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Gnaala Karla Booja Scholarship Programme

Newmont is the world’s leading gold company and a producer of copper, silver, zinc and lead.

Newmont Australia is committed to reconciliation. The Gnaala Karla Booja Scholarship Programme supports the delivery of Newmont Australia's inclusion and diversity targets, its Reconciliation Action Plan and the specific commitments related to tertiary scholarships and secondary education engagement for Gnaala Karla Booja – Noongar students.

Provider:
Newmont Australia
No. of Scholarships:
3
Duration of Award:
3 or 4 years
Level of study:
  • Undergraduate
  • postgraduate
  • Honours
Semester Availability:
  • Semester 1
Study Area:
  • Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
  • Environmental and Conservation Sciences
  • Information Technology
  • Engineering and Energy
  • Business

Eligibility

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

  • Be of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, with confirmed connection to the Gnaala Karla Booja Noongar community. This may include identifying your family ties, your mob, or the place your family is from. If you need assistance establishing or explaining your connection, you can contact Kulbardi at Kulbardi@murdoch.edu.au. Clear family links to Gnaala Karla Booja are required.
  • Be enrolled in a full-time study load (9 credit points), however, part-time enrolment may be considered in cases of extenuating circumstances.
  • Be enrolled in one of the following fields of study/ courses:

Engineering within fields of Electrical Power; Renewable Energy or Engineering Technology:

Business within fields of Accounting, Finance or Commerce:

Human Resource Management within fields of Human Resource Management:

Sciences within fields of  Conservation and Wildlife Biology, Environmental Management and Sustainability or Environmental Science:

Arts within fields of Community Development, Sociology or Sustainable Development:

Information Technology & Business within fields of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems, Business Information Systems, Computer Science or Internetworking and Network Security:

    *Please note: The applicant must not hold another mining industry awarded tertiary scholarship at or external to Murdoch University

    How to Apply

    This scholarship is currently accepting applications.

    Prospective students who have applied to Murdoch University, or current students with a Murdoch University Student ID number - Please complete this application form and upload your supporting documentation to your application form.

    If you have any questions regarding the application process, please email scholarships@murdoch.edu.au.

    Required Documents

    1. Personal statement (no more than 500 words) that addresses the following:
    • why you would be a worthy recipient of the scholarship?
    • how the scholarship will assist you to be successful in your studies?
    • your cultural linkages to Gnaala Karla Booja - Noongar community?
    • what are your career aspirations?

    File naming: Where possible, please name your files using your surname, first name initial and date.

    For example: ApplicationSmithJ25Aug26; StatementSmithJ25Aug26; ReferenceSmithJ25Aug26

     

    Payment Method

    Payments will be made directly into recipient's nominated bank account in the following instalments:

    • $4,000 in the semester you are awarded
    • $4,000 in the consecutive second semester 

    Recipients enrolled part-time due to approved extenuating circumstances will receive the scholarship on a pro-rata basis, based on their study load at the time of payment.

    Scholarship payment processing commences from week 7 of each respective semester.

    Note: While we endeavour to process and pay all scholarship student payments within week 7 and/or 8 of the respective semester, in some unforeseen circumstances your payment may arrive in your bank account later than week 8.

    All payments are subject to your acceptance and ongoing compliance with the of the award.