Children's Bursary
Children's Bursary may be able to support you while you study.
You may be able to get this if your parent has either:
- Qualifying Service before 1 April 1974, or
- Qualifying Operational Service in Viet Nam.
One of these must also apply:
- You get a Children's Pension.
- Your parent receives Weekly Income Compensation.
- Your parent receives a Veteran's Pension.
Children’s Bursary is for study:
- with a tertiary education organisation
- at a secondary school.
Payments
Payment is made once a year, in each year of study covered.
Payment rate depends on your circumstances, and on the type of study:
- secondary or tertiary
- part or full-time for tertiary study.
Course providers can confirm if a course is part or full-time.
If you change from part to full-time in the same year, we may pay the difference between the rates.
Children's Bursary payment rates
Ongoing study
You can stay on Children’s Bursary up to whichever comes first:
- end of the year you finish study, or
- end of the year you turn 23.
For ongoing payment, we’ll need a completed disclosure form each year. This is to confirm you’re still on an approved course of study. We’ll send the form to you.
If you're over 18 and studying full-time you'll receive Children's Bursary until 31 December. This can continue into the next study year if you intend to study full-time. You'll need to provide us with Conditional Acceptance letters from the tertiary institute you'll be studying at for payment to continue.
- Fill out the Children's Bursary application form.
- Send the application form and any supporting information to us.
Download the Children's Bursary application form [PDF, 791 KB]
If you're under 16 your guardian can fill out the application form for you.
After you apply we'll:
- contact you to confirm we've received your application
- start the decision-making process
- inform you in writing once a decision has been made.
If you are the caregiver of a child receiving a Children's Bursary, you must tell us if:
- your contact details change
- the contact details of the child or dependant change
- the bank account for payments changes
- living circumstances change for you or the child or dependant
- the child or dependant leaves your care
- the dependant’s income changes
- the child leaves or changes their course of study
- the child or dependant passes away.
If you are the child or dependant receiving the Children's Bursary, you must tell us if:
- your contact details change
- the bank account for payments changes
- your living circumstances change
- you move to the care of another caregiver
- your income changes
- you leave or change your course of study.
Contact us for more information
We strive to be transparent. If you want to know how this entitlement is administered you can read the full policy.
