Ben Cowen Scholarship

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• Skip to main content Scholar hip Ben Cowen Scholar hip Scholar hip Ben Cowen Scholar hip No application required.
• Check eligibility Key cholar hip detail Application tatu Open for automatic con ideration Benefit amount Up to $30,000 Eligible tudy level Undergraduate Eligible tudent type Dome tic and international tudent Eligible tudy tage Future tudy Benefit duration One or more year Summary The Ben Cowen Scholar hip i offered to tudent from a non-Engli h
• peaking background and refugee and/or migrant background, who are enrolling in the Bachelor of Art tudent .
• About the donor The Ben Cowen Scholar hip tem from a generou gift from Matthew and Elizabeth Goldberg, in partner hip with the Lumina Foundation, and a group of donor including Cowen family member , in memory of their cheri hed friend, brother and on, Ben Cowen.
• The fourth and younge t child of former Governor-General of Au tralia Sir Zelman Cowen (1919-2011) and Lady Anna Cowen AM (1925-2022), Ben wa a ucce ful entrepreneur - co-founding the outdoor and camping tore Anaconda among other bu ine achievement .
• He wa al o an adventurer, intrepid traveller, leader in the Jewi h community and proud graduate of the Univer ity of Melbourne.
• Ben worked hard to ucceed on hi own term and to under tand the challenge faced by people le fortunate than him elf.
• The Ben Cowen Scholar hip i founded in thi pirit.After Ben died tragically in 2017, leaving behind hi wife and three children, the Goldberg e tabli hed thi cholar hip to honour and extend Ben’ legacy.
• Fo tering Ben’ deep intere t in cro -cultural exchange, the Ben Cowen Scholar hip upport recent immigrant to Au tralia acce a world-cla Humanitie education.
• Believing that nation like Au tralia benefit greatly from both their immigrant population and a high-quality Humanit

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Skip to main content Scholar hip Ben Cowen Scholar hip Scholar hip Ben Cowen Scholar hip No application required. Check eligibility Key cholar hip detail Application tatu Open for automatic con ideration Benefit amount Up to $30,000 Eligible tudy level Undergraduate Eligible tudent type Dome tic and international tudent Eligible tudy tage Future tudy Benefit duration One or more year Summary The Ben Cowen Scholar hip i offered to tudent from a non-Engli h peaking background and refugee and/or migrant background, who are enrolling in the Bachelor of Art tudent . About the donor The Ben Cowen Scholar hip tem from a generou gift from Matthew and Elizabeth Goldberg, in partner hip with the Lumina Foundation, and a group of donor including Cowen family member , in memory of their cheri hed friend, brother and on, Ben Cowen. The fourth and younge t child of former Governor-General of Au tralia Sir Zelman Cowen (1919-2011) and Lady Anna Cowen AM (1925-2022), Ben wa a ucce ful entrepreneur - co-founding the outdoor and camping tore Anaconda among other bu ine achievement . He wa al o an adventurer, intrepid traveller, leader in the Jewi h community and proud graduate of the Univer ity of Melbourne. Ben worked hard to ucceed on hi own term and to under tand the challenge faced by people le fortunate than him elf. The Ben Cowen Scholar hip i founded in thi pirit.After Ben died tragically in 2017, leaving behind hi wife and three children, the Goldberg e tabli hed thi cholar hip to honour and extend Ben’ legacy. Fo tering Ben’ deep intere t in cro -cultural exchange, the Ben Cowen Scholar hip upport recent immigrant to Au tralia acce a world-cla Humanitie education. Believing that nation like Au tralia benefit greatly from both their immigrant population and a high-quality Humanit Exact official public evidence revalidated 2026-09-11, unsupported precision omitted.