Psychologists for Community Scholarship

1. The applicant has accepted an offer into the Master of Professional Psychology in 2024.
2. The student is a citizen or permanent resident of Australia and New Zealand or the holder of an Australian issued Permanent Humanitarian Visa.
3. The student demonstrates one of more of the following attributes:
   • Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
   • Culturally and Linguistically Diverse background (CALD) language other than English
   • Rural or remote background (have lived in a rural or remote area of Australia as defined by the 2016 Australian Geography Standard Remoteness Structure for at least 12 months)
   • Sole parent responsibilities — receiving a Centrelink payment
   • Carer responsibilities — receiving a Centrelink payment
   • Experiencing financial hardship — receiving a Centrelink payment.

Non-eligibility:

• Currently hold a Postgraduate award in psychology
• Currently hold another scholarship valued at $5,000 or more.

Selection will be based upon an assessment of the degree of disadvantage being faced by the scholarship applicant and the applicant’s response to the following:

• A personal introductory statement supplied on the scholarship application which includes:
• Why you wish to become a registered psychologist (250 words)
• How attaining a registration as a general psychologist will be used to help your local community (250 words)
• In what way you are disadvantaged or identify as low socioeconomic status (250 words)
• Anything else that you would like to bring to the attention of the scholarship selection committee.

The Master of Professional Psychology provides an additional year of academic study for graduates of Bachelor of Psychological Science Honours degree programs. These five years of study — the Bachelor of Psychological Science, Bachelor of Psychological Science with Honours and the new Masters of Professional Psychology combined — represent the academic prerequisites for a further one-year internship and eligibility to sit the Psychology Board national exam to register as a Psychologist in Australia.