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Lodge an application for a Study and Living Support grant

Swinburne Student Equity provides a range of grants to Swinburne students from low socio-economic backgrounds, regional and remote, Indigenous Australians who are experiencing significant financial hardship and are struggling to meet basic living costs. These grants have been made possible by funding provided by the Commonwealth Department of Education.

All the documentation required and eligibility criteria is listed on the Study and Living Support grant webpage.

Your application will not be considered unless you have provided all the required supporting documentation. Please ensure you have the supporting documents before you start filling in the application because there is no option to save and return to the form. The list of documents are listed on the Study and Living Support grant webpage.

All fields in the form are mandatory, however if a question is not relevant, please enter either `Not applicable` or `0` (Zero).

Personal details

Student ID *
Swinburne university student ID only, do not enter an OUA or Swinburne Online student ID

Title *

Surname *

Given names *

Preferred name

Current street address *

Current suburb *

Current postcode *

Contact phone number *

Equity assessment

Do you have a disability or medical condition or mental illness that impacts on your ability to study? *

Yes No

If you are registered with Accessibility Service please provide permission for us to contact Accessibility Service confirming that you are registered with them, or provide us with a letter from a relevant health professional outlining your condition.

I provide permission for Student Equity to contact AccessAbility Services confirming my registration *

Yes No

Do you provide constant care to someone with a disability, medical condition or who is frail aged? *

Yes No

Are you of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent? *

Yes No

Have you relocated from your previous permanent home address to study at Swinburne’s Hawthorn, Croydon or Wantirna campus? *

Yes No

Please provide your previous permanent home address including street, suburb or town and postcode *

Are you the first in your immediate family to study at university? *

Yes No

Are you or have you been an Asylum Seeker or Refugee in the last 10 years? * For information about Asylum seeker and refugee support, please go to Asylum Seeker and Refugee Support.

Yes No

Have you ever spent time in formal out-of-home care? E.g foster care, residential care, kinship care or been a ward of the state. * For more information on types of formal out-of-home care, please go to Care Leaver Support.

Yes No

Specify the type of care: *

What was the name of the secondary college or high school you attended? *

Financial Details

Please indicate your current living arrangements: *

Alone
Shared accommodation (not with family)
With parent/s or guardian/s
With partner or spouse (no children)
With partner or spouse and dependent children under 18
Alone as a sole parent
Homeless, temporary accommodation or couch surfing
Other

Please specify: *

How many dependent children under the age of 18 years do you have who are living with you?

Are you currently working? *

Yes No

A copy of your three most recent payslips, to verify your income and a copy of your most recent tax statement

Are you currently receiving any Centrelink benefits? *

Yes No

If you are NOT currently in receipt of any Centrelink benefits, please describe why you are not in receipt of Centrelink benefits: *

If you are NOT currently in receipt of any Centrelink benefits and NOT working, please describe how you are supporting yourself (select all that apply): *

Living off savings
Loans from parent/guardian/partner/other
Financial assistance from parent/guardian/partner/other
Recently unemployed
Other

Please specify: *

Does anyone in your household (ie. if you live with either parents/guardians or a partner) receive Centrelink benefits? *

Yes No Not applicable as I don't live with parents/guardians or partner

Does anyone in your household (i.e. if you live with either parents/guardian or a partner) currently work? *

Yes No

A copy of your partner or parents/guardians three most recent payslips to verify their income.

Are there any other circumstances (e.g. medical, personal, family) impacting your ability to study? Please provide details including any recent changes. If there are no other circumstances please state not applicable. *

Supporting documentation

Please indicate the documentation that you are including with your application. Your application will not be considered if you have not provided the required supporting documentation

Your application must be accompanied by the following documents: *

If you have a disability or medical condition or mental illness, a copy of letter from a relevant health professional outlining your condition if you are not registered with Accessibility Services.

A copy of your most recent Centrelink income statement to verify you are in receipt of Centrelink benefits (how to download your Income Statement). Screenshots will not be accepted. If you receive more than one type of payment, please provide statement/s showing all the fortnightly amounts.

A copy of the most recent Centrelink income statement payments received by your partner or parents/guardians to verify their receipt of Centrelink benefits payments (how to download their Income Statement). Screenshots will not be accepted. If your partner or parents/guardians receive more than one type of payment, please provide statement/s showing all the fortnightly amounts.

A copy of your three most recent payslips, to verify your income and a copy of your most recent tax statement.

A copy of your partner or parents/guardians three most recent pay slips (only required to provide this if you live with them) to verify their income.

Accepted document formats are: jpg, jpeg, png, zip, doc, docx, pdf. Maximum document size is 2MB per file. If your document is over 2MB per file you will not be able to submit your application so zip the file. Also, your application will not be able to submit if the number of boxes you tick does not match the number of documents you attach. E.G if you tick 4 boxes but only attach 3 documents.

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Privacy statement and applicant's declaration

Privacy statement

Swinburne University of Technology collects, uses and destroys personal information in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

Applicant's declaration

I declare to the best of my knowledge that the information entered and attached to this form is correct and complete.

I acknowledge the personal information supplied by me may be disclosed to third parties for the purposes of progressing my application and that Swinburne University of Technology has discretion to terminate the student equity grant and to recover payments in the event that the information provided is false or where the grant conditions are breached.

Giving false or misleading information in a serious offence under the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Commonwealth).

I agree to the terms stated above *