Indigenous Accommodation Scholarship 1

These Commonwealth-funded scholarships aim to support Indigenous students who are relocating from a remote or regional area to study with University of Newcastle.

Areas of study: Any Area of Study At Institution: University of Newcastle

Study level:

• Undergraduate
• Postgraduate coursework
• Postgraduate research

Study Load: Full Time

Benefit The scholarship provides a total of $5500, paid as two instalments of $2750 after the semester one and semester two census dates. A pro-rata payment of $1375 will apply to semesters in which enrolment is part-time (10 or 20 units).

This scholarship can be held alongside another donor funded scholarship offer.

To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, you will need to:

• Be currently enrolled or enrolling in any year of any Enabling, Undergraduate (Commonwealth Supported Place), or - Postgraduate program with University of Newcastle.
• Demonstrate financial hardship by either by being in receipt of a means-tested Commonwealth income support payment (such as Austudy, ABSTUDY, Youth Allowance etc), or on the basis of a comprehensive assessment.
• Be of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, AND identify as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres - Strait Islander, AND be accepted as an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander by the community in which you live or have - lived.
• Be relocating from a remote, rural, or regional area to study with UON.
• If accepting the scholarship offer, must not have received - or agrees to repay - a Student Start-up Loan, a Student Start-up - Scholarship or a Relocation Scholarship or the Residential Costs option of ABSTUDY from Centrelink.
• Must not have previously received the full entitlement of a Commonwealth Indigenous Scholarship awarded prior to 2017 or - hold this scholarship concurrently at another institution.

Required Documentation Required documents will be listed on the ‘Your Documents’ page of your application. The application portal accepts PDF only. A maximum of 3 PDF smaller than 5 MB can be added per document type upload field.

Documents required may vary depending on your application responses. Please refer to the Your Documents section of your application for information on what you will need to provide.