The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) offers opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students enrolled in an Undergraduate o...
Indigenous Education Costs Scholarship (UTS)
Scholarship details
Open all year round
How to apply
Externally managed. Apply at https://www.uts.edu.au/scholarship/indigenous-education-costs-scholarship
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Eligibility Criteria
Be of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent and provide either:
a Confirmation of Aboriginality from a Local Aboriginal Land Council or other Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander organisation; or
a UTS Statutory Declaration form accompanied by two written references from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people from the applicant’s community who can confirm their identity and are not an immediate family member; and
Be intending to enrol, or currently enrolled, in an eligible course, which includes:
an undergraduate award course; or
a postgraduate award course; or
the Jumbunna Unistart program; and
Not be in receipt of other Commonwealth funding which may make them ineligible for this scholarship.
How to Apply
Receiving a means-tested Commonwealth income support payment; or
Providing comprehensive information demonstrating exceptional financial hardship.
Alternatively, students can arrange a financial assessment with the UTS Financial Assistance Service to evidence financial disadvantage.
Further Information
For undergraduate students, preference is given to students commencing, or enrolled in, their first undergraduate course.
Continuing students that have not maintained a minimum pass average (minimum WAM 50) in the previous session may not be considered for the Scholarship.