Indigenous Commonwealth Education Scholarship

For Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander degree and postgraduate by coursework students; worth $6,000 per year.

To be eligible for this scholarship you must:

• be an Australian Aboriginal/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 in semester 1 2023 (part-time study will be considered in exceptional circumstances)
• 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
• meet at least one of the following criteria:
• be able to demonstrate financial disadvantage such as
• receiving a government tested low income benefit or having a Centrelink Health Care Card
• are relocating or have relocated from a rural/regional area to study in Melbourne within the last four years.

Preference will be given to students able to demonstrate financial disadvantage and who have relocated from a rural/regional area to study at RMIT.