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Eric Campbell Scott Scholarship
An undergraduate scholarship
This scholarship supports high-achieving domestic students experiencing financial disadvantage to study an undergraduate degree in business.
Highlights
| Value | Eligibility | Open date | Close date |
|---|---|---|---|
| $3000 |
|
N/A | N/A |
How to apply
Apply through the Universities Admissions Centre here.
Benefits
This scholarship is valued at $3000 per year, tenable for up to four years (inclusive of honours).
Who's eligible
You must:
- be an Australian citizen or permanent resident
- be starting a single or combined undergraduate degree at the University of Sydney Business School
- have a minimum ATAR of 96 or equivalent
- demonstrate academic ability and financial disadvantage
- enrol in the first year of the nominated degree in the year of scholarship offer, you cannot defer this scholarship.
Note:
- This scholarship is awarded as a secondary scholarship and may be taken concurrently with a primary award.
- This scholarship is not transferable to another degree program, except with the permission of the Dean of the University of Sydney School of Business.
Background
Established in 2000 by a donation from the USA Foundation, this scholarship is named after alumnus and prominent international businessperson David W Johnson.
Background
The name of the scholarship shall be the Eric Campbell Scott Scholarship in Business.
Selection Criteria
- The scholarship shall be awarded based on academic merit, financial need, and information supplied by the applicant.
- The essential criterion for academic merit is an ATAR of 96 or more in the NSW Higher School Certificate, or the equivalent, in the year of application for the scholarship.
- The essential criterion for financial need is receipt of means-tested Commonwealth allowance.
Ongoing eligibility
- The award is conditional on the scholar meeting all the obligations of the program and maintaining a satisfactory level of progress (which shall normally be deemed to mean a credit average over all subjects attempted in any one year).
Payment schedule
Paid in two equal instalments of $1500 at the beginning of each semester, subject to the recipient remaining a fully enrolled student in the agreed degree program.
Termination
- fails to achieve the academic requirement of credit average each year,
- fails to maintain a full-time enrolment,
- withdraws or takes a Leave of Absence from their undergraduate degree without prior notification to Business School.
