Applications open for Bendigo Bank scholarships

APPLICATIONS are open for Bendigo Bank’s 2025 academic year scholarship program.

Over almost 20 years the program has awarded millions of dollars in scholarships, aiming to support recipients’ academic, professional and personal growth.

Some of the 2025 scholarships on offer include the Bendigo Bank Uni Scholarship for rural and regional students, made up of 12 scholarships of $6500 per student, per year for two years, and the Bendigo Bank TAFE Scholarship for rural and regional students – five scholarships of $5000 per student, per year for two years.

There’s also a Bendigo Bank Indigenous Scholarship Program constituting university scholarships of $6500 per student, per year for two years and $5000 TAFE scholarships per student, per year for two years.

Yorta Yorta Dja Dja Wurrung woman Ailish Clements was one of the 386 students who received a scholarship this year.

Currently studying at LaTrobe University in Bendigo, she said she faced many challenges while completing her VCE.

“I had to move out and get my own place. That was a really big challenge for me to overcome and go through. I also fell pregnant in 2023 and had to complete my exams and VCE and graduate eight months pregnant,” she said.

“It was hard, but it was really worth it. I look back and I’m so glad that I completed everything. Without this scholarship, I may not have been able to do that.”

Applications for the 2025 program close on 31 January.

For more information visit the Bendigo Bank website.