Scholarships and prizes

The Faculty of Arts offers a unique range of awards to provide scholars with opportunities for development and research in the humanities, social sciences and languages.

Find a scholarship

The scholarships table below presents some of the scholarships available at arts. Use the search feature to narrow your results, or view all Arts scholarships.

Visit the Scholarships website, to view and search all scholarship options.

Scholarship name Applications open Applications close Total value
Lockie Fellowship 14 Aug 2023 30 Oct 2023 up to $15,000
Melbourne Access Bachelor of Arts Scholarship Automatic consideration up to $30,000
S Ernest Sprott Fellowship 14 Aug 2023 13 Nov 2023 up to $50,000
Faculty of Arts Excellence Scholarship Automatic consideration up to $5,000
Gilbert Postdoctoral Career Development Fellowships 14 Aug 2023 30 Oct 2023 up to $2,000
Alexander and Bridget Jones Memorial Arts Scholarship 5 Jun 2023 6 Aug 2023 up to $30,000
Hansen Scholarship in History 16 Oct 2023 4 Dec 2023 up to $140,000
Lloyd Robson Memorial Award 14 Aug 2023 30 Oct 2023 up to $5,650
Kiaw Lim Memorial Award 2 Oct 2023 3 Dec 2023 up to $10,000
Prue Torney Memorial Prize 14 Aug 2023 23 Oct 2023 up to $2,500

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Current recipients

External prizes

For information on awards offered across the University please visit the Melbourne Scholarships website.