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About this scholarship

 

The Creative Arts Scholarships help eligible students in regional and remote areas of Australia access a Bachelor level degree in creative arts. The scholarships also give students, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, more opportunities towards a career in Australia's vibrant creative arts industry.

Scholarships support flexible study arrangements, and are available to eligible students:

  • commencing a new creative arts course of study in 2021
  • studying on campus, online or via distance education
  • studying a Bachelor degree full-time or part-time

SUMMARY

VALUE

up to AUD 18,000

50 on offer

Payments made per semester

Payments made for 4 years

APPLICATION PERIOD

01-Mar-2021 to 31-Dec-2021

  • Student types

    Domestic, Prospective
  • Student levels

    Honours, Undergraduate
  • Number of scholarships awarded

    50 on offer
  • Selection bases

    Personal illness/Disability, Financial hardship, Gender, Indigenous, Regional, rural or remote, Low SES

Field of study

 
Creative Arts

Eligibility

 

To be eligible for a Scholarship, the Scholarship Applicant must:

  • be an Australian citizen, Permanent Resident, holder of a permanent humanitarian visa, or a New Zealand citizen living in Australia;
  • have commenced the first year of their new Creative Arts Course of Study in Semester 1, Semester 2 or Trimester 3 of 2021;
  • provide evidence to demonstrate their financial need;
  • have a permanent home address (for example, family home for school leavers) in a regional or remote area as defined by the Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) 2016.
    • If a Scholarship Applicant relocates to a major city to study, evidence of relocation from their permanent regional home address to study must be provided.
    • The Scholarship Applicant must not have relocated to a major city more than 3 months prior to commencing the chosen course of study.

Additional information

 

Your application will be assessed on two main selection criteria:

  • Financial Need: You will need to provide documentary evidence to demonstrate financial need.
  • Capability : You must provide a written response describing:
    • A past educational achievement; and/or
    • A work achievement; and/or
    • Other achievements that help to demonstrate your ability to undertake your Eligible Course of Study

Other consideration would be based on one or more categories such as people from areas of unemployment, people from remote and very remote areas, Aborginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, women studying in fields with low female representation, people with disability and  people affected by Natural disasters

Scholarship Recipients may receive total Scholarship payments up to $18,000, based on course length and type of study or training (refer to the table below). A further $500 is available to Scholarship Recipients to support an Internship.

An Internship Host Organisation receives $500 to assist with the cost of supporting an Internship that is not a requirement of the Scholarship Recipient's Eligible Course of Study.
An organisation supporting an Internship that is a requirement of the Scholarship Recipient's Eligible Course of Study (i.e. work-integrated learning) will not receive the $500.

As an example, a four-year (or more) Scholarship Program includes:

  • up to $18,000 in study assistance; 
  • $500 as an incentive payment to the student for undertaking an Internship; and
  • $500 to the Internship Host Organisation.

A complete application must include:

  • a completed application form; and
  • supporting documentation

Only one application per Scholarship Applicant per round is assessed. If more than one application from the same Scholarship Applicant is received by the Scholarship Support Organisation, only the latest application received before the round closes is considered.

Applicants must submit the following documentation with their completed application form:

  • evidence of Australian citizenship, permanent residency, holding a permanent humanitarian visa or being a New Zealand citizen living in Australia;
  • proof of residence in a regional or remote area in Australia;
  • evidence of financial need;
  • evidence of eligibility for Other considerations.

You can click the "Apply Now" button to begin your application process.

You can also refer to the Program Guidelines Document for your reference.

Use contact details to request an alternative file format.

Applications open 1 March 2021 and will remain open throughout 2021 (until scholarships are fully exhausted)

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Contact us:

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