Students from a Refugee Background - Bursary
Amount
$500
Opening date
Closing date
Status
Open
Who is it for?
Future undergraduates, 1st year undergraduates
Where is it available?
Shepparton, Mildura, Bendigo, Albury-Wodonga, Melbourne
How is it paid?
Single Payment
Background
La Trobe University recognises the important contribution that people from a refugee background make to the Australian community and is pleased to offer a $500 bursary in 2020 for commencing students from a refugee background who hold a Permanent Humanitarian Visa or Australian Citizenship.
To assist students from a refugee background starting university, all eligible students who register with the Support Program for Students with a Refugee Background, will receive a bursary which is valued at $500.
Are you eligible to apply?
To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, applicants must:
- have arrived in Australia as a refugee within the last ten years and hold a Permanent Humanitarian Visa or Australian Citizenship; and
- be commencing an undergraduate degree at La Trobe University in 2020 (commencing students are defined as those starting a university course at first year undergraduate level for the first time at any institution.); and
- Be enrolled as a Commonwealth supported or domestic fee-paying student.
How to apply
Please contact Equity and Diversity to make an appointment to see a Contact Officer on your campus: 03 9479 2900.
Who to contact for further information
Equity and Diversity, equity@latrobe.edu.au