Travelling scholarships
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The travelling scholarships listed below enable postgraduate students to pursue study, research, visits with an academic purpose, etc overseas. These scholarships are offered as part of the Melbourne Scholarships Program.
Use the links to find out about scholarship benefits, eligibility requirements, application procedures, application status and closing dates.
Application forms are located in the Forms and Applications section of the postgraduate scholarships website.
We are unable to consider late or incomplete applications.
- Melbourne Abroad Travelling Scholarships (MATS) are for the University's PhD and other research doctorate students to travel overseas to engage in two or more academic activities directly related to their studies.
- Postgraduate Overseas Research Experience Scholarships (PORES) are for the University's PhD and other research doctorate students to travel to an overseas university to undertake research toward their doctorate. The minimum trip length of 3 months is waived for visits to U21 institutions.
- M.A. Bartlett Special Travel Grant-in-aid is a top-up awarded to the highest ranked MATS applicants each round.
- Riady Scholarships are for the University's PhD and other research doctorate students to undertake fieldwork in Asia.
- Embassy of France - Freycinet Grant is PhD or other research doctorate students to undertake up to one academic year of research at the doctorate level at a French institution of higher education.
- Rae and Edith Bennett Travelling Scholarships are for students and graduates of the University of Melbourne to undertake postgraduate studies or research for 12 – 36 months in the United Kingdom.
- Sir Arthur Sims Travelling Scholarship is for graduates from any Australian university to undertake postgraduate study or research in the United Kingdom.
- W.E.J. Craig Travelling Scholarship is for students and graduates of the University of Melbourne to undertake postgraduate studies or research in animal husbandry at an overseas institution.
- Commonwealth Scholarships in the United Kingdom are for postgraduate study in the United Kingdom.
- Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship is for postgraduate study at Harvard University.
- Universitas 21 is an international network of leading research-intensive universities that aim to enhance staff and student mobility.