Venture Scholarships 2023
Applications are open for the Study Melbourne Future Founders Venture Scholarships for 2023.
The Venture Scholarships are the only international student focused initiative in Victoria that provides seed funding for entrepreneurship ventures, as well as StartSpace Loft membership and one-on-one coaching and mentoring opportunities.
The program runs for 12 weeks from April to July 2023, and applications close on 26 March 2023.
There are five scholarships available for individual founders or teams of up to three members. To apply as the primary applicant, you must be a current or former international student (up to five years post-graduation).
The scholarship program provides:
- $10,000 AUD seed funding for your business venture.
- 6 x individual mentoring sessions
- 6x group sessions with the scholarship cohort and guest speakers to learn from
- A venture crawl event where scholars will visit other startups and support services in the local Melbourne startup ecosystem.
- A demo day held at StartSpace at the end of the program to showcase your venture
- StartSpace Loft Membership for the duration of the program to provide a place to work on your venture.
Apply now