Charles Blackall Journalists Scholarship at RMIT University 2027

Charles Blackall Journalists' Scholarship

The Charles Blackall Journalists' Scholarship supports journalism students experiencing financial hardship by assisting with accommodation expenses while they complete their studies at RMIT.

Eligibility criteria for the Charles Blackall Journalists' Scholarship:

• Applicants must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, Australian permanent resident, permanent humanitarian visa holder, or international student in Australia.
• Applicants must be enrolling full-time in Semester 1, 2027, in either Graduate Diploma in Journalism (GD074) or Bachelor of Communication (Journalism) (BP220) and have completed at least 96 credit points by the end of 2025.
• Applicants must have at least six months of full-time study remaining.
• Applicants must be experiencing financial hardship.
• Applicants must demonstrate accommodation expenses that the scholarship will support.
• Applicants must have authored at least one published and paid journalistic work, including eligible paid freelance work.
• Student publications and self-published blogs with fewer than 1,000 unique readers do not qualify as journalistic work.
• Successful recipients must use the scholarship funds for accommodation expenses.

Application process for the Charles Blackall Journalists' Scholarship:

• Complete the online scholarship application form when applications open.
• Provide evidence of your accommodation expenses, including your name, residential address, payment amount, and payment frequency.
• If applicable, provide details of the person or organisation receiving your accommodation payment. Provide evidence of at least one paid and published journalistic work or an eligible URL. Explain your current or intended RMIT program and why you chose it. Describe your career plans after completing your studies and upload all required supporting documentation. 
• Applications without sufficient supporting documents will not be considered.

Award: up to AUD 4,172.20