Scholarship Details
Provider Name: University of Wollongong
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 While the CECS have been replaced by the Student Start-Up Scholarships (administered by Centrelink), they will continue to be offered to Indigenous students in their existing form.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), 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; be undertaking an undergraduate course of study as Commonwealth Supported students at the University of Wollongong; meet the low socio-economic background criteria; and be enrolled as full-time students (unless there are exceptional circumstances that prevent the student from studying full-time).
Target Group: Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, Educational disadvantage
Study Location: Australia – NSW: Illawarra
Closing Date: Early January
Scholarship Website: http://www.uow.edu.au/about/scholarships/ug/listing/UOW095132.html(opens in new window)
Scholarship Contact Details
Contact Title: Prospective Student Enquiries
Contact Phone: 61 1300 367869
Provider Details
Provider Name: University of Wollongong
Provider Phone: 61 2 42213555
Provider Website: http://www.uow.edu.au (opens in new window)