Commonwealth Indigenous Scholarships

• Total of 20 offered in 2025 Commonwealth Indigenous Accommodation Scholarships Annual Full Time Value = $8,000 per year for four years or $32,000
• Total of 40 offered in 2025 Commonwealth Indigenous Education Costs Scholarships Annual Full Time Value = $4,000 per year for four years or $16,000
• Payment is per term calculated per 12 enrolled credit points to an annual maximum. A minimum annual enrolment applies of 48 credit points (24 credit points if commencing after June)
• Scholarships commencing after July will only receive half the annual value in 2025 and must enrol in a minimum of 24 credit points in 2025.

• Any degree or course. Note preference will be shown to commencing undergraduate students.
• Accommodation scholarships will preference On-Campus students
• Studying a minimum of 96 credit points in a calendar year for the full value of the scholarship — value will be pro-rata for enrolments of lesser value. A minimum annual enrolment applies of 48 credit points (24 credit points if commencing after June)
• Preference will be shown to scholarship applicants enrolled or intending to enrol in a Commonwealth Supported Place

Selection criteria

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander status

For the purposes of the assessment of Indigenous Commonwealth Scholarship, a person will be considered to be an Indigenous person where:

• Is of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent and
• Identifies as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and
• Is accepted as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in the community in which he/she lives or has lived.

Citizenship

Applicants must be an Australian Citizen

Low socio-economic status

Applicants must be experiencing financial hardship

Non-eligibility

You are not eligible for consideration if you:

• In the case of CIAS you must not receive this scholarship at the same time as being paid:
• A Relocation Scholarship from Centrelink.
• Residential Costs Option (RCO) under the ABSTUDY scheme from Centrelink.
• Or any other Scholarship Type B — Accommodation Scholarship funded through Indigenous Student Success Program (ISSP) with any other institution, organisation or government department.
• In the case of CIECS you must not receive this scholarship at the same time as being paid:
• a Student Start-up Scholarship from Centrelink.
• Or any other Scholarship Type A — Education Cost Scholarship funded through Indigenous Student Success Program (ISSP) with any other institution, organisation or government department.