Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship

The Commonwealth government and Flinders University have established the Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship (ICECS) to assist indigenous students with costs associated with their study at Flinders University.

The 2026 value is $2,700.00 per annum ($1,350.00 per semester).  

Scholarships awarded mid year will only be valid for one semester, therefore students awarded mid year will get a single payment of $1,350.00 only.

The number of ICECS available each year will be determined by annual funding from the Commonwealth government.

All scholarship applicants must:

• be of Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent; and
• identify as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander; and
• be accepted as an Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander by the community in which they live or have lived; and
• normally be enrolled full-time at Flinders University in an undergraduate or postgraduate course of study or the Foundation Studies program; and
• not be in receipt of a Student Start-up Scholarship or Student Start-up Loan (available to ABSTUDY, Austudy and Youth Allowance recipients); and
• be able to demonstrate financial disadvantage or have a permanent home address in Inner or Outer Regional, Remote or Very Remote Australia as defined by the Australian Standard Geographic Classification (ASGC).

Interested applicants can check if their home address qualifies as rural or regional by using the Doctor Connect website.

Scholarships will be available in both areas of financial need and remoteness of permanent home address. Scholarships will be available to both commencing students (main round in semester one and mid-year round) and continuing students (main round in semester one only). Previous recipients of an Indigenous Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarship may reapply but will be limited to a maximum of 8 payments in total.