Description

Flinders University has established this scholarship to support high achieving Indigenous students commencing undergraduate courses at Flinders University.

Benefits

The scholarship is valued at $12,000 per annum for up to four years. The scholarship will be paid in instalments of $6,000 each semester subject to the recipient maintaining eligibility. Up to three scholarships will be available per annum.

Eligibility

Scholarship applicants must meet the following criteria:

• be of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent; and
• identify as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander; and
• be accepted as an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander by the community in which they live or have lived; and
• be applying via SATAC to commence an undergraduate degree at Flinders; and
• have completed year 12 in the year prior to commencing University study; and
• have an ATAR of 80.0 or above (excluding adjustment factors), or equivalent year 12 score.

Selection Criteria

Selection will be awarded based on academic merit, using the applicant’s university entrance score. Selection of the candidate(s) will be made at the same time as the main round of university admission offers in accordance with procedures approved by the Director, Student Administration Services and based on SATAC application data. If the scholarship quota is not filled in the first main of offers, the University may decide to offer scholarships to students in subsequent rounds. (Note, the main round is usually the first offer round held in the January of the admission year).