How to apply

Registering your account

Application is via the Scholarships and Grants Program online platform, RACS Unlock, hosted by Survey Monkey Apply. Emailed applications are not accepted. When the Scholarships and Grants Program is open for application, you will see two programs on your dashboard:

- Learning and Development Grant Program
- Research Scholarship program

You may create applications in both programs.

Registering your account

You may register or login to RACS Unlock at any time; however, you will not be able to apply for a grant or scholarship until the program's opening date.
There is no need to re-register if you already have a RACS Unlock account; however, you will need to log-in using your previously registered email address. 
If you have previously been a reviewer but not an applicant, you may update your reviewer profile (via My Account Site Settings) to add yourself as an applicant.

We recommend using browsers Google Chrome or Firefox. Please do not use Safari, MS Edge or Explorer.
Please make note of the email address you use for your registration as you will need to use the same email address each time you log in.
Do not log in with Facebook, Twitter or Google as these may not match with your registered email address. The Scholarships and Grants Team will contact you at the email address registered in Unlock, this includes when notifying outcomes of your application. Ensure you have reliable access to this inbox.
If you are a recommender or reviewer, the email address you use to login must match the email address through which you received your invitation to register.
my.surgeons username and passwords are not enabled on RACS Unlock as we've been advised by the IT specialists that this would then exclude non-RACS members from accessing this system.

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You may apply to as many scholarships and grants as you are eligible across both the Learning and Development and Research programs.

Each scholarship and grant webpage lists application requirements. If the applicant is a project team, the lead researcher must complete the RACS Unlock acceptance form.

The time required to complete an application will vary depending on the requirements for the scholarships and grants for which you are applying. Allow yourself time to collate your application by logging-in to RACS Unlock early once applications open. Once logged-in:

1. Select the Research program or the Learning and Development program (you may commence applications in both program streams)
2. Complete the eligibility & demographic and career & employment tasks (complete these in one program stream, and they will pre-populate to an application in the other program stream)
3. Depending on your responses in these tasks, scholarships and grants for which you may be eligible will then show for your selection
4. Complete the activity proposal
5. You may be required to upload required evidence documents
6. You may save your application to continue within the application period or submit your application
7. You will receive reminder emails until your application is submitted or the application period has closed.

For most scholarships and grants, your application is based on your proposed activity. You can't submit more than one application for the same activity, however you may complete another application should you wish to submit a second (or third) activity or research proposal. Some of your forms will then pre-populate your previous entries which you may edit.

Unless otherwise stated on the scholarship and grant guideline, scholarship and grant activity cannot commence prior to the closing date of applications.