Scholarships and prizes
The Faculty of Arts offers a unique range of awards to provide students and alumni 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
Visit the Scholarships website, to view and search all scholarship options.
| Scholarship name | Applications open | Applications close | Total value |
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| Melbourne Access Bachelor of Arts Scholarship | Automatic consideration | up to $30,000 | |
Visit the Scholarships website, to view and search all scholarship options.
| Scholarship name | Applications open | Applications close | Total value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melbourne Access Bachelor of Arts Scholarship | Automatic consideration | up to $30,000 | |
More information
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Tips on applying
A step-by-step checklist that guides you through the application process.
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Payments
Instructions on how to submit the documents required before payment can be processed.
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Forms and guides
Forms that may be required for may be required for making a scholarship application, as well as links to useful websites.
Current recipients
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Dean's Honours List 2025
Our Dean's Honours List recognises the exceptional efforts and abilities of the highest-achieving students in the Faculty of Arts.
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2023 Faculty of Arts Award Recipients
Our awards are generously supported by friends and alumni of the Faculty of Arts. The 2023 recipients of these philanthropically funded awards are presented here.
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2024 Faculty of Arts Award Recipients
Our awards are generously supported by friends and alumni of the Faculty of Arts. The 2024 recipients of these philanthropically funded awards are presented here.
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2025 Faculty of Arts Award Recipients
Our awards are generously supported by friends and alumni of the Faculty of Arts. The 2025 recipients of these philanthropically funded awards are presented here.
External awards
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Dinny O’Hearn Fellowships
The Dinny O'Hearn Fellowship is a triennial award offered to young Australian writers to help support a creative project or work in progress.
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Ernest Scott Prize
This prize is awarded annually to the book judged to be the most distinguished contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand or to the history of colonisation.
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Kate Challis RAKA Award
This Award advances the recognition of Indigenous creative artists and follows a five-year cycle with a different area of the arts supported each year — creative prose, drama, the visual arts, plays and poetry.
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Lockie Fellowships
The Lockie Fellowship offers research support for writers undertaking an original creative or critical project which advances the study of literature within Australia.
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Peter Blazey Fellowship
This Fellowship is awarded annually to writers in the non-fiction fields of biography, autobiography and life writing to further a work in progress.
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Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize
The Vincent Buckley Poetry Prize is a biennial award that supports an Australian poet to visit Ireland or Northern Ireland, or an Irish poet to visit Australia.
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Wesley Michel Wright Prize
This prize is awarded for an original work of verse or poetry.