Women in Finance and Economics Scholarship Program

Expanding on the Australian Government Women’s Leadership and Development Program (WLDP), the Prime Minister and Cabinet Office for Women have awarded a $1.5m grant to the FPA to administer scholarships that encourage and assist women, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, to enter, re-enter and achieve leadership roles across the financial services sector. The aim of these scholarships is to help create a talent pool and pipeline for diversity in business leadership for the future. The Scholarship value will vary and will be paid towards 2023 tuition fees.

• This scholarship is open to current ECU students.
• For more information, contact AskUs

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be an Australian citizen, or an Australian permanent resident;
• identify as female;
• be able to demonstrate financial need;
• be intending to upskill or refresh skills in finance and economics to help enter, re-enter, and achieve leadership roles in the financial services industry;
• be enrolled in first year of one of the approved courses listed below;
• be enrolled in a minimum of 15 credit points;
• have and maintain an academic progression status of GREEN.

An additional focus should be on applicants demonstrating intersecting sources of disadvantage, including but not limited to, women who:

• Are re-entering the workforce
• Have low socio-economic status
• Are mature age (50 years of age plus) or young (between 16 and 35 years old)
• Are Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
• Are new migrants
• Are living in rural and remote areas

• Bachelor of Commerce
• Bachelor of Commerce Professional

• Graduate Certificate/ Graduate Diploma of Accounting & Finance
• Graduate Certificate/ Graduate Diploma of Business
• Graduate Certificate of Executive Leadership and Management
• Graduate Certificate/ Graduate Diploma of Project Management

• Master of Business Administration
• Master of Business Administration International
• Master of Finance and Banking
• Master of Professional Accounting
• Master of Project Management
• Master of Business by Research

Application is made via the ECU Online Scholarship Application Portal . Access to the portal is available between application opening and closing dates.

Applicants will be required to provide a personal statement of no more than 500 words addressing the below;

• Describe your current financial situation and how this Scholarship would assist you if successful
• This scholarship is targeted at students intending to upskill or refresh skills in finance and economics to help enter, re-enter, and achieve leadership roles in the financial services industry. Discuss how you meet this requirement.

Eligible applications will be assessed by a Selection Committee.

Selection will be based on:

• Content of Personal Statement
• Additional consideration will be give to those experiencing any of the above disadvantages listed above in the Selection Criteria