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About The Awards
The total value of each award is up to $43,200 over a maximum of six years:
- Students can receive up to $3,000 for the course fee payment for each academic year that they undertake their course of study. The maximum payment for course fees over the total course of study is $9,000.
- For employers, there is a student support payment of $2,600 for each semester that the employee undertakes their course of study. The maximum student support payment per employee per academic year is $5,200.
- The maximum student support payment per employee over the total course of study is $31,200
Frequently Asked Questions – “What is the Student Support Payment meant to cover?” - Employers can also receive a maximum of $3,000 towards backfilling for employees released for placement or study leave. This can be applied for only once during the course of study.


