Flinders University 2023 Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship

The Commonwealth government and Flinders University have established the Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship to provide additional assistance to students living on-campus who are in receipt of a standard Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship (ICAS).

The number of ICAS top-up scholarships available each year will be determined by annual funding from the Commonwealth government. The scholarship value will be determined annually. 

This round is open to any student who is currently admitted to a degree at Flinders, including applicants who applied, but was unsuccessful in an earlier round. 

• Table of Content
• About Flinders University
• Undergraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Undergraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship
• Requirements for Undergraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Undergraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship
• Application Deadline
• Postgraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Postgraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship
• Requirements for Postgraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Postgraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Flinders University

Flinders University is a public university in Adelaide, South Australia. Founded in 1966, it was named in honour of navigator Matthew Flinders, who explored and surveyed the South Australian coastline in the early 19th century. Flinders is a verdant university[citation needed] and a member of the Innovative Research Universities (IRU) Group and ranks in the 10-16 bracket in Australia and 36th in the world of those established less than 50 years. Academically, the university pioneered a cross-disciplinary approach to education, and its faculties of medicine and the humanities are ranked amon... continue reading

• Undergraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship
• Postgraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship

Undergraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Undergraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship

The scholarship is awarded for up to 1 year of full-time study.

The first semester payment will be paid directly to the student and the second semester payment will be credited into the recipient’s Flinders Living account. Scholarships are available to part-time students in exceptional circumstances, which includes (but is not limited to) disability, illness or carer responsibilities. Part-time scholarship recipients will receive the same annual value as full-time scholarship recipients.  

Requirements for Undergraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship Qualification

All scholarship applicants must meet all the basic requirements of an ICAS scholarship as follows. Applicants must

• Be of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; and
• Identify as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; and
• Be accepted as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander by the community in which they live or have lived; and
• Normally be enrolled full-time at Flinders University in an undergraduate course of study or the Foundation Studies program; and
• Have a permanent home address in Inner or Outer Regional, Remote or Very Remote Australia as defined by the Australian Standard Geographic Classification (ASGC); and
• Have relocated to undertake study as per section 2.10.15 of the Commonwealth Scholarship Guidelines (Education) 2010; and
• Be living on-campus at Bedford Park in Flinders living; and
• Be able to demonstrate financial need.
• Be in receipt of an ICAS

Previous recipients of an Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship may reapply but will be limited to a maximum of 4 payments in total.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Undergraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship

In selecting recipients the following factors will be considered:

• Remoteness of permanent home address
• Financial need
• University entrance score (commencing students)
• GPA (continuing students)

Preference will be given to commencing students.

Preference may be given to students not in receipt of ABSTUDY.

Selection of the candidate(s) will be made in accordance with procedures approved by the Director, Student Administration, in consultation with the Office of Indigenous Strategy and Engagement.

Application Deadline

Postgraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Postgraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship

The scholarship is awarded for up to 1 year of full-time study.

The first semester payment will be paid directly to the student and the second semester payment will be credited into the recipient’s Flinders Living account. Scholarships are available to part-time students in exceptional circumstances, which includes (but is not limited to) disability, illness or carer responsibilities. Part-time scholarship recipients will receive the same annual value as full-time scholarship recipients.  

Requirements for Postgraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship Qualification

All scholarship applicants must meet all the basic requirements of an ICAS scholarship as follows. Applicants must

• Be of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; and
• Identify as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; and
• Be accepted as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander by the community in which they live or have lived; and
• Normally be enrolled full-time at Flinders University in a postgraduate course of study or the Foundation Studies program; and
• Have a permanent home address in Inner or Outer Regional, Remote or Very Remote Australia as defined by the Australian Standard Geographic Classification (ASGC); and
• Have relocated to undertake study as per section 2.10.15 of the Commonwealth Scholarship Guidelines (Education) 2010; and
• Be living on-campus at Bedford Park in Flinders living; and
• Be able to demonstrate financial need.
• Be in receipt of an ICAS

Previous recipients of an Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship may reapply but will be limited to a maximum of 4 payments in total.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Postgraduate Indigenous Commonwealth Accommodation Top-up Scholarship

In selecting recipients the following factors will be considered:

• Remoteness of permanent home address
• Financial need
• University entrance score (commencing students)
• GPA (continuing students)

Preference will be given to commencing students.

Preference may be given to students not in receipt of ABSTUDY.

Selection of the candidate(s) will be made in accordance with procedures approved by the Director, Student Administration, in consultation with the Office of Indigenous Strategy and Engagement.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit Flinders University website.