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Real Futures Grant

What is the Real Futures Grant? The grant is awarded annually to one person and is worth $5,000. Applications for the 2020–21 grant is now open until October 31st, 2021.

Important dates

Opens: 21-05-2021 Closes: 31-10-2021

Applies to

Domestic Undergraduate Postgraduate Coursework

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for this scholarship you must

  • be enrolled full-time in an accredited Australian Tertiary Education Institution and be studying for a certificate, diploma, degree or traineeship in any of the following areas:
    • Business – including any business-related courses from any institution.
    • Finance – including actuarial, statistics, accounting and general finance courses.
    • Medicine – including medical and health sciences, surgery and medical research.
    • Healthcare – including health and fitness-related specialties, sport sciences, health services assistance and international health.
    • Specialist healthcare – including nursing, optometry, dentistry and pharmacy.
  • be an Australian citizen or permanent residents of Australia can apply.
  • You must have reached 18 years of age or older to enter.
  • Employees and Immediate family members including the spouse, de-facto spouse, parent, guardian, child or sibling ("Immediate Family Members") of a Real Insurance employee are ineligible to enter. Employees, and Immediate Family Members of Greenstone Financial Services (GFS) are also ineligible to enter.

Selection criteria

To apply for the Real Futures Grant, you will need to write an essay (maximum 700 words) on why you want to work in your selected industry and the difference you hope to make in your particular field of study.

We are looking for submissions that reflect a real desire to improve the quality of people’s lives. It doesn’t have to be great prose, just honest and from the heart, so start thinking about the real reasons you have chosen the career path you have and then put them into words.

The winner of the grant will be selected and awarded by a panel of judges from the Real Insurance team on the basis of the entry that best grasps the challenge. The panel for the 2020–21 grant will convene from November 15, 2021.

Terms and conditions

See full Terms and Conditions

How to apply

All applicants must email the following documentation to grants@greenstone.com.au

  • Proof of Identification;
  • Proof of enrolment, including course name, tertiary institution name and enrolment status;
  • Your response (max word count 700 words); and
  • Contact details (including residential address).

For more information

For more information click here or enquire at grants@greenstone.com.au

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