{"id":3629,"date":"2019-09-04T04:04:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T04:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/financial-assistance\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T16:42:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T08:42:37","slug":"financial-assistance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/fees-financial-assistance\/financial-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"segment-dom\" data-segment=\"dom\">If you are a domestic student, you may be eligible for a range of subsidies, loans and scholarships provided by the Australian Government and Curtin University.<\/p>\n\n\n<mimas-block block-name=\"tabs-extended\"  full-width\n             role=\"complementary\" aria-label=\"Tabinated content block\"\n             data-segment=\"all\" class=\"tabs-extended mimas-grid\">\n\n        \n<div class=\"block-heading\"\n     data-segment=\"dom\"\n     data-style=\"\"\n     data-align=\"default\"\n>\n\n                                <h2 class=\"block-heading__title \" id=\"help-loans\">HELP loans<\/h2>\n            \n                        \n                                <div class=\"block-heading__content\"><p>There are four different types of HELP loans available to students.<\/p>\n<p>Your eligibility for each type of loan depends on what it is being used for and your citizenship and residency status.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            \n            \n                <\/div>\n\n    <section class=\"tabs-extended__container\">\n\n    <div class=\"tabs--horizontal \">\n    <div class=\"tab-group-wrap tab-group-wrap--sticky\">\n        <ul role=\"tablist\" class=\"tab-group\">\n                                                        <li role=\"presentation\" class=\"tab-group__item\">\n                    <a href=\"#tabpanel-dom-hecs-help\"\n                       role=\"tab\"\n                       aria-selected=\"1\"\n                       aria-controls=\"tabpanel-dom-hecs-help\"\n                       id=\"tab-dom-hecs-help\"\n                       class=\"tab-group__link\">\n                        HECS-HELP\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li role=\"presentation\" class=\"tab-group__item\">\n                    <a href=\"#tabpanel-dom-fee-help\"\n                       role=\"tab\"\n                       aria-selected=\"\"\n                       aria-controls=\"tabpanel-dom-fee-help\"\n                       id=\"tab-dom-fee-help\"\n                       class=\"tab-group__link\">\n                        FEE-HELP\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li role=\"presentation\" class=\"tab-group__item\">\n                    <a href=\"#tabpanel-dom-sa-help\"\n                       role=\"tab\"\n                       aria-selected=\"\"\n                       aria-controls=\"tabpanel-dom-sa-help\"\n                       id=\"tab-dom-sa-help\"\n                       class=\"tab-group__link\">\n                        SA-HELP\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                                            <li role=\"presentation\" class=\"tab-group__item\">\n                    <a href=\"#tabpanel-dom-os-help\"\n                       role=\"tab\"\n                       aria-selected=\"\"\n                       aria-controls=\"tabpanel-dom-os-help\"\n                       id=\"tab-dom-os-help\"\n                       class=\"tab-group__link\">\n                        OS-HELP\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"tabs__tabs\" role=\"presentation\">\n                                                    <div role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-dom-hecs-help\"\n                     id=\"tabpanel-dom-hecs-help\" class=\"tabs-extended__content-container\">\n                    \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"tabs-flexible__content\">\n        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyassist.gov.au\/help-loans\/hecs-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HECS-HELP<\/a>\u00a0is a government loan that allows you to defer payment of the required student contribution for your tuition fees. The loan does not cover costs like accommodation, laptops or textbooks and repayment is made once your salary meets or exceeds the minimum threshold.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyassist.gov.au\/help-loans\/hecs-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HECS-HELP<\/a>\u00a0is available for all undergraduate courses and a select number of postgraduate courses. You must be enrolled in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyassist.gov.au\/financial-and-study-support\/commonwealth-supported-places-csps\" data-src=\"#csp\">Commonwealth supported place<\/a>, meet the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyassist.gov.au\/financial-and-study-support\/hecs-help#\">citizen and residency requirements<\/a>\u00a0and have a tax file number.<\/p>\n<p>To apply you will need to submit a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/essentials\/it\/guides\/estudent\/my-ecafs\/\" data-src=\"#hecs-help-modal\">HECS-HELP eCAF<\/a>\u00a0as part of your course\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/applying\/accept-your-offer\/\">acceptance process.<\/a><\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n                                            \n                <\/div>\n                                            <div role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-dom-fee-help\"\n                     id=\"tabpanel-dom-fee-help\" class=\"tabs-extended__content-container\">\n                    \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"tabs-flexible__content\">\n        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyassist.gov.au\/help-loans\/fee-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FEE-HELP<\/a> is a loan available to eligible domestic students enrolled in a <a href=\"https:\/\/students.connect.curtin.edu.au\/app\/faq\/a_id\/1095\">domestic fee-paying place.<\/a>\u00a0that are not subsidised by the Government and tuition fees are set by the approved providers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyassist.gov.au\/help-loans\/fee-help\">FEE-HELP<\/a>\u00a0is available for postgraduate courses and select enabling and bridging courses. You must be enrolled at Curtin University, meet the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyassist.gov.au\/financial-and-study-support\/fee-help\" data-src=\"#residency\">citizen and residency requirements<\/a>\u00a0and have a tax file number.<\/p>\n<p>To apply, you will need to submit a\u00a0<a data-src=\"#hecs-help-modal\">FEE-HELP eCaf<\/a>\u00a0as part of your course\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/applying\/accept-your-offer\/\">acceptance process.<\/a><\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n                                            \n                <\/div>\n                                            <div role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-dom-sa-help\"\n                     id=\"tabpanel-dom-sa-help\" class=\"tabs-extended__content-container\">\n                    \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"tabs-flexible__content\">\n        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyassist.gov.au\/help-loans\/sa-help\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SA\u2011HELP<\/a>\u00a0is a loan that helps students pay for all or part of their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/essentials\/fees\/understanding-your-fees\/student-services-and-amenities-fee\/\">student services and amenities\u00a0fee (SSAF).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are enrolled in a higher education course at Curtin University, meet the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyassist.gov.au\/financial-and-study-support\/sa-help\" data-src=\"#residency\">citizen and residency requirements<\/a>\u00a0and have a tax file number.<\/p>\n<p>Submit a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/essentials\/it\/guides\/estudent\/my-ecafs\/\" data-src=\"#sa-help-form\">Request for SA-HELP eCaf<\/a>\u00a0via OASIS.<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n                                            \n                <\/div>\n                                            <div role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"tab-dom-os-help\"\n                     id=\"tabpanel-dom-os-help\" class=\"tabs-extended__content-container\">\n                    \n                                                                                                    <div class=\"tabs-flexible__content\">\n        <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyassist.gov.au\/help-loans\/os-help-loans-and-overseas-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OS-HELP<\/a>\u00a0is a loan for students enrolled in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyassist.gov.au\/financial-and-study-support\/commonwealth-supported-places-csps\" data-src=\"#csp\">Commonwealth supported place<\/a>\u00a0who want to study part of their course overseas.<\/p>\n<p>Curtin University\u00a0will assess your eligibility for a HELP loan against the\u00a0OS-HELP criteria. If you have any questions, please contact Curtin University.<\/p>\n<p>To get an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyassist.gov.au\/help-loans\/os-help-loans-and-overseas-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OS-HELP<\/a>\u00a0loan, you will need a tax file number and an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studyassist.gov.au\/help-loans\/os-help-loans-and-overseas-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OS-HELP<\/a>\u00a0debt confirmation\u00a0form, which Curtin University will give you.<\/p>\n\n    <\/div>\n                                            \n                <\/div>\n            \n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/mimas-block>\n\n\n    <mimas-block \n        block-name=\"articles\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"articles content\"\n        data-segment=\"all\"\n        data-bg=\"gray\">\n\n        \n\n                    <div class=\"article\">\n                                                                \n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/students-walking-in-pines-1200x1200-1-150x150.jpg\"\n                     alt=\"Students walking on campus and chatting\"\n                     srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/students-walking-in-pines-1200x1200-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/students-walking-in-pines-1200x1200-1-740x370.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/students-walking-in-pines-1200x1200-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/students-walking-in-pines-1200x1200-1-1000x500.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/students-walking-in-pines-1200x1200-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/students-walking-in-pines-1200x1200-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/students-walking-in-pines-1200x1200-1-480x240.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/students-walking-in-pines-1200x1200-1-1200x630.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/05\/students-walking-in-pines-1200x1200-1-1200x760.jpg 1200w\"\n                     sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\n                <article class=\"article__content\">\n                                            <mimas-eyebrow>Financial support for placements <\/mimas-eyebrow>\n                    \n                                            <h2 class=\"h3\">Commonwealth Prac Payment available  <\/h2>\n                    \n                                            <p><p>You may be eligible to receive weekly financial support during mandatory placements to help with travel, accommodation or lost income. Find out more about eligible courses, when payments begin and how to apply.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n                    \n                                            \n                                                    <ul class=\"article__links\">\n                                                                    \n                                    <li>\n                                        <a\n    href=\"https:\/\/curtin.edu.au\/study\/fees-financial-assistance\/financial-assistance\/commonwealth-prac-payment\/\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow button--deep-blue filled\"\n    target=\"_top\" aria-label=\"Learn more about Commonwealth Prac Payments\">Learn more about Commonwealth Prac Payments<\/a>                                    <\/li>\n                                                            <\/ul>\n                                                            <\/article>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/mimas-block>\n\n\n<mimas-block full-width=\"black\" \n             block-name=\"banner-cta\" role=\"complementary\" aria-label=\"Banner CTA\"\n             data-segment=\"dom\">\n\n        \n<div class=\"block-heading\"\n     data-segment=\"dom\"\n     data-style=\"black\"\n     data-align=\"default\"\n>\n\n                                <h2 class=\"block-heading__title h3\" id=\"scholarships\">Scholarships<\/h2>\n            \n                        \n                                <div class=\"block-heading__content\"><p>A scholarship is a sum of money or other financial assistance given to you to help support your study.<\/p>\n<p>Scholarships have different eligibility criteria, application procedures and closing dates, so check these early on in your application process.<\/p>\n<p>Scholarship money is given to you provided you fulfil key requirements, such as academic performance, work experience or volunteer commitments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n            \n                \n                            <div class=\"block-heading__buttons\">\n           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https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/scholarship_dom_1260x63002.jpg 1260w\"\n             sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\">\n    \n<\/mimas-block>\n\n\n    <mimas-block \n        block-name=\"articles\"\n        role=\"complementary\"\n        aria-label=\"articles content\"\n        data-segment=\"dom\"\n        data-bg=\"gray\">\n\n        \n\n                    <div class=\"article\">\n                                                                \n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/scholarship_dom_1200x1200-02-150x150.jpg\"\n                     alt=\"male student in colourful clothing sitting in front of a desktop computer\"\n                     srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/scholarship_dom_1200x1200-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/scholarship_dom_1200x1200-02-740x370.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/scholarship_dom_1200x1200-02-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/scholarship_dom_1200x1200-02-1200x1080.jpg 556w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/scholarship_dom_1200x1200-02.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/scholarship_dom_1200x1200-02.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/scholarship_dom_1200x1200-02-480x240.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/scholarship_dom_1200x1200-02-1200x630.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/scholarship_dom_1200x1200-02-1200x760.jpg 1200w\"\n                     sizes=\"(min-width: 2560px) 2560px, (min-width: 1920px) 1920px, (min-width: 1440px) 1440px, (min-width: 1024px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\n                <article class=\"article__content\">\n                    \n                                            <h2 class=\"h3\">Allowances through Centrelink<\/h2>\n                    \n                                            <p><ul>\n<li>Youth and Student Allowance (if you\u2019re 24 or younger)<\/li>\n<li>Abstudy (if you\u2019re an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Australian)<\/li>\n<li>Austudy (if you\u2019re 25 or older)<\/li>\n<li>Rent Assistance<\/li>\n<li>Health Care Card<\/li>\n<li>You must be an Australian resident and studying full-time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/p>\n                    \n                                            \n                                                    <ul class=\"article__links\">\n                                                                    \n                                    <li>\n                                        <a\n    href=\"https:\/\/www.humanservices.gov.au\/individuals\/services\/centrelink\"\n    class=\"ico-link--arrow button--deep-blue filled\"\n    target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Learn more about financial assistance via Centrelink\">Learn more about financial assistance via Centrelink<\/a>                                    <\/li>\n                                                            <\/ul>\n                                                            <\/article>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/mimas-block>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sponsorship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"segment-dom\">A sponsorship is where a department, body or organisation (for example, your employer) has formally agreed to pay your tuition fees. They may pay for the full duration of your studies or for an agreed period of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sponsorship eligibility<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To become a sponsored student at Curtin, you must be selected by your employer or another department or organisation and be granted a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/scholarships.curtin.edu.au\/\">fee-paying scholarship<\/a>&nbsp;based on specific criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a domestic student, you may be eligible for a range of subsidies, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":5942,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3629","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3629"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177217,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3629\/revisions\/177217"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}