Current Scholarship Opportunities for Undergraduate Students
The following scholarships currently open to undergraduate students are listed in order of closing date. Please note that this does not necessarily include the scholarships offered by Faculties. For more details, select your Faculty from the following list of Faculties.
Commonwealth Scholarships APPLICATIONS CLOSED!!
2009 Honours Scholarships
2008 Governor General's Undergraduate Essay Competition - CEFA
2009 Graduate Entry Programs Scholarships
World Nomads 2009 Travel Writing Scholarship
2009 Teachers Credit Union Future Teachers Scholarships
Australian Federation of University Women – NSW Inc. (AFUW-NSW) Jamieson Award
The Australian Federation Of University Women - South Australia Inc. Bursaries FOR POSTGRADUATES
The AFUW-NSW Inc. Tempe Mann Travelling Scholarship
Specific Background Scholarships
For undergraduate students from low socio-economic backgrounds, particularly Indigenous students and students from rural and regional areas. Applicants in postgraduate degrees in National Priority areas are also eligible to apply. The relevant degrees at the University of Sydney are the Master of Teaching and Master of Nursing degrees only.
There are three types of Commonwealth Scholarships:
1. Commonwealth Education Costs Scholarships (CECS), which help with general education costs ($2,207* in 2009), and
2. Commonwealth Accommodation Scholarships (CAS) to help students from rural and remote areas with accommodation costs ($4,415* in 2009).
3. Commonwealth Indigenous Access Scholarships (IAS) to help Indigenous students with educational costs ($4,166* in 2009)
Further information about this scholarship and the application process can be found on the UAC website - click here.
Applications must be submitted online - click here.
Closing Date: Friday, 28th November 2008 APPLICATIONS CLOSED!!
Honours Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic merit and personal attributes such as leadership and creativity.
To receive one of these scholarships, students must be local students (ie. Australian or New Zealand citizens, or permanent residents of Australia) and be commencing a University of Sydney Honours programme in 2009. In order to be eligible, the programme you are studying must have an additional year following the standard length Bachelor degree. Please check with the relevant Faculty if you are unsure whether your course of study is considered to have an additional Honours year. Some Honours degrees do not include an additional year of study and are therefore not eligible for this scholarship.
Please note that, applications are open once a year only, irrespective of whether you intend to commence in the first or second semester, so if you wish to apply, please ensure you do so by the closing date above.
Please submit an application form to our new address:
Scholarships and Prizes Office
Level 5
Jane Foss Russell Building G02
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
Please note that this is a new address. Please do not send your application to the address provided on the application form.
Value: $6,000
Duration: One year
Closing date: 4.30pm on Friday 19th December
Note: This scholarship is not a University of Sydney scholarship. The contact details and links will take you to an external site.
The 2008 Governor General’s Undergraduate Essay Competition gives university-level students from all faculties the chance to be further rewarded for their academic skill and talent, while also improving their future academic reference.
Every year, the competition is judged by a panel of highly recognized individuals from High Court justices to academics. The final judging panel for this year will include the Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG of the High Court of Australia.
The 2008 questions offer a wide variety of topics current in constitutional and political debate. All relate to the best way forward for the Australian democracy. Each essay contributed will be judged on its individual merit.
Further information, including this year's questions, can be found at the Constitution Education Fund Australia (CEFA) website.
Enquiries can be directed to Phuong Van (Administrator - CEFA) via email: pvan@cefa.org.au.
Closing Date: 5pm (EST) Friday, 19th December 2008
Graduate Entry Program Scholarships are awarded on the basis of academic merit and personal attributes such as leadership and creativity for students enrolling in their first year of Graduate Law, Bachelor of Dentistry, University of Sydney Medical Program (USydMP) or Teaching Degree.
To be eligible for these scholarships, students must be local students (ie. Australian or New Zealand citizens, or permanent residents of Australia). Scholarships are awarded for study in a specified degree program/Faculty and cannot be transferred.
To apply, please submit two copies of the application form to:
Scholarships and Prizes Office
Level 5
Jane Foss Russell Building G02
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
Please note that this is a new address. Please do not send your application to the address provided on the application form.
Value: $6,000 p.a.
Duration: one year for Entry Scholarships, up to five years for Merit Scholarships
Closing date: 4.30pm on Friday, 9th January 2009
Note: This scholarship is not a University of Sydney scholarship. The contact details and links will take you to an external site.
Kick start your travel writing career by going on assignment to Kerala, India. You will enjoy a 10 day tour with The Blue Yonder (www.theblueyonder.com) offering a unique insight into the River Nila civilization. Then, after touching base with your travel writing mentor - David Stott, you will hit the road for 10 days reviewing and writing for the Footprint India Handbook (www.footprintbooks.com).
The fruits of your labour will feature in the new edition of the Footprint India Handbook, placing your foot firmly in the door of the elusive travel writing industry!
For full scholarship and application details, please visit the World Nomads website.
Closing date: Friday, 9th January 2009
Note: This scholarship is not a University of Sydney scholarship. The contact details and links will take you to an external site.
The scholarship is given out to students who understand the value of public education and the need to be proactive in promoting financial literacy when they get into the classroom.
Full details (including eligibility criteria and application forms) for the Future Teacher Scholarship can be downloaded from Teachers Credit Union - Future Teacher Scholarship website - click here.
Value: $5,000 per year (4 scholarships)
Closing date: Saturday, 31st January 2009
Note: This scholarship is not a University of Sydney scholarship. The contact details and links will take you to an external site.
AFUW NSW is affiliated with AFUW Inc which is one of 78 member nations of the International Federation of University Women (IFUW) which has consultative status with the United Nations and its specialised agencies, including UNESCO and ECOSOC. AFUW thus has a direct voice through IFUW on international matters of critical importance to the protection of human rights and the status of women and girls.
The Australian Federation of University Women – NSW Inc. offers several annual awards to outstanding women students completing their first undergraduate degree course in 2008 and proceeding to approved further study. Preference will be given to applicants with significant community involvement. Applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents.
Information and application guidelines can be obtained from the AFUW NSW website (click here) or email the at: .
Completed applications must be emailed with copies of academic records; names and contact details of two referees, details of proposed further study, and details of community involvement to the at .
Value: $1,000
Closing date: Saturday, 28 February 2009
Note: This scholarship is not a University of Sydney scholarship. The contact details and links will take you to an external site.
The Trustees of The Australian Federation of University Women - South Australia Inc. (AFUW-SA Inc.) Trust Fund have the pleasure in offering the following bursaries for tenure in 2009-10. Money for these bursaries is raised by their Academic Dress Hire Service, which is staffed on a voluntary basis by members of The AFUW-SA Inc. and friends.
2009 JEAN GILMORE BURSARY (Postgraduate Research)
Value: up to $6,000
For women who are undertaking postgraduate degrees (Masters or doctorates) by research at an Australian university. Applicants must have completed one year of post-grad research, must not be in full-time paid employment or on fully-paid study leave, and must not have won a bursary in this category in 2008. A lodgement fee of $12.00AUD is required.
Full details (including eligibility criteria and application forms) for the 2009 Jean Gilmore Bursary can be downloaded here.
2009 HEATHER LATZ BURSARY (Postgraduate Coursework)
Value: up to $4,000
For women who are undertaking postgraduate degrees (Masters or doctorates) by coursework at an Australian university. Applicants must not be in full-time paid employment or on fully-paid study leave, and must not have won a bursary in this category in 2008.
Full details (including eligibility criteria and application forms) for the 2009 Heather Latz Bursary can be downloaded here.
Answers to frequently asked questions can be found on the AFUW-SA website - click here.
Completed applications must be sent to:
Bursaries Trustee
The AFUW-SA Inc. Trust Fund
GPO BOX 634
ADELAIDE SA 5001
Closing date: Monday, 2nd March 2009
The Trustees of the Education Trust of the Australian Federation of University Women -NSW Inc. invite applications for the AFUW-NSW TEMPE MANN TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP 2009. To be eligible, women students must hold a research masters or degree from, or be enrolled as a masters or doctorate degree student at, The University of Sydney. The Scholarship is awarded to a woman to undertake a short period of advanced research or course work in any field, at an overseas university or equivalent organisation.
An online application form and papers including selection guidelines are on the website (click here).
Enquiries can be directed to or
Tenure: The scholarship will be taken up in 2009 for a period to be agreed by the Trustees.
Value: $7,500
Closing date: Thursday, 30th April 2009
The Trustees will announce the award of the Scholarship by 1st June 2009.
The University of Sydney offers a number of scholarships for students from specific backgrounds. These include:
(click for descriptions)
Council of Education Scholarship
Freemason's Scholarship
Konstantin Gawrilow Scholarship
Martin McIlrath Scholarship
Spero Gravas Scholarship
Universities Credit Union Scholarship
Walter & Eliza Hall Scholarships in Nursing or Social Work
Walter Reid Book Grants
Please submit an application form to the:
Scholarships and Prizes Office
Level 5
Jane Foss Russell Building G02
The University of Sydney NSW 2006
Value: Various
Closing Date: CLOSED for 2008