Commonwealth Education Cost Scholarships

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, eg completing a bachelor degree and enrolling in an honours degree. The maximum duration you can have access to one or more Commonwealth scholarships is for a total of eight scholarship periods (ie twice yearly for up to four years). You may hold a CECS and CAS concurrently but not sequentially.

Eligibililty

To be eligible, you must be:

• an Indigenous Australian, and
• a commencing or continuing student, and
• enrolled or intending to enrol full-time in an undergraduate degree* in a Commonwealth supported place or Graduate Diploma of Education at a Monash campus in Australia, and
• able to demonstrate financial disadvantage.

* Students enrolled in the Diploma of Tertiary Studies are eligible as long as they meet all other criteria for the scholarship.

Selection criteria

Awarded to eligible students on the basis of need.

Value and number available

$2377 per annum for the duration of the degree, up to a maximum of four years. The number available is variable depending on funding. In 2011, 14 scholarships were available. An additional allocation of scholarships is available for eligible students enrolling in the Indigenous Enabling Program.

Retention

Recipients must maintain a full-time and on-campus enrolment and verify their eligibility each semester to continue receiving the scholarship.

Deferability

These scholarships cannot be deferred.

Application Information