria

Applications will be assessed based on the following:

  • Demonstrated Financial Hardship: Applicants must outline their financial situation, clearly identifying the challenges they are facing.
  • Documented Financial Assistance Needs: Applicants must specify the type of financial support they require (e.g., tuition fees, transport, rent, or other essential expenses) and provide any relevant supporting documentation.
  • Outcome of Assistance: Applicants must describe how the financial support will help them continue their studies, complete their course, and achieve positive vocational or career outcomes.
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Sponsor

Hume City Council - Hume Multiversity

Hume Multiversity aims to develop and promote partnerships between business, education and community by offering a range of programs and services which increase employability and assist local businesses and industries to grow.

Eligibility

To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Be enrolling or re-enrolling in a pre-apprenticeship, Certificate III- IV, Diploma or Higher Education degree at Melbourne Polytechnic in Term/ Semester 1, 2025. Foundation and short courses are excluded.
  • Live in one of the following Hume postcodes:
  • Attwood 3049
  • Broadmeadows 3047
  • Bulla 3428
  • Campbellfield 3061
  • Clarkefield 3430
  • Coolaroo 3048
  • Craigieburn 3064
  • Dallas 3047
  • Gladstone Park 3043
  • Greenvale 3059
  • Jacana 3047
  • Kalkallo 3064
  • Keilor (parts in Brimbank) 3035
  • Meadow Heights 3048
  • Melbourne Airport 3045
  • Mickleham 3064
  • Oaklands Junction 3063
  • Roxburgh Park 3064
  • Somerton 3062
  • Sunbury 3429
  • Tullamarine (parts in Brimbank/Moreland) 3043
  • Westmeadows 3049
  • Wildwood 3429
  • Yuroke 3063.

Application Instructions

This scholarship means a lot to me and my family...The added support means I can increase my toolkit and continue developing my skills.
Callum Walkinshaw
Certificate III in Carpentry CPC30220 Student and Provan and Rosenberg Families Carpentry Scholarship recipient.
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