2026 Jim Christie Scholarship Program (CEF)(U)

Submissions are now being accepted. Submissions close at 5:00PM 28 February 2026 (AEDT).

The Community Bank Doncaster East and Templestowe Village - Jim Christie Scholarship Program aims to assist academically motivated students from the Manningham local area, who have been offered a place at an Australian university, TAFE Institute or College to study for the first time at Bachelor’s degree level in 2026 and are experiencing challenging circumstances.

The Scholarship program supports the following study related expenses – accommodation costs, course costs, study-related materials/equipment, textbooks, tutoring and /or education related travel (within Australia).

Key General qualification criteria:

  • You are an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
  • Students must reside in or attend school in Manningham Local Government Area
  • You can demonstrate leadership both within, and outside, your school community.
  • You can demonstrate the challenging circumstances (financial &/or social) hindering your ability to undertake further study; and
  • You are an academically motivated student who can demonstrate community involvement.

For study at undergraduate bachelor’s degree level

Qualification criteria:

  • You will be a first-time tertiary student at first year undergraduate bachelor’s degree level in 2026.
  • You have been offered a full-time place to study on campus for a bachelor’s degree in an approved Australian course at an Australian university, TAFE Institute or College Campus.
  • You have completed Year 12.
  • You must be aged 25 years or younger as at 9 February 2026.
  • Students under the age of 18 years will require parental /guardian consent to accept this scholarship.

The scholarship award value $2,500.00 per year for 2 years each successful recipient, subject to the criteria set out above and satisfactory academic performance.

Scholarships will be awarded on the recommendation of a selection committee and will be based on how an applicant addresses the qualification criteria.

For further information please contact the Doncaster East Community Bank branch or Templestowe Village Community Bank branch or call Carly on 0417 592 732

For assistance with your application – phone 1300 304 541.

The Scholarship Selection Committee reserves the right, at its discretion, not to award this scholarship in any given year.

If you need more help using this form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out Applicant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

NAVIGATING (MOVING THROUGH) THE APPLICATION FORM

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You can also click 'next page' or 'previous page' on the top or bottom of each page to move forward or backward through the application.

SAVING YOUR DRAFT APPLICATION

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You can also download any application, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download PDF' button located at the bottom of the last page of the application form.

SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION

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Once you have reviewed your application you can submit it by clicking on 'Submit' at the top or bottom of the screen or on the navigation panel. You will not be able to submit your application until all the compulsory questions are completed and there are no validation errors.

Once you have submitted your application, no further editing or uploading of support materials is possible.

When you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your submitted application attached. This will be sent to the email you used to register.

If you do not receive a confirmation of submission email then you should presume that your submission has NOT been submitted.

Hint: also check the email hasn't landed in your spam or junk email folder.

ATTACHMENTS AND SUPPORT DOCUMENTS

You may need to upload/submit attachments to support your application. This is very simple, but requires you to have the documents saved on your computer, or on a storage device.

You need to allow enough time for each file to upload before trying to attach another file. Files can be up to 25MB each; however, we do recommend trying to keep files to a maximum of 5MB – the larger the file, the longer the upload time.

COMPLETING AN APPLICATION IN A GROUP/TEAM

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