Submitting scholarship payment requests - prior to 2020
This page offers detailed guidance for scholarship recipients awarded before 2020 on preparing and submitting payment requests. It covers key dates, eligibility criteria, required evidence, and how to request payments.
2018 Incentive and 2016-2019 Rural and Remote scholars
Payment types
2018 Incentive and 2016-2019 Rural and Remote scholars can receive 3 kinds of payments throughout their scholarship.
These payments are made once, after scholars provide:
- Enrolment in an eligible course
- Their signed Deed of Agreement and associated documentation
- A completed payment request form
Milestone payments are made after scholars provide evidence of:
- Credit points completed adding up to the required number for their milestone payment
- A completed payment request form
Final payments are made after scholars provide:
- An official Statement of Course Completion or official Academic Transcript confirming that all course requirements have been met for the qualification to be awarded.
- A completed payment request form
Payment schedule
Scholars can submit payment request forms at any time during the year. Requests are processed 3 times a year—from 1 March, 1 August, and 18 December. Scholars will receive a reminder email before each processing date.
Submitting a payment request
Scholars can send their payment request form and supporting evidence of completed units to ecec.scholarships@det.nsw.edu.au.
Payments are made to eligible scholars after all submitted payment requests have been assessed. The timeframes for payments depend on the number of payment requests submitted.
Payment request forms
Payment request form for Rural and Remote scholars (PDF 212 KB)
2018-2020 Aboriginal Scholarship Program scholars
Payment types
2018-2020 Aboriginal Scholarship Program scholars can receive 2 kinds of payments:
Initial payments are made once, after scholars provide:
- enrolment in an eligible course
- their signed Deed of Agreement and associated documents .
Milestone payments are made after scholars provide evidence of:
- enrolment after census date for the relevant Trimester and, if relevant
- enrolment in prior Trimesters if not claimed previously .
Scholars can submit their payment request forms three times throughout the year, at the beginning of each Trimester. Scholars will be sent a courtesy reminder email prior to the above dates.
Scholars request payment by sending the details of which units they are claiming payment for and supporting evidence of enrolment to AboriginalECEWorkforce@det.nsw.edu.au.
Payments are made to eligible scholars after all submitted payment requests have been assessed. The timeframes for payments depend on the number of payment requests submitted.
Other information
Scholars will receive courtesy reminders when key payment dates occur. Other important information including payment timeframes, changes to your scholarship and notifications of payment are also sent by email. Please keep the Scholarships Team informed of any changes to your details, including contact details like your email address, and personal details, such as name changes.
Adding the Scholarships Team email addresses, ecec.scholarships@det.nsw.edu.au or AboriginalECEWorkforce@det.nsw.edu.au to your contacts ensures important information is not sent to your spam or junk folder.
When contacting the Scholarships Team for support, please include:
- your full name
- the name and year of your scholarship program cohort
- the full details of your query .
Additional support
For payment request process assistance:
- visit the scholarship programs page and select your scholarship program and cohort from the list on the left-hand side
- email ecec.scholarships@education.nsw.edu.au or AboriginalECEWorkforce@det.nsw.edu.au for 2018-2020 Aboriginal Scholarships Program scholars
Resources
Watch the Supporting Early Childhood Teaching Scholars to make payment requests webinar for more information about the payment request process.