Applications for AVCAT scholarships are now open, including the Long Tan Bursary. The AVCAT tertiary scholarships are for the children and grandchildren of Australian ex-serving veterans. Scholarships provide $4000–$6000 per year for three years, to full time students enrolled in a minimum one-year course at uni, TAFE or RTO.
To be eligible a student must be the child, stepchild, foster child or grandchild or an ex-serving Australian veteran. Scholarship are awarded to students based on finanical need and academic potential.
Applications open on 18 August 2022, Vietnam Veterans’ Day, and close at midnight AEDT on 31 October 2022.
Apply online at avcat.org.au
Applicants must be:
- Enrolled or planning to enrol in a full-time course for one or more academic year’s duration at university TAFE, or RTO in 2023
- The child, stepchild, foster child, or grandchild of an Australian ex-serving veteran
- An Australian citizen or permanent resident
- In receipt of, or eligible to receive, Centrelink payments including Youth Allowance, ABSTUDY, Austudy, VCES or an accepted means-tested Commonwealth government payment in 2023
The Long Tan Bursary is sponsored by the Australian Government Department of Veterans’ Affairs. View the complete list of AVCAT Scholarship sponsors here.
Find information about scholarships, the application process or scholarship eligibility at avcat.org.au.