Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship (ICECS)

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Curtin University

Scholarship Details

Provider Name: Curtin University

Scholarship Name: Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship (ICECS)

Description: The Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarships (CECS) are available to Indigenous students to assist with the high costs of undertaking higher education. While the CECS have been replaced by the Student Start-Up Scholarships (administered by Centrelink), they will continue to be offered to Indigenous students in their existing form.

Study Level: Bachelor Degree (Pass), Enabling course

Study Fields: General

Support Type: Equity Scholarship

Offer Frequency: Multiple/year

Annual Amount: $2,543

Annual Comment: The scholarship is valued at $2,543 per year (2015 rate: indexed annually) for a maximum of 4 years.

Length: 4 year(s)

Gender: Co-Ed

Eligibility: Applicants must: be of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; be from a socio-economically disadvantaged background; be enrolled at Curtin as a full-time (minimum of 75 credits per semester) Commonwealth Supported Student in an eligible enabling or undergraduate course of study; and not already hold any undergraduate qualification or higher level award.

Target Group: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, Educational disadvantage

Study Location: Australia - WA: Perth Metropolitan WA: Goldfields WA: Great Southern WA: Midland WA: Midwest-Gascoyne WA: Pilbara

Closing Date: Mid March; Mid August; End November

Scholarship Website: http://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/scholarships/scholarship.cfm?id=1899.0 (opens in new window)