Overview
AVCAT's 2027 scholarship round supports eligible children and grandchildren of Australian veterans undertaking full-time tertiary study in Australia, with sponsored scholarships and Long Tan Bursaries generally worth A$4,000–A$6,000 per year for up to three years.
Complete scholarship details
Applications for the 2027 round opened on 18 August 2026. AVCAT administers Long Tan Bursaries funded by Australia's Department of Veterans' Affairs for eligible descendants of Vietnam veterans, together with sponsored scholarships for children and grandchildren of ex-serving veterans. Awards are generally A$4,000–A$6,000 per year for up to three years. AVCAT assesses applicants competitively using factors including financial need, academic potential and personal circumstances, and one application is used to consider an applicant for the awards for which they are eligible.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants need Australian residency status, must be a child or grandchild of an eligible Australian ex-serving veteran, and must be planning to enrol or already enrolled full-time in an Australian Qualifications Framework tertiary course at an Australian university, TAFE or registered training organisation. Long Tan Bursaries and individual sponsored scholarships have additional service-history, financial-need or award-specific criteria.
Tips for this scholarship
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Reverified against AVCAT's official 2027 scholarship information. The current site confirms the 18 August 2026 opening, 31 October 2026 closing date, veteran-family and Australian-residency requirements, full-time tertiary-study requirement, and typical A$4,000–A$6,000 annual support for up to three years. The historical record omitted source_url and stored a date-only deadline in the timestamp field; this revision repairs both without inventing a close time.
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