Indigenous Australian Scholarships & Awards
The Wilin Centre at the VCA provides financial advice and support to Indigenous VCA students and artists in a variety of ways. See also Financial and Academic Support for Indigenous Students at VCA
The Portland House Foundation is providing in 2008 an undergraduate and a postgraduate scholarship to assist talented Indigenous students to overcome barriers to university education by alleviating some of the costs associated with higher education study.
The Undergraduate Scholarship is valued at $10,000, of which $4,000 will go towards fee remission, and $6,000 for a living/materials bursary.
The Postgraduate Scholarship is valued at $15,000, of which $10,000 will go towards fee remission, and $5,000 for a living/materials bursary.
To be eligible, students need to be:
- An Indigenous Australian
- Have been accepted into either undergraduate or postgraduate studies in 2008
Amount: $15,000 for the Postgraduate Scholarship and $10,000 for the Undergraduate Scholarship
Eligibility: an indigenous Australian, and have been accepted into a discipline at the VCA for 2008
Criteria: See Terms and Conditions below
Selection: winners selected by Committee, as outlined in the Terms and Conditions below
Application Procedure: See Application Form below
Application Date/Frequency: Closing date for these two Scholarships (one undergraduate and one postgraduate) is 7 February 2008
Award Date: March 2008
Download Portland House Undergraduate Application Form
Download Portland House Undergraduate Terms & Conditions
Download Portland House Postrgraduate Application Form
Download Portland House Postgraduate Terms & Conditions
Cemented in its fourth year, the annual Yvonne Cohen Award for Creative Indigenous Australian Youth, is a national award offering $5000 to aid in the creative future potential of a talented young Indigenous Australian artist 30 years of age or younger.
This award empowers Indigenous Australian youth in pursuit of their creative endeavours and is auspiced by the Wilin Centre for Indigenous Arts & Cultural Development, Faculty of the Victorian College of the Arts, The University of Melbourne. The late Yvonne Cohen was a successful non-Indigenous artist who bequest a significant amount of money toward the establishment and fostering of the award over the next twenty-five years. Ms Cohen lived a large part of her life on Timara Island, North Queensland.
Each year the trustee of the Yvonne Cohen Award, Aunty Joy Murphy-Wandin, bestows this significant financial encouragement to one individual, enabling them to continue and enhance their artistic work. Former winners are singer/songwriter Kerrianne Cox of Beagle Bay, visual artist Lisa Michl of Cairns and Mark Coles-Smith of Broome.
• A growth of artistic and/or creative ability
• Artistic and/or community leadership
• Evidence of positive achievements in the Arts
WHO MAY NOMINATE
Nominations will be accepted from organisations and individuals. This award is open to Indigenous Australian people 30 years or under. Applicants must be nominated by an organisation or individual, and cannot nominate themselves.
WHAT YOU SHOULD SUBMIT
Nominations should comprise:
• A CV of the nominee including birth date and contact details
• A letter from the nominator addressing one or more of the above selection criteria
• Two letters of support/recommendation (in addition to the nomination letter) from colleagues, peers and/or community members.
• One type of supporting material – photographs, slides, VHS cassette, CD, audiocassette, CD Rom, DVD.
Download the Yovnne Cohen Award Flyer
(includes selection criteria and terms and conditons)
Nominations close 8 August 2008 and should be sent to:
Yvonne Cohen Award
C/- The Wilin Centre
Victorian College of the Arts
234 St Kilda Rd Southbank Vic 3006
Further Enquiries:
Michelle Evans. Head of the Wilin Centre
Phone+ 61 3 9685 9345
Email: m.evans [at] vca.unimelb.edu.au
Media Enquiries/images:
Kate Munro, Communications
Email: k.munro [at] vca.unimelb.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9685 9324