Veteran Scholarships
Certa Cito Veteran Scholarship
The Certa Cito Foundation Veteran Scholarship, is intended to assist transitioning members of the ADF and Signals Community to access education and training opportunities to upskill or re-qualify. The scholarship will support those who have experienced hardship on their path to employment.
Eligibility Criteria
- You must:
- have Australian residency status
- be an ex-serving veteran with operational service including eligible war service, war-like service and peacekeeping/peacemaking service OR 3 or more years of equivalent full-time other service, as a member of the Australian Navy, Army or Air Force.
- be a member of the Signals Community. For the CCF Veteran Scholarship the Signals Community includes: former members of the Royal Australian Corps of Signals (RA Sigs); former members of the RAN and RAAF Communications and Electronic Warfare communities; former members of the ADF who have served in RA Sigs units;.
- be a female to be eligible for the CCF Women in Cyber Scholarship.
- be intending to study full time at University, TAFE or Registered Training Organisation, preferably in the areas of: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), or cyber and Information and Communications Technology disciplines.
- be ineligible to receive Defence education and training assistance.
Value: $5,000
Duration: One year
Open Date: 18th August and close 31st October
How is my application assessed?
Applications are considered by a team of independent assessors and AVCAT’s National Selection Committee. Each applicant is assessed on the following:
Financial need
Applicants must be able to demonstrate financial hardship on income and assets grounds. Applicants who have a greater degree of financial need for assistance with educational and living costs will have a higher chance of being recommended for a scholarship.
Academic potential
An assessment is made about the ability of the applicant to complete the nominated course of study and is dependent on recent academic results and an academic referee or employer report.
Deservedness
Assessors consider the impact of the applicants’ service on access to education and employment and personal, health and family circumstances.