Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship 2

For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander degree and postgraduate by coursework students from interstate or rural/regional Victoria; worth $7,000 per year for standard duration of program..

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

Study level:

• Undergraduate
• Honours, Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma
• Postgraduate coursework
• Postdoctoral
• Postgraduate research
• VET courses
• Short executive courses
• Enabling foundation and preparatory courses

Study Load: Full Time Location: VIC

How To Apply complete the online application form by the application close date. In order to be considered for this scholarship, you must submit a complete online application. Partial applications will not be assessed.

VTAC applications: apply online through the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre (VTAC) website (www.vtac.edu.au).

Before you begin your application, please visit Supporting Your Application for more information about supporting your application with evidence, providing referee letters and answering application questions.”

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student
• be an Australian citizen
• be enrolling full-time in an associate or bachelor degree, or a postgraduate by coursework program at RMIT (part-time study will be considered in exceptional circumstances)
• be relocating or have relocated from a rural/regional area to study in Melbourne within the last four years
• be able to provide proof of your Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent to the Ngarara Willim Centre for Aboriginal and - Torres Strait Islander Peoples if selected as an eligible recipient
• not currently be receiving an Indigenous Accommodation Scholarship.
• Preference will be given to students able to demonstrate financial disadvantage and who have relocated from a rural/regional area to study at RMIT.