Indigenous Enabling Scholarships

The Indigenous Enabling Scholarships are aimed at Indigenous students who are undertaking an Aboriginal Orientation Course. 

Two types of scholarship are available:

• Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship - Indigenous Enabling (CECS-IES) is valued at $4,415 in 2009
• Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship - Indigenous Enabling (CAS-IES) is valued at $4,415 in 2009

The duration for both scholarships is up to one year, made as two payments (one each semester).

The scholarship will not be regarded as income by Centrelink in means-tested benefits.

Indigenous Enabling Scholarships

To qualify for a CECS – Indigenous Enabling Scholarship and/or a CAS - Indigenous Enabling Scholarship you must be:

• an Australian citizen; and
• an Indigenous person; and
• enrolled in or undertaking the Aboriginal Orientation Course at the University of WA; and
• in receipt of a means tested Commonwealth income support payment (such as Youth Allowance, AUSTUDY or ABSTUDY), or provide a statement demonstrating financial hardship; and
• enrolled as a full-time student (defined as undertaking as least 75% of an equivalent full time student load in a scholarship period) unless there are exceptional circumstances which prevent you from studying full-time.

Also, you must not already have completed the requirements of a course of study which is equivalent to or higher than an Australian bachelor's award.

Applicants for a CAS–Indigenous Enabling Scholarship must also meet the criteria described in 'Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship - additional criteria', within the four years immediately preceding the commencement of the Aboriginal Orientation Course.