2025 STUDENT APPLICATION FORM for the Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Program

Applications have now closed. Please only submit an application if you have been approved by your school to do so.

This form is your application to the Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars (KLDYS) Program. Please note applications are only open to Year 10 students from Victoria or schools in the border regions of New South Wales or South Australia. Successful applicants will form the KLDYS Class of 2026 (named for the year members will complete Year 12).

HOW TO APPLY

1. First, check your eligibility for the Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholars Program on our website: http://go.unimelb.edu.au/rr5i.

2. Before you apply, please have a conversation with your Careers Teacher, Year 10 Coordinator or Principal to let them know you're interested in submitting an application. To be considered the school will need to endorse your application, so this conversation and the school's support is vital.

3. You can only submit ONE application, so please consider your answers carefully before finalising your submission. We suggest answering the questions in a separate document before transferring them to the application form. You may wish to save this document for later reference.

4. You will not receive an email confirmation regarding the submission of your application. Instead, you will see a 'Thank you' screen following submission which is confirmation that your application has been received. Applicants and schools will be notified of the outcomes in mid-November. 

We wish you well with your application. If you have any questions, please email young-scholars@unimelb.edu.au.






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