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About this scholarship
The objective of the Award is to support students with a diagnosed disability or long-term medical condition when undertaking law studies. The Award aims to offset some of the financial burden of attendance at law school in their first year.
Funding for this Award has been provided by the ANU College of Law, Governance and Policy. The Award was initiated by Surend Dayal, an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the College.
Field of study
Law
Duration
Payments made for a fixed number of years
Payment made for 1 year
Eligibility
Scholarship type | Access |
Student type | Domestic, International |
Study level | Undergraduate/Bachelor, Honours, Postgraduate/Masters, and Graduate certificate |
Selection bases | Personal illness/Disability |
The Award is available each year to a commencing ANU student who:
- is a domestic or international student; and
- has received an offer of admission to one of the following programs offered by the ANU College of Law:
- Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (single or flexible double degree)
- Juris Doctor
- Master of Laws
- Master of Financial Management and Law
- Master of International Law and Diplomacy
- intends to start their law degree in the year that the Award is offered; and
- has a diagnosed disability or long-term medical condition.
How to apply
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Key scholarship details
Application period
Application closed-
Value
$21,000 per annum.
Number of scholarships awarded
3 on offer
Payments made per semester
Additional information
The value of the award is $21,000 per annum. The duration of the Award is for one year. The Award is paid in two equal instalments of $10,500, after the Census date of each semester, unless otherwise stated in the letter of offer.
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The College will consider as 'neurodiversity' any diagnosed medical condition listed on the neurodiversity hub website: https://www.neurodiversityhub.org/what-is-neurodiversity
To be recognised as a 'commencing' ANU student, applicants must begin their ANU studies in either the Summer session or semester one of the year the award is being awarded. Students who started their ANU studies in the winter session or semester two of the previous year will be deemed 'continuing' and therefore ineligible for the award.
Please note that applicants need to conform to the University's concurrent scholarship position as outlined in clause 17 of the ANU Scholarship, grants and bursary (coursework) procedure. The total annual scholarship limit can be found here.
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