Indigenous Relocation and Accommodation Scholarship at University of Technology Sydney 2026

Overview:

To provide Indigenous students from regional and remote areas access with financial assistance towards the cost of relocating to support their academic success.

Eligibility for Indigenous Relocation and Accommodation Scholarship UTS:

• Must be of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent and provide either:
  • Confirmation of Aboriginality from a Local Aboriginal Land Council or relevant organisation, or
  • UTS Statutory Declaration with two community references (not immediate family) confirming identity.
• Enrolled or intending to enrol in an eligible course: undergraduate, postgraduate, or Jumbunna UniStart program.
• Relocating from a regional or remote area (Inner/Outer Regional, Remote, or Very Remote) to attend UTS.
• Not receiving other Commonwealth funding that makes them ineligible.
• Must demonstrate financial disadvantage via UAC Equity Scholarship application:
  • Receiving a means-tested Commonwealth payment (e.g., ABSTUDY, Parenting Payment Single, DSP, Carer Allowance), or
  • Providing evidence of exceptional financial hardship
• Alternatively, applicants unable to demonstrate disadvantage via UAC may use a UTS Financial Assistance assessment.

Selection process: 

• Recipients are selected based on meeting the eligibility criteria.
• Applicants that meet the eligibility criteria are not guaranteed a Scholarship as the number available is based on Commonwealth funding available to UTS each year.
• For undergraduate students, preference is given to students commencing, or enrolled in, their first undergraduate course.
• Continuing students that have not maintained a minimum pass average (minimum WAM 50) in the previous session may not be considered for the Scholarship.

Application Process:

To apply please complete the online Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) Equity Scholarship application form.

Value offered: AUD 4,000-AUD 6,000