Guild Bookshop Grant - 2014 opportunity

Scholarship Title: Guild Bookshop Grant - 2014

Status: Open

Applications open: 18/02/2014

Applications close: 07/03/2014

About this scholarship

Description/Applicant information

You may be eligible for a Bookshop Grant up to the value of $250. At the beginning of each Semester, the generosity of the Curtin University Bookshop enables the Guild to provide grants to eligible (undergraduate, enrolled in a minimum of 50 credit pts) Curtin students in financial need.

Student type

 Current Students

 Faculty:

1.           Health Sciences

2.           Centre for Aboriginal Studies

3.           Humanities

4.           Curtin Business School

5.           Science & Engineering

Course type:    Undergraduate

Gender: Both

Nationality:

·             Australian Citizen

·             Permanent Humanitarian Visa

·             International students

·             Australian Permanent Resident

·             New Zealand Citizen

Scholarship base:    Need Based

Value

Up to the value of $250 in the form of a bookshop voucher

Eligible courses

all undergraduate courses are eligible

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible, you must be able to answer YES to one of the following questions:

    Are you in receipt of a means tested Centrelink payment?

    OR Are you in possession of a Commonwealth Centrelink Concession Card?

    OR Are you on a low income; meaning an income within $500 of a Centrelink income threshold, relative to your circumstances (inclusive of International students)?

    OR Are you living with your parent(s) AND one of your parents is in receipt of a means tested Centrelink allowance OR your parents combined income is below $45’000 pa?

Enrolment requirements

Unless there are exceptional circumstances such as, but not limited, to medical or family reasons, students must meet ALL of the following:

    Remain enrolled in initial course of study

    Maintain a full time study load of at least 100 credit points each semester at Curtin University

    Maintain a course weighted average (CWA) of at least 70 each semester

    Pass all units attempted each semester

Scholarship continuity is subject to meeting satisfactory academic progress as outlined above. Progress will be assessed at the end of each study period.  Unless there are exceptional circumstances, a recipient with unsatisfactory progress or who breaches the scholarship conditions shall be ineligible to retain the scholarship. Exceptional circumstances must be forwarded to and shall be at the discretion of the Scholarships Office in consultation with XXXX.

How to apply

For more information about the details of the scholarships and how to apply:

http://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/scholarships/scholarship.cfm?id=1728