NSWALC Educational Scholarship
The NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC) Educational Scholarship Grants round for the financial year 2020-21 has closed.
The History
In 2000 Mr. Frederick (Freddy) Fricke generously bequeathed his home to the NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC). The Council decided to use the funds from the sale of Freddy’s home to establish a Scholarship fund to assist in the education of Aboriginal peoples in NSW. The NSWALC Freddy Fricke Scholarship (the Scholarship) was launched in July 2002.
Since then, the NSW Aboriginal Land Council has awarded 49 scholarships to assist Aboriginal students in their studies.
THE SCHOLARSHIP
NSWALC has committed to make two scholarships of $10,000 each available annually, to assist students with funds to help complete their studies. It is aimed at penultimate year students at a tertiary institution in NSW.
The Scholarship will also provide an opportunity to undertake a six-week paid internship in a NSWALC Business Unit of the Scholarship recipient's discipline.
Fields of study may include law, finance, business, media & communications, human resources, land & environment, planning, policy or property management, or a discipline where the applicant can provide a direct link between their study and the current or future work of NSWALC.
Applications are now closed. More information regarding the 2021 round of funding will be made available in the near future.
For more information please contact the NSWALC Program Implementation Unit on (02) 9689 4444 or via email at scholarships@alc.org.au.