Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship (Postgraduate)

The objective of the Commonwealth Scholarships (CS) Program is to facilitate choice in higher education and to increase higher education participation for Indigenous students. The Indigenous-CAS are to assist Indigenous students with accommodation costs; funding is available for a maximum of eight scholarships periods.

Application opening date: 1 November 2012
Application closing date: 31 December 2013
Method of application: Application form will be available to download from this web page between application opening and closing dates

Payments

Amount: $4939 per year
Frequency: $2469 payment made after each semester census date for a maximum of eight semesters (indexed annually)
Method: Electronic funds transfer

Eligibility requirements

Eligibility criteria:

• Indigenous - Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
• Relocated from a rural, regional or remote area
• Financial hardship or low socio-economic (usually demonstrated by being in receipt of a means-tested Centrelink allowance)
• Must meet all criteria as per the Commonwealth Scholarship Guidelines for 2012

Nationality:

• Australian citizen

Level of study:

• Graduate diploma (or equivalent postgraduate course of study) in an area of national priority required for initial registration to practice in the chosen national priority

Area of national priority 2010

• Education/Teaching - Graduate Diploma of Education

Year of study:

• Any

Faculty:

• Any

Study mode:

• Full-time on-campus
• Part-time on-campus (in exceptional circumstances only)

Applicant information:

Applicants will need to be able to provide evidence of having relocated for the purpose of study within the 4 years immediately preceding the commencement of their current course of study and that it was necessary for the student to move from their regional or remote area in order to undertake a higher education course of study, thus causing them to incur additional accommodations costs.

Application for this scholarship is made on the application form titled - 'Indigenous Commonwealth Scholarships Application'. This application form allows students to complete one document which will be used by the ECU Scholarships Office to assess the applicant for all Commonwealth Indigenous scholarships currently available.

Selection:

Selection will be based on demonstrated need and personal circumstances

More information:

Contact Scholarships Office