Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship (ICECS)

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University of Southern Queensland

Scholarship Details

Provider Name: University of Southern Queensland

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 While the CECS have been replaced by the Student Start-Up Scholarships (administered by Centrelink), they will continue to be offered to Indigenous students in their existing form.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, Graduate Diploma

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 Australian or Torres Strait Islander descent; be Australian citizens; be enrolled in a Bachelor degree or the Graduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching (GDTL) at USQ; be from a low income background; be enrolled in a minimum of 3 study units per semester; and not already have completed an award considered equal to or higher than an Australian bachelor degree, unless now enrolling in the Graduate Diploma of Learning and Teaching. Preference is given to those students who need to relocate from regional and remote areas.

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

Study Location: Australia - QLD: Darling Downs/South-West Queensland QLD: Ipswich/West Moreton QLD: Wide Bay

Closing Date: Early March; Mid July

Scholarship Website: http://www.usq.edu.au/scholarships (opens in new window)

Scholarship Contact Details

Contact Title: General Scholarship Enquiries

Contact Phone: 61 1800 269500

Contact Email:

Provider Details

Provider Name: University of Southern Queensland

Provider Phone: 61 7 46312100

Provider Website: http://www.usq.edu.au (opens in new window)

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