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Applications open 1 May 2026. For updates, register your interest.

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Check your eligibility

Before you apply for the John Monash Scholarship, check that you meet the minimum eligibility criteria using the quiz below.

1Your Nationality or citizenship
2Tell us about you
3Tell us about what you want to study
What is your citizenship status?*

You don't meet the eligibility criteria

Unfortunately, based on your answers you do not meet our minimum eligibility criteria. To apply for the John Monash Scholarship you must be an Australian citizen.
What best describes your education history?*

You don't meet the eligibility criteria

Unfortunately, based on your answers it appears that you do not meet our minimum eligibility criteria. To be eligible for a John Monash Scholarship you must have completed, or will complete before commencing your postgraduate studies, an undergraduate degree at an Australian university.
Is (one of) your completed degree/s an Australian undergraduate degree?*
An undergraduate degree is a Bachelor or Bachelor Honours degree, equivalent to a level 7 or 8 in the Australian Qualifications Framework.

Eligibility is unclear

Based on your answers, it is not clear if your education history meets the eligibility criteria.
To be eligible for a John Monash Scholarship you must have completed, or will complete before commencing your postgraduate studies, a degree at an Australian university.
We recommend that you get in touch with us to describe your specific case, so that we can advise you further.


Will the degree be completed by the end of 2026?*

You don't meet the eligibility criteria

Unfortunately, based on your answers it appears that you do not meet our minimum eligibility criteria. To be eligible for a John Monash Scholarship you must have completed, or will complete before commencing your postgraduate studies, a degree at an Australian university.

You don't meet the eligibility criteria

Unfortunately, based on your answers it appears that you do not meet our minimum eligibility criteria.
The John Monash Scholarship funds postgraduate level study only. Honours degrees are considered undergraduate level study, and therefore do not qualify for funding with this scholarship.

Graduate Level Study

The John Monash Scholarship funds postgraduate level study only. Generally, Bachelor degrees are considered undergraduate level study, and therefore do not qualify for funding with this scholarship.
Exception: Naming conventions in education may vary from country to country, and there are some rare examples where a degree title does not align with the taught level of study. An example of this is the Bachelor of Civil Law taught at the University of Oxford, which is actually a postgraduate level program.
Is the Bachelor program considered as 'graduate level study'?*
How is the program taught?*
Where do you want to study?*
When do you want to commence studies?*

Eligibility criteria summary

Who can apply?

You’re eligible for a John Monash Scholarship if you:

  • Are an Australian citizen
  • Have completed (or will complete by the end of the 2026) an undergraduate degree at an Australian university
  • Plan to start a full-time master’s or PhD at an overseas university in 2027

Who can't apply?

You’re not eligible if you:

  • Are already completing postgraduate study or plan to start a program in 2026
  • Plan to study at an Australian university
  • Already hold a Rhodes, Fulbright or Ramsay scholarship for the same program

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