Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship (ICECS)

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 While the CECS have been replaced by the Student Start-Up Scholarships (administered by Centrelink), they will continue to be offered to Indigenous students in their existing form.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