Care Leaver Accommodation Scholarship

Background

Are you eligible to apply?

To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, applicants must:

• An Australian Citizen, New Zealand Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident or Humanitarian Visa Holder
• Be intending to apply or have applied to live in any of the residences at La Trobe University in 2020; or returning to live in residence in 2020
  
• Be enrolled in, or be applying for entry to, an undergraduate program at La Trobe in 2020
• Have spent time living in out-of-home care prior to the age of 18 years (i.e. foster care, residential care, kinship care or as a ward of the state)
• Meet other criteria for educational disadvantage (e.g. financial, medical, caring for others, non English speaking background, disability or other hardship or disadvantage)

Please note the following information:

• Applicants may apply for multiple scholarships, however, no applicant will receive more than one accommodation scholarship from La Trobe University in any given calendar year
• Applicants must declare any scholarships they have received as part of the application process. Successful recipients must also notify the Scholarships Office if they subsequently receive a scholarship
• All scholarships are valid for one year only
• All scholarships are payable via accommodation rent discounts only
• Scholarships cannot be deferred
• Scholarship places are limited

Recipients of the scholarship shall be selected by the University based on their:

Application submitted via the scholarship application form, including detailed responses to questions about time spent in out-of-home care. Relevant documentation will be viewed favourably.

Recipient obligations

Recipients must remain a domestic undergraduate La Trobe student residing in residence at La Trobe University.

Who to contact for further information

Scholarships Office, scholarships@latrobe.edu.au