All universities offer grants and scholarships to new and continuing students who might not normally consider or be able to afford to undertake higher education.  Equity scholarships are awarded to help students from low socio-economic backgrounds with costs associated with higher education. Applications for Equity Scholarships for semester 1 2009 for study at Charles Darwin University, Flinders University, the University of Adelaide and the University of South Australia are now open. Applications close on Friday 5 December 2008 for consideration in the January 2009 scholarship offer round.  

By submitting one free application through SATAC you will be considered for all Commonwealth Scholarships and Institution Equity Scholarships at participating universities.

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Who can apply for an equity scholarship?

• You must either be applying for or currently enrolled in a Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP). Therefore, full fee paying international students are not eligible.
   
• Your citizenship must be either:
  
  Australian citizen, or
  Holder of a permanent humanitarian visa, or
  Permanent resident, or
  New Zealand citizen

What information do I need to have before I start an equity scholarship application?

• Depending on your applicant status you will need to enter certain information:
   

• if you are applying through SATAC for a university place for 2009, you must have already submitted your university application as you will be asked for your SATAC university reference number, AND/OR

• if you are a currently studying at a South Australian or Northern Territory university and you intend to continue your studies in 2009, you will be asked for your current student number and details of the course you are studying, AND/OR

• if you have applied directly to a South Australian or Northern Territory university for admission in 2009, you will be asked for details of the course you have applied for and the date of your application.
   

• To supply proof of financial disadvantage:
   

• if you have a Commonwealth means-tested income support payment you will be asked for your Centrelink Customer Reference Number (CRN) or your Department of Veterans Affairs file number, OR

• you will need to supply an income statement for each person in your household for the last two financial years.
   

• If you wish to apply for a Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarship you will need to supply your home address information for up to four years prior to the commencement of university study.
   
• The names and postcodes for the last two years of your secondary schooling.

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