Description
The 2025 Care Experience Scholarships aim to support eligible Higher Education and TAFE students, who have been in foster care, kinship care or residential care by acknowledging their resilience and potential and breaking barriers to education.
Eligibility
- Domestic Higher Education or TAFE student
- Enrolled at one of the Federation University campuses
- Care-experienced – have experience of formal out-of-home care which may include foster care, kinship care, residential care, former Ward of the State
Scholarship Amount
4 Scholarships Available
The recipient will receive a single payment of $2,000 after the census date.
Conditions
- Be active and enrolled for the full year post census date.
- Students who defer their offer or take a leave of absence may forfeit their award.
- Must not be in their final semester of studying when applying.
- Not in receipt of a Foundation Care Experience Scholarship.
- Subject to funding availability.
Offers
- Eligible students will receive scholarship offers
- Eligible students will receive an email with instructions about how to accept the offer and redeem the scholarship
Please note
By submitting an application for this scholarship, you agree to allow the university to update your enrolment to indicate you have experience in out-of-home care. This information helps us resource our supports for students.
Information Privacy Procedure
Please read the Information Privacy Procedure before entering your profile in the Scholarships and Grants portal. Entering and submitting scholarship applications will constitute your consent to using your personal information as detailed in the Information Privacy Procedure.
2025 Care Experience Scholarships
Description
The 2025 Care Experience Scholarships aim to support eligible Higher Education and TAFE students, who have been in foster care, kinship care or residential care by acknowledging their resilience and potential and breaking barriers to education.
Eligibility
- Domestic Higher Education or TAFE student
- Enrolled at one of the Federation University campuses
- Care-experienced – have experience of formal out-of-home care which may include foster care, kinship care, residential care, former Ward of the State
Scholarship Amount
4 Scholarships Available
The recipient will receive a single payment of $2,000 after the census date.
Conditions
- Be active and enrolled for the full year post census date.
- Students who defer their offer or take a leave of absence may forfeit their award.
- Must not be in their final semester of studying when applying.
- Not in receipt of a Foundation Care Experience Scholarship.
- Subject to funding availability.
Offers
- Eligible students will receive scholarship offers
- Eligible students will receive an email with instructions about how to accept the offer and redeem the scholarship
Please note
By submitting an application for this scholarship, you agree to allow the university to update your enrolment to indicate you have experience in out-of-home care. This information helps us resource our supports for students.
Information Privacy Procedure
Please read the Information Privacy Procedure before entering your profile in the Scholarships and Grants portal. Entering and submitting scholarship applications will constitute your consent to using your personal information as detailed in the Information Privacy Procedure.