Australian Veterans' Children Assistance Trust

Eligibility for the AVCAT scholarship include the following:

• Australian residency status
• Planning to enrol or enrolled in an undergraduate degree in Australia of one or more academic year's duration in a university, TAFE college or registered training organisation
• Be studying or planning to study full time online or face to face. Priority is given to those who have not previously undertaken tertiary education
• Applicants who are seeking a scholarship for a second degree, Masters or Doctorate degrees may be considered for a scholarship but will be treated as a lower priority. If an applicant has received a Long Tan Bursary, they cannot be considered for another Long Tan Bursary.
• In receipt of or eligible to receive Centrelink payments including Youth Allowance, ABSTUDY, Austudy or an accepted means tested Commonwealth government payment.
• Be a child or a grandchild of an ex-serving veteran as defined by AVCATs Constitution (adopted children,foster children, stepchildren and grandchildren). Stepchildren and foster children must have resided with or been financially supported by their veteran stepparent for 5 of the last 10 years.
• The veteran must be an Australian ex-serving veteran with operational service including eligible war service, war-like service and peacekeeping/peacemaking service OR 3 or more continuous years of full-time other service, as a member of the Australia Navy, Army or Air Force. People who are serving in the Reserve Forces are considered to be serving so the applicant is not eligible.

Selection