Applicants:

• Must be Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander women,
• Must be undertaking subjects for their second or subsequent year of their Bachelor degree, or undertaking an Honours year at a South Australian unversity,
• Must not be employed full-time, or on fully-paid study leave,
• Must not have received the Maria Lane Undergraduate Bursary in 2011.

The bursaries are envisaged as a short-term aid to assist with the completion of the 2012 academic year. Examples of purposes for which the Bursary may be used are equipment or book costs, fees incurred because of study commitments, short-term assistance with living expenses or any other purpose that will assist with the completion of the academic qualification for which the applicant is enrolled.

The selection of the bursary winners is based on the following criteria: academic merit, financial need and the purpose for which the bursary is sought. In exceptional circumstances the Trustees of The AFUW-SA Inc. Trust Fund reserve the right not to award the Bursary.

The amount of each Bursary will not exceed $A1,000, but may be less depending on the requirements of each successful applicant. More than one bursary may be offered if enough funds are available. No one will be awarded more than one bursary in any one year. In exceptional circumstances the trustees of The AFUW-SA Inc. Trust Fund reserve the right not to award a bursary.

Money for this award has been donated in memory of Maria Lane, who was a member of AFUW-SA and who constantly worked towards improving the education and general welfare of Aboriginal people.

Your application must reach the Trust Fund's secretarial service by 30 March, 2012.

The AFUW-SA Inc. Trust Fund
18 Humphries Terrace
KILKENNY SA 5009 AUSTRALIA

It can only be posted to the above address. Please note that the Trust Fund has no fax or email facilities. Applications received after the due date will not be considered. Applications remain the property of the trustees of The AFUW-SA Inc. Trust Fund.

The Trustees recognise that students retain ownership of intellectual property arising from any research undertaken during their course of study.

Receipt of all applications will be acknowledged by letter. In the normal course of events the successful applicants will be notified by the last day of June in the year of the award. Subsequently, the list of winners will be posted on this website in early July. The decision of the selection committee will be final and no correspondence will be entered into.