Long Tan Bursary applications open 18 August

19 Jun 2022

Applications for next year’s Long Tan Bursaries open on 18 August 2022, Vietnam Veterans’ Day.

The Long Tan Bursary helps eligible children and grandchildren of Vietnam veterans pay for their tertiary education.

Each year 37 bursaries are awarded to successful applicants across Australia. Each bursary is worth up to $12,000 over 3 years of continuous full-time study.

The Long Tan Bursary scheme is named after the Battle of Long Tan, the best‑known battle fought by Australians during the Vietnam War.

Vietnam veterans were instrumental in setting up the Long Tan Bursary, which is funded by DVA and administered by the Australian Veterans’ Children Assistance Trust (AVCAT), which offers various scholarships.

Applicants must be:

  • enrolled or planning to enrol in a full-time course for one or more academic year’s duration at university TAFE, or RTO in 2023
  • the child, stepchild, foster child, or grandchild of an Australian ex-serving veteran
  • an Australian citizen or permanent resident
  • in receipt of, or eligible to receive, Centrelink payments including Youth Allowance, ABSTUDY, Austudy, VCES or an accepted means-tested Commonwealth government payment in 2023.

To find out if you are eligible for the Long Tan Bursary, and how to apply, please visit the ‘Long Tan Bursary’ page of the DVA website.

Applications close at midnight AEDT on 31 October 2022.

Vietnam Veterans’ Day takes place on 18 August each year, the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan, which was one of the fiercest battles fought by Australian soldiers in the Vietnam War. It saw 18 Australians killed and 25 wounded.