UTS Dr Con Moshegov Orthoptics Scholarship

Overview

Who is eligible?

To be eligible for the Scholarship an applicant must:

• Be an Australian or New Zealand citizen, or holder of an Australian permanent resident visa or permanent humanitarian visa; and
• Have commenced full-time enrolment in the Master of Orthoptics (C04299) in session of scholarship selection; an
• Must be able to substantiate one of the following disadvantages:

Geographical Disadvantage by evidencing the following:  

• To a student relocating from outside Sydney
• Be from a rural, regional or interstate area greater than 100kms from Sydney CBD and be able to show documentary evidence that the Recipient resided in that location for a minimum for 12 months consecutively prior to the submission of your application. Note that the rural, regional or interstate residence must have been the Recipient’s primary residence. Acceptable supporting documents include;
• Supporting letters from a GP, school, university or workplace (signed originals on letterhead). Supporting letters must include the Recipient’s rural, regional or interstate residential address details
• Documents to prove residence such as invoices for telephone, rates, utilities, or bank statements showing the Recipient’s (or Recipient family’s) address
• Please note:
• School reports are not sufficient documentation as we need to clearly see the Recipient’s rural residential address
• Documents can be copies and don’t need to be certified. The exception to this is letters that have been written specifically in support of the Recipient’s claim.  These must be original letters.
• The Recipient cannot claim time in the future as part of the 12 months, as there is no way to establish proof that the Recipient will continue to reside in a rural setting.

Be Refugee by evidencing the following

• Are the holder of a permanent humanitarian visa; or
• Have temporary asylum seeker or refugee residence status and hold a Bridging Visa E or A (and has made an application for a Protection Visa), or Temporary Protection Visa (Subclass 785), or Safe Haven Enterprise Visa (Subclass 790)
• Applicants may also demonstrate the geographical disadvantage or refugee status by completing the UAC Equity Scholarship application.
• Applications must apply using the UTS online Scholarships application form.