Scholarship Details
Provider Name: Monash 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 While the CECS have been replaced by the Student Start-Up Scholarships (administered by Centrelink), they will continue to be offered to Indigenous students in their existing form.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: Associate Degree, Bachelor Degree (Pass), Enabling course, Graduate Diploma
Study Fields: General
Support Type: Equity Scholarship
Offer Frequency: Annual
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 Indigenous Australian citizens experiencing financial disadvantage; be commencing or continuing full-time undergraduate students in a Commonwealth Supported Place (including the Diploma of Tertiary Studies) or Graduate Diploma of Education at a Monash campus in Australia; and have not previously completed a bachelor degree or equivalent (except where it is an entry requirement for the current course).Selection is based on need. Tenure is dependent on maintaining full-time on-campus enrolment and verification each semester.
Target Group: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, Educational disadvantage
Study Location: Australia – VIC: Melbourne Metropolitan
Closing Date: 31 October
Other Details: The scholarship cannot be deferred. Applicants may hold a Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship and Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship concurrently but not sequentially. An additional allocation of scholarships is available for eligible students enrolling in the Indigenous Enabling Program.
Scholarship Website: http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/scholarships/opportunities/commonwealth-learning/cecs.html (opens in new window)
Scholarship Contact Details
Contact Department: Coursework Scholarships Unit
Contact Phone: 61 3 99026011
Contact Fax: 61 3 99053263
Contact Email: scholarships@adm.monash.edu.au
Contact Postal Address: Caulfield Student Service Centre, PO Box 197, Caulfield East, VIC 3145 Australia
Provider Details
Provider Name: Monash University
Provider Phone: 61 3 99054000
Provider Fax: 61 3 99054007
Provider Website: http://www.monash.edu.au (opens in new window)