Scheme: Curtin Humanitarian Fund Scholarship at Curtin University, Australia 2011

Level: Undergraduate, Postgraduate

Description: The Curtin Humanitarian Fund Scholarship is in accordance with Curtin’s long-standing, formal commitment to Ethics and Social Justice. The Scholarships provide financial support to current or future Curtin coursework students (undergraduate and postgraduate), who have entered Australia under refugee-like conditions and are unable to meet the costs of pursuing Higher Education.

Eligibility/Pre-requisition:

Applicants must:

1) Be a current or future Curtin coursework student (undergraduate and postgraduate)

2) Future students must already be in Australia

3) Future students must have an offer of a place in a Curtin course (note, any recipient of the Curtin Humanitarian Award must have a letter of offer for a Curtin course before this Scholarship can be awarded)

4) Be from a refugee-like background, or the relative of such a person, who experienced forced migration and may have entered Australia in a number of ways including:

•Off-shore approved Refugee or Humanitarian entrant

•Onshore, community based Asylum Seeker or refugee

•Temporary Protection Visa holder

•Family Reunion

5) Be able to demonstrate financial need

Application Method: Online

Deadline: 30 January, 2012