ANUSA recognises that students who are carers can often face additional barriers to study due to competing priorities and increased financial commitments. The ANUSA Carers Grant aims to assist students who have a dependent in their care and are experiencing financial hardship that may become a barrier to completion of their program of study. The ANUSA Carers Grant is a one-off payment of up to $1000 at the discretion of the committee.

Eligibility

• Be enrolled as an ANU student

• Have dependent(s) in their care

• Be able to demonstrate financial need due to carer responsibilities

• If the applicant holds an overseas student visa, they must demonstrate a genuine and unforeseen change in financial circumstances that occurred after commencing their program of study, given that visa requirements already require evidence of adequate financial capacity.

Additional Information

This is a grant, and the money will not have to be paid back. As such, grants are not a permanent means for a student to support themselves.

The grant will not be provided for the payment of the following costs:

• HECS or course fees

• Discretionary expenses

• Credit card or other debts

• Motor-vehicle related expenses

• A buffer fund for non-immediate use

How to apply:
Please provide us with your enrolment confirmation letter, and a 60-day transaction history from all bank accounts in your name in PDF format.
Instructions on how you can download these documents are located below.
We do not accept CSV documents for our grants.

Click “Apply here” > Financial Grant > Select Carers Grant in “Type of Grant”