Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship

Benefits

• $2469 per annum (2013 value) for the duration of the degree, up to a maximum of four years.

Number offered

• Fourteen scholarships will be offered in 2013. An additional allocation of scholarships is available for eligible students enrolling in the Indigenous Enabling Program

Selection

• Based on need

Eligibility

All conditions must be met

• Indigenous Australian
• Commencing or continuing full-time undergraduate student* in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP) or Graduate Diploma of Education at a Monash campus in Australia
• Experiencing financial disadvantage

Retention

• You must maintain full-time on-campus enrolment, and verify this each semester

Application and other information

• Cannot be deferred
• Students that have previously completed the requirements of a bachelors degree or high-level award are not eligible for Commonwealth scholarships, unless such an award is a prerequisite to the current undergraduate course of study (e.g. completing a bachelors degree and then enrolling in an honours degree).
• The maximum duration you can have access to one or more Commonwealth scholarships is a total of eight scholarship periods (i.e. twice yearly for up to four years).
• You may hold a Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship and Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship concurrently but not sequentially.
• Find out more about application information for:
  • commencing students
  • current students