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American Australian Association (AAA)

Veterans’ Fund Indigenous Scholarships

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Any
Disciplines
Any
Disciplines
$40.000
Grant
$40.000
Grant
2 countries
Location
2 countries
Location
30 Sep 2023
Deadline
30 Sep 2023
Deadline

About

The American Australian Association established its Veterans’ Fund in 2017 to provide much needed financial support and assistance to Australian and American honorably discharged post-9/11 military veterans to pursue study in each other’s countries respectively.

 

Overview

Application base

Merit based

Number of scholarships to award

Multiple

Grant

$40.000

What does the scholarship cover

tuition fee reduction, living expenses, accommodation, travel expenses, other

Description

The Veterans’ Fund Indigenous Scholarships support Native American, Alaskan Native, Native Hawaiian, Indigenous Australian and Torres Strait Islander post 9/11 military veterans, to undertake a minimum of one-year full-time study in the Australia to USA direction or the USA to Australia direction.

Benefits

These scholarships will provide support of up to US $40,000 to use toward travel, living, tuition and other associated educational costs and may be used in conjunction with other veteran support such as the GI Bill.

Eligibility

  • To be eligible to apply for the Undergraduate or Graduate Veterans’ Scholarship in the Australia to USA direction, applicants must:
  • Be an honorably discharged post 9/11 military veteran from Australia;
  • Be an Australian citizen or permanent resident (dual citizens are not eligible);
  • Be a recognized member of an Indigenous Australian or Torres Strait Islander community;
  • Be undertaking or planning to undertake Undergraduate or Graduate level study (Masters, Ph.D. or Postdoctoral Research) at an accredited educational institution in the US;
  • Be studying or planning to study for a minimum of one-year full-time in the US.
  • To be eligible to apply for the Undergraduate or Graduate Veterans’ Scholarships in the USA to Australia direction, applicants must:
  • Be an honorably discharged post 9/11 military veteran from the US;
  • Be a US citizen or permanent resident (dual citizens are not eligible);
  • Be a recognized member of a Native American, Alaskan Native or Native Hawaiian community;
  • Be undertaking or planning to undertake Undergraduate or Graduate level study (Masters, Ph.D. or Postdoctoral Research) at an accredited educational institution in the Australia;
  • Be studying or planning to study for a minimum of one year full-time in Australia.

Scholarship requirements

Disciplines

Any

Locations

2 countries

Nationality

2 nationalities

Study experience required

High school

Age

Unknown

Application

Deadline

30 Sep 2023

Australia to USA: Open for application on January 24 to March 31.

USA to Australia: Open for application on August 1 to September 30.