The UTAS Scholarships Program provides students with significant financial and academic support to study at the University of Tasmania. Awards are offered in a wide range of disciplines and selection is based on academic merit and/or financial need. They are available to students studying at undergraduate, honours, and postgraduate coursework levels.
Our program runs on a calendar year basis. Applications for most awards commencing in Semester 1 open at the beginning of August and close strictly on 31 October in the year prior. The exception to this is scholarships for continuing engineering students, which open in April/May and close 30 June.
There is a very limited mid-year round for Honours scholarships, overseas scholarships for domestic students, and the Indigenous Commonwealth Scholarships. Applications for these awards open in April/May and close 30 June
Scholarships & bursaries that Riawunna Centre proudly support
Three bursaries provided by Riawunna, which is committed to the advancement of knowledge about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and societies.
Available to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students to assist with costs of accommodation, text books, etc.
To retain this award, recipients are required to achieve a minimum Pass result in all units studied each semester.
$1,000
One year
31 October 2011
This scholarship is provided by Riawunna, which is committed to the advancement of knowledge about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and societies.
Available to encourage an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student to undertake honours or postgraduate coursework at UTAS.
To retain this award, recipients are required to achieve a minimum Pass result in all units studied each semester.
$5,000
One year
31 October 2011
Applicants should apply online and forward a copy of the referee's report to two referees. All potential honours students should make contact with the Honours Coordinator in their discipline to discuss interests and options. Referee's Report for Honours and Postgraduate applicants.
Provide an electronic copy of this report to each of your two referees (hons and postgrad applicants only).
This scholarship is provided by Riawunna, to encourage Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander students from the north-west of Tasmania to undertake study at the University of Tasmania.
Available to an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student from the north-west of Tasmania commencing any undergraduate course.
To retain this award, recipients are required to achieve a minimum Pass result in all units studied each semester.
$4,000 per year
Up to four years
31 October 2011
Indigenous Access Scholarships will provide payment to indigenous higher education students, particularly those from rural or remote areas of Australia who need to relocate to take up an undergraduate course or an approved enabling course. An indigenous student who receives an Indigenous Access Scholarship may also have access to a continuing Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship (ICECS) and, where eligible, an Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship (ICAS). In addition, some ICECS and ICAS for indigenous students will extend for five years, allowing students to receive funding to undertake the University Preparation Program or another enabling program. These scholarships are funded by the Australian Government. Scholarship Guidelines (2010 academic year)
Preference given to a commencing student. Essentially, applicants must be Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people who meet the Commonwealth three-tiered criteria for Aboriginality. This requires that an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person is of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent AND identifies as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander AND is accepted as such by the community in which he or she lives or has lived.
To retain this award, recipients are required to achieve a minimum Pass result in all units studied each semester.
$4,485. Scholarship payment will be made directly to students by UTAS, in accordance with Commonwealth guidelines (above).
One-off payment.
31 October 2011
Funding for these awards is provided by the Federal Government and seeks to help low-income indigenous students with the costs associated with higher education. Two types of award are available - Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarships (ICAS) and Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarships (ICECS). Scholarship Guidelines (2010 academic year)
As announced in the Federal Budget in May 2009, from 2010 applications for Commonwealth Scholarships are only open to students of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent who can demonstrate financial need. Recipients should be enrolled full-time (minimum 37.5% load per semester). To be eligible for a Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship applicants must have recently lived in, or have been educated in, rural or regional Australia, and have to move away from home to access on-campus study. Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarships do not have this relocation criteria.
To retain this award, recipients are required to achieve a minimum Pass result in all units studied each semester.
$4,754 pa. The scholarships are paid in two equal instalments each year, as soon as possible after census date. For Semester 2 2011 commencement, recipients will receive one instalment only.
Up to four years
31 October 2011
Funding for these awards is provided by the Federal Government and seeks to help low-income indigenous students with the costs associated with higher education. Two types of award are available - Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarships (ICAS) and Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarships (ICECS). Scholarship Guidelines (2010 academic year)
As announced in the Federal Budget in May 2009, from 2010 applications for Commonwealth Scholarships are only open to students of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent who can demonstrate financial need. Recipients should be enrolled full-time (minimum 37.5% load per semester). To be eligible for a Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship applicants must have recently lived in, or have been educated in, rural or regional Australia, and have to move away from home to access on-campus study. Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarships do not have this relocation criteria.
To retain this award, recipients are required to achieve a minimum Pass result in all units studied each semester.
$2,377 pa. The scholarships are paid in two equal instalments each year, as soon as possible after census date. For Semester 2 2011 commencement, recipients will receive one instalment only.
Up to four years
31 October 2011
The Indigenous scholarships website is a comprehensive searchable database of undergraduate and postgraduate funding opportunities for Indigenous Australians: http://www.indigenousscholarships.com.au/