Overview
Scholarship type
Number of scholarships to award
Grant
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The objective of this scholarship is to encourage students to continue with tertiary education and to study their own culture and history.
Benefits
The value of the award is stated in your letter of offer. The award is paid in two equal instalments at the beginning of each semester unless otherwise stated in the letter of offer.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be Indigenous Australian.
- Be enrolled in either the Honours Years of a bachelor's degree program or in a graduate diploma or masters by coursework program and taking courses relevant to the study of Indigenous Australian culture such as archaeology, anthropology, history and linguistics.
Selection basis
- Academic merit. The applicant must have achieved the best average results, of all the students considered for the scholarship, in relevant courses taken in the previous year or in the undergraduate degree preceding the graduate coursework program.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Locations
Nationality
Study experience required
Age
Application
Application deadline
This scholarship shall be awarded on the recommendation of the Director of the Tjabal Indigenous Higher Education Centre and approved by the Chair of the University Awards Committee.