RDS-John Poynter Award-2026-FEB

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1. Scholarship Application Summary(Not Applicable)

Scholarship Application Summary

* indicates a required field.

Privacy Collection Notice (Not Applicable)

The University of Melbourne collects your personal information for the purposes of carrying out the selection, award and administration of the John Poynter Award. The University of Melbourne may need to share your personal information with third parties (the Association of Rhodes Scholars in Australia and other Australian universities) as part of the selection and award process.

Personal Details (Not Applicable)

Applicant *

First name

Last name

First Name (given name); last name (family name)

Applicant Primary Email *

Must be an email address.

Applicant Gender *

If 'other', please let us know your pronouns.

Eligibility (Not Applicable)

Response required.

I confirm that I was a Rhodes Scholarship finalist

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Rhodes Scholarship outcome letter *

Attach a file: Upload new file

My most recent academic qualification was undertaken in the following country: *

I will meet the acceptance criteria/requirements for my preferred university before the application deadline. *

Response required.

Yes

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Acceptance criteria may include proof of graduation (official letter, degree/award), a copy of the academic transcript, and proof of English proficiency. If your course requires accreditation documents, these must also be finalised before your intended Australian university's application deadline.

Proposed Study Details (Not Applicable)

Proposed course of study *

Proposed Australian University *

Proposed starting study period (i.e. term/semester) and year *

Length of course (full time years) *

Rationale for course and institution selected *

Word count:

Must be no more than 200 words.

Proposed Budget - Stipend (Not Applicable)

The scholarship will contribute up to AUD$46,500 per annum, including an annual stipend of up to AUD$38,500, for the length of the successful applicant's chosen course of study. These funds contribute to course fees and a stipend to support living costs. The funding can be distributed across the expenditure types below, but the requested stipend component (living costs) cannot exceed AUD$38,500.

Do not edit the categories in the left column. Amounts should be entered in Australian dollars (AUD). Please refer to the Study Australia website for an indicative breakdown of living costs in Australian dollars.

***Please note that the scholarship will be paid to a nominated Australian bank account upon the arrival of the successful candidate in Australia.

Category	Cost per year	Justification	Total cost
	Must be a dollar amount.
* Required	* Required	* Required	* Required
* Required	* Required	* Required	* Required
* Required	* Required	* Required	* Required
* Required	* Required	* Required	* Required

Must be 4 rows

Budget Totals - Stipend (Not Applicable)

Total Scholarship Amount *

This number/amount is calculated.

Proposed Budget - Course fees (Not Applicable)

Expenditure	$
* Required	* Required

Must be at least 1 rows

Budget Totals - Course Fees (Not Applicable)

Total Expenditure Amount *

This number/amount is calculated.

Application (Not Applicable)

Please upload your Rhodes Application PDF (you can download a copy from your Embark account).

Application *

Attach a file: Upload new file

Referees (Not Applicable)

Please ask your referees to name the file: RECOMMENDATION - JOHN POYNTER - <STUDENT'S SURNAME> (in all caps) and to submit their reference letter to res-devschemes@unimelb.edu.au.

It is not a requirement that your referees amend the letter from what was originally submitted for the Rhodes Scholarship application.

You can add more rows to the table below as necessary.

Name of Referee	Relationship to applicant	Email address

Must be at least 3 rows