Applications are open for Round 2 of the Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships.
The scholarships provide up to $40,000 to new undergraduate teaching students and up to $20,000 to new postgraduate teaching students who will be studying full-time and commencing an accredited teaching degree in the first semester or study period of 2025.
Scholarship recipients will be required to teach in government schools or government-run early learning settings after they graduate.
Round 1 recipient, Ben, is studying to be a teacher specialising in Humanities and Social Sciences. Ben expressed how the scholarship has helped him undertake his studies.
I’m very grateful for the support this program has provided me…The scholarship gives me a bit more time to focus on my studies.
Meg, who is also a Round 1 recipient, is studying to become a secondary maths teacher. Meg shared how the scholarship is providing her with financial support to help achieve her goal of becoming a teacher who makes a difference for her students.
When I graduate, I am most looking forward to joining a school community that values the differences in people. I hope I will be able to make a difference for students.
Applications are encouraged from:
- high-achieving students with an ATAR of 80 or more or equivalent (undergraduate applicants only)
- mid-career professionals
- First Nations peoples
- people from a rural, regional or remote area
- people with disability
- people from a low socio-economic background
- people for whom English is an additional language or dialect
Applications close on Monday 13 January 2025 at 5:00pm AEDT.
Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships deliver on Action 2 of the National Teacher Workforce Action Plan by attracting high-achieving candidates into the teaching profession and helping to address teacher workforce shortages.
You can check your eligibility and apply in Round 2 by visiting the Eligibility and applying page on the Commonwealth Teaching Scholarships website.