Grants are now available to support pre-service teachers completing a teaching placement in an eligible regional, remote or specialist Victorian government school.

To apply for a grant, pre-service teachers must complete a teaching placement:

• in an eligible regional, remote or specialist Victorian government school
• between 1 July 2023 to 31 December 2025.

Grant payments vary based on eligible areas shown on the map below and will be paid directly to students via a program-specific grants portal:

• $140 per day for placements in a specialist setting in metropolitan Melbourne
• $140 per day for all schools in regional urban centres
• $280 per day for all schools in inner regional placements
• $420 per day for all schools in outer regional and remote placements.

Further information on how to claim these grants will be released by your university.

Eligibility:

To be eligible for the grant a PST must:

• be enrolled in an accredited Victorian primary or secondary school ITE degree with one of the following approved Victorian course providers:
  • Australian Catholic University
  • Deakin University 
  • Eastern College Australia 
  • Federation University Australia 
  • La Trobe University 
  • Melbourne Polytechnic 
  • Monash University
  • RMIT University 
  • Swinburne University of Technology 
  • The University of Melbourne o Victoria University

• Email: PPGprogram@education.vic.gov.au