Ethel Tory Language Scholarship in Australia

Each year the ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences and the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific offer up to 30 awards known as the “Ethel Tory Language Scholarship”.
The objective of the award is to provide funds to cover documented travel costs, for eligible students undertaking full-time language study outside Australia, or full-time language study of Australian Indigenous Languages within Australia.
The award offered by the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific will support Asian language study in countries in the Asian region (excluding Australia), while the award offered by the ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences will support study of Australian Indigenous, European and Middle Eastern Languages.

 The award will be paid in a single instalment prior to the recipient’s travel departure, unless otherwise stated in the letter of offer. 

Selection will be made on the basis of:

[1] The academic record of eligible students.

[2] Benefit to student’s personal and academic life, and need for financial support, as detailed in the personal statement in the scholarship application.

[3] Whether the student has been awarded any other funding, grants or scholarships for language study.

[4] Access and equity considerations, including, if relevant, financial circumstances. 

Applicants must:

[1] Be domestics or international students. International students may not use the scholarship for study in their country of birth or citizenship.

[2] Be currently studying language at an intermediate/advanced (or equivalent) level within their undergraduate degree, as approved by the Ethel Tory Language Scholarship Committee. 

[3] Study full time while overseas in one of the following categories if they are undertaking language study outside Australia:

- Language courses conducted off shore by ANU and approved for credit towards the student’s ANU degree.

- Language courses offered by an approved international higher education provider and approved for credit towards the student’s ANU degree.

- A program of study, offered by an approved international higher education provider, delivered in a foreign language and approved for credit towards the student’s ANU degree.

[4] Must study full time in region in one of the following categories if they are undertaking language study of Australian Indigenous Languages within Australia:

- Australian Indigenous Language courses conducted by ANU and approved for credit towards the student’s ANU degree.

- Australian Indigenous Language courses offered by an approved higher education provider and approved for credit towards the student’s ANU degree.

[5] Previous recipients of the Ethel Tory Language Scholarship are ineligible to apply.