The Study Melbourne Inclusion Program provides funding of up to $30,000 for organisations working in partnership to deliver activities that support the wellbeing of international students living in Victoria. You can read the funding guidelines here.

No. Late applications will not be accepted once each funding round has closed. If you missed the closing date, you may wish to contact the Study Melbourne Inclusion Program team to discuss the timing of future funding rounds or other funding options. You can contact the program team by email at smip@studymelbourne.vic.gov.au.

We mean the specific activity that the funding will be used for. For example, an activity could be a one-off or series workshops, a training course, a leadership program, an awareness campaign, an information resource, or a sports game.

We may fund activities that are part of a larger event or project.

When you are seeking funding for an activity that is part of a larger project, you need to tell us. Your application has to clearly show the relationship between your proposed activity and the larger one. You should be able to provide information about the larger project, including what it is for, who is leading it, how it’s funded, and how it fits with the SMIP guidelines.

Remember: When your activity is part of a larger event or project, your Activity Plan and the Budget and Expenditure Forecast that form part of your funding application must focus on providing details about your proposed activity, not the larger event or project.

Each application for Study Melbourne Inclusion Program funding must be submitted in the name of one lead applicant. The lead applicant is usually the organisation with the main coordinating role in the partnership.

If your application is approved, the funding agreement will be between the lead applicant and the State of Victoria through DJSIR.

A partnership involves two or more organisations working together to achieve a mutually agreed outcome.

Being in a partnership is essential when applying for the Study Melbourne Inclusion Program funding.

Please note: Applicants and their partner/s must be entirely separate entities. They must not be owned by the same parent company, share governance, or have common directors.

Yes. Successful applicants for the Study Melbourne Inclusion Program funding will generally have 12 months from the date of the funding agreement to deliver the activity. In exceptional circumstances, Study Melbourne may agree to a longer timeframe for completing the activity and may consider multi-year funding.

All funded activities must be conducted under the Study Melbourne brand. You will need to display the Study Melbourne logo on promotional and information materials and at events relating to the activity.

Logos and brand guidelines will be supplied to each successful applicant once their funding agreement has been executed.

A conflict of interest occurs when a person has a personal, professional or business interest that may influence, or be perceived to influence, their decisions or interfere with the proper performance of their official duties. Conflict of interest can be actual, perceived or potential.

For example, if a decision-maker in your organisation or one of their immediate family members owns a business that will gain financially if your funding application is successful, that would be a conflict of interest. If the person or their family member is an employee of that business, that may still be a perceived or potential conflict of interest.

It may take up to 12 weeks from the closing date before applicants for Study Melbourne Inclusion Program funding are notified as to whether their application has been successful.

Study Melbourne will notify applicants if the assessment process is taking longer than expected.