Internships

Conditions

Students must:

• Undertake the Work Integrated Learning Experience for which the grant was awarded
• Agree to the University sharing their name and course details with the donor of their scholarship and provide a note of appreciation or a brief report on the benefits of the scholarship if requested.

Selection Criteria

Please refer to the award page for selection criteria.

How to Apply

To apply, you must submit an application via the ‘Application’ section on the award webpage. Applications open once CMCE20001 Commerce Internship applications open and will close mid-June. Please note, this is separate to the subject application form you will submit for CMCE20001 Commerce Internship.

You can apply for an FBE Internship grant valued at $2,500 AUD if you're a domestic student undertaking an unpaid internship through the Business and Economics Internship subject. A grant helps cover extra costs and compensates for lost income.

Eligibility:

To be considered for this grant, you must:

• Be a domestic student
• Be enrolled in the CMCE20001 Commerce Internship subject with an unpaid internship
• Have an Academic Status of Good Standing
• Be living or have lived in a regional or remote area of Australia (based on the Australian Standard Geographic Classification).
• Have been identified in one or more of the following categories (based on data provided during enrolment)*:
  • Recognition as an Indigenous Australian
  • Resident of a low socioeconomic area
  • Resident of a regional, rural, or remote area
  • Disadvantaged financial background

^{*Eligibility is based on the data students provided at enrolment. Students are eligible if they meet one or more of the following specific categories: Recognition as an Indigenous Australian, and home address is in a low socioeconomic area (as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics). Access Melbourne students who meet one or more of the following Access Melbourne categories are also eligible: disadvantaged financial background, or recognition as an Indigenous Australian.}

How to apply

After you have been enrolled in the subject, submit a confidential Internship Grant Application Form. To support your application, provide evidence of financial impact such as payslips showing loss of paid work. If you are not employed, submit a personal statement detailing any changes in your circumstances that have affected your income.

Deadline for Semester 2 

Please submit your application form by 11.59pm, Sunday 13 July 2025 (AEST).