Indigenous Accommodation and Relocation Scholarships

The ISSP – Accommodation/Relocation Scholarship is to assist students with the cost of relocation, accommodation or commuting to campus.

Scholarship details

Value: $8,000 approx. total

Duration: 1 Year

Application dates

Closed

Open: 04/10/2023
Close: 10/02/2024

Options


This scholarship is for:

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander applicants
Financial equity

Areas of study:

  • Any Area of Study

At Institution:

  • Charles Sturt University

Study level:

  • Honours, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma
  • Postgraduate coursework
  • Undergraduate

Study Load:

  • Full Time
  • Part Time

Location:

  • NSW

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for this scholarship you must be:

  1. an Indigenous Australian citizen;
  2. studying an undergraduate or postgraduate degree as an active student;
  3. enrolled in a Charles Sturt course as a Commonwealth supported student in a Commonwealth supported place;
  4. a commencing or continuing student. Continuing students must have a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher (pass grade average);
  5. enrolled as an internal or mixed mode student;
  6. full time or part-time 
  7. applicants must not be receiving or have received a payment from any other source for the same purpose of relocation or accommodation costs, including the Centrelink Relocation Scholarship or Centrelink Residential Cost Option
  8. in financial need – in receipt of an eligible means tested Centrelink Benefit or able to demonstrate financial hardship 

Further Information

To continue to be eligible for this scholarship, you must, by the census date of each subsequent session:

  • meet the eligibility criteria
  • maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher

Please note: Priority will be awarded to Indigenous students from remote or regional areas.