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Regional Indigenous and Regional Access Scholarship Application Form

Regional Access Scholarships are awarded to domestic applicants, based at regional campuses, who face challenging circumstances or are experiencing other disadvantage. Supporting evidence is needed to assess your level of disadvantage. Please ensure you have attached all of your supporting documents and wait for them to upload before you click submit. Applications that are submitted without supporting documentation will not be assessed. For information on the types of supporting documentation please visit: supporting documentation.

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Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*). Personal circumstance
I am of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Descent *
I am *
I am applying to the university based on *
My details
Gender *
Date of Birth *
Please use your La Trobe email if available
Do you reside in a regional, remote or very remote area? * Check the Health Workforce Locator site (Check the 2016 box next the "ASGS Remoteness Areas")
Family circumstance
Are you the first person in your immediate family to attend university? * (immediate family = parents, siblings)
Do you speak another language at home other than English? *
Have you ever experienced formal out-of-home care? * (e.g. foster care, residential care, kinship care or been a ward of the state)
(Months)
Do you have a medical condition or disability which impacts your ability to study? * Examples of medical conditions and disabilities include but are not limited to: Physical impairment (e.g. blindness), Learning disabilities (e.g. dyslexia), Chronic pain, eating disorder (e.g. anorexia), Mental illness (e.g. depression), Major illness (e.g. cancer), Neurodevelopmental disorder or disability.
Do you have Children? *
Financial circumstance
Have financial difficulties negatively impacted your education, or do you anticipate they will affect your university education? * (Supporting evidence will be required.)
Do you, the applicant, currently receive any Centrelink benefits? *
This could include an Income Statement from the past three months or a copy of your current Health Care Card. You can download either document from your Centrelink online account.
(e.g. Australian Tax Office Notice of Assessment for 2024–2025, or 3 consecutive payslips dated within the last 3 months, .doc, .docx, .jpg or .png file types only. Max file size 8MB) If you live with others–such as a partner/spouse or your parents–you must also include their financial documents. This helps us understand the total income of your household. If evidence from all contributing household members isn’t provided, we cannot assess your financial situation.
I or a household member has received a support payment from Rural Finance or another state body.
Please provide evidence of this payment
Other difficult circumstances
Has your education been negatively impacted by other difficult circumstances not listed above? * (examples of difficult circumstances may include abusive family circumstances, excessive carer duties, chronic medical condition of a child, death of close relative, homelessness, recent multiple relocations, recent separation of parents, relationship breakdown, victim of crime, bullying.)
Privacy

All information provided by applicants will be treated as confidential. At La Trobe University, we respect the privacy of your personal information. We collect personal information in your application to determine your eligibility for a scholarship, bursary or grant, and to assess your application as part of the ranking and allocation process. In accordance with privacy laws, personal information about you contained in your application will not be used for any other purpose or disclosed to any person who is not part of the La Trobe assessment and allocation process, without your permission. You may have the right to access personal information we hold about you, subject to any exceptions in relevant laws, by contacting the Scholarships Office. The La Trobe University privacy policy can be viewed at: www.latrobe.edu.au/privacy


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