Seek feedback

Contact the relevant faculty for feedback on your application. This will help you understand the decision and improve a potential future application.

Explore other opportunities

• Check whether there are any other scholarship opportunities that may suit you.
• Consider a pathway program or alternative postgraduate course.

Reapply in a future round

You are welcome to reapply in a future scholarship round. To be competitive you will be asked to demonstrate how your application has improved by outlining additional information and providing supporting documentation. To reapply in a future round:

• Consult with your faculty to discuss how you can strengthen your application.
• Consider how you can demonstrate improvement from your previous application. Examples of an improvement are completion of an honours degree with first-class honours, or being published as a first author in a Q1 publication.
• Notify the Graduate Research School (grad.research@acu.edu.au) and include "Re-application" in the subject of your email.

Pursue your degree without a scholarship

If you wish to proceed with your graduate research degree without a scholarship, you may confirm this by contacting the Graduate Research School or International Admissions.