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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Bachelors and honours scholarships

From history and sociology to political economy or visual arts scholarships, we have a wide range of options for domestic arts and social sciences students.

To find a scholarship that works for you, expand the relevant school and click on the scholarship title links. Alternatively, you can browse the full list of undergraduate scholarships for Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences students in the table below.

This page includes scholarships for both prospective and current domestic students.

Scholarship	Value	Eligibility	Open date	Close date
Bowman Cameron Scholarship	$5000 p.a. (for 3 years)	Domestic student First-year undergraduate student at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences	TBC	TBC
Charles Herbert Currey Memorial Scholarship	Up to $7,000	Enrolled in an undergraduate degree within FASS Intend to commence an exchange program or short-term mobility program or Interstate or international partner university student intending to undertake units within FASS at the University of Sydney Demonstrate financial need	4 December 2023	21 January 2024
Extended Bachelor Program Scholarship	$20,000 p.a. (up to 4 years)	Domestic student Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island student Applied and commencing an Extended Bachelor Program in the faculty of Arts and Social Sciences or Science	N/A	N/A
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Internship Scholarship	$5000	Undergraduate or postgraduate student undertaking an internship Demonstrate financial hardship	TBC	TBC
International and Global Studies Travelling Scholarship	$4000	Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (International and Global Studies) student Intend to commence an approved exchange overseas	TBC	TBC
James Wolfensohn Travelling Scholarship	$5000	Domestic student or New Zealand citizen Accepted into an approved exchange program in Asia	N/A	N/A
Kathleen M Karnaghan and Frederick E English Equity Scholarship	$5,000	Australian Citizen, New Zealand Citizen, or Australian Permanent Resident Undergraduate student Majoring in English Demonstrate financial hardship	TBC	TBC
Kerky asharian and Kayikian Fund for Armenian Studies	TBC (usually within $4,000 to $10,000)	Honours, master's by research or PhD student or academic affiliate in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Undertaking research in 19th century or earlier Armenian studies Applying for project or activity funding	TBC	TBC
Lendlease Bradfield Urbanisation Scholarship	$10,000	First or second year of an undergraduate degree in relevant faculty/University school Interested in issues related to urbanism WAM of 65	September 2025	September 2025
Marie Olive Armstrong Scholarship for Indigenous Students	$8,000 p.a. (up to 5 years)	Domestic student Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander student Enrolled in undergraduate or postgraduate coursework degree Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences or Conservatorium of Music	TBC	TBC
N orman Haire Fund for Sexology Studies	TBC	Australian citizen or permanent resident, or New Zealand citizen Honours, master's by research or PhD student, or academic affiliate Researching sexology	TBC	TBC
Ron Baumann Scholarship	$6000	Coursework student studying social work, social welfare or humanitarian issues Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander or experiencing disadvantage	TBC	TBC
The Holden Family Scholarship	Up to $50,000 p.a. (up to 4 years)	Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander coursework student Unconditional offer or currently first semester of an approved undergraduate degree	TBC	TBC
Sciences Po Dual Degree Scholarship	$15,000 pa (for 2 years)	Australian citizen Full-time Bachelor of Arts (Dual Degree, Sciences Po, France) or Bachelor of Economics (Dual Degree, Sciences Po, France) student	15 January 2024	31 January 2024
Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarships	$12,000	Australian citizen or permanent resident Full-time second year or beyond student Hold a credit average	TBC	TBC
The Ascham Teacher Education Scholarship	$12,000 or $9,000	Final year teaching students in 2024 Undertake an internship at Ascham School	TBC	TBC
Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Languages) Exchange Scholarship	$5,000	Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Languages) students Accepted into a University of Sydney Exchange program with an overseas institution	TBC	TBC
The Knox Grammar School Teacher Education Scholarship	$12,000 or $9,000	Final year teaching students in 2024 Undertake an internship at Knox Grammar School	1 November 2023	29 November 2023
The James Coutts Scholarship	$7,500 p.a. (up to 1 year)	Enrolled full-time in a honours year in English within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences	TBC	TBC
The Mungo William MacCallum Scholarship in Literature	$8,000 p.a.	Domestic student Unconditional offer or enrolled full time in an undergraduate degree Studying English Demonstrate financial disadvantage and/or hardship	TBC	TBC
Dr Mary Booth Scholarship	$8,500 p.a. (up to 2 years)	Third year student in specified Economics degree Female	N/A	N/A
Th e Gabrielle Ewington Equity Scholarship in Southeast Asian Studies	$8,500 p.a. (up to 4 years)	Unconditional offer or full-time undergraduate degree (including honours) within the FASS Planning to enrol or currently enrolled in studies focusing on Southeast Asian studies	TBC	TBC
The Kambala Teacher Education Scholarship	$12,000 or $9,000	Final year teaching students in 2024 Undertake an internship at Kambala School	TBC	TBC
FASS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Coursework Scholarship	$8,500 or $4,250 p.a.	Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander student Unconditional offer or currently first semester of an undergraduate or postgraduate coursework degree Not a MySydney scholarship recipient	TBC	TBC
Experience Israel Travel Scholarships	$1,400	Enrolled in undergraduate degree Enrolled in OLES2155: Experience Israel	22 May 2024	5 June 2024
USSC Undergraduate Equity Scholarship in American Studies	$10,000 p.a. (up to 1 year)	Unconditional offer holder or full-time undergraduate student Major in American Studies Facing financial hardship	TBC	TBC
USSC Undergraduate Indigenous Scholarship in American Studies	$10,000p.a. (up to 1 year)	Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person Unconditional offer holder or full-time undergraduate student Major in American Studies	TBC	TBC
Philosophy Honours Scholarship on the Ethics of Artificial Wombs	$6,000 p.a. (up to 1 year)	Philosophy Honours student Unconditional offer or enrolled full-time in first semester Philosophy must be in the areas of bioethics, ethics, or political philosophy	1 November 2023	2 February 2024
Liu Shiming Scholarship in Visual Arts	$4,500	Final year undergraduate student Studying visual arts	TBC	TBC
The Waverley College Teacher Education Scholarship	$12,000 p.a. (up to 1 year)	Final year teaching students in 2024 Undertake an internship at Waverley College	TBC	TBC
Scholarship	Value	Eligibility	Open date	Close date
Cerebral Palsy Alliance Professor Henry J Cowan Memorial Scholarship	$1500	Domestic full-time student in occupational therapy, speech pathology or physiotherapy High academic achiever	TBC	TBC
Chancellor's Award	$10,000	Australian citizen or permanent resident, or New Zealand citizen High academic achiever Current school leaver	N/A	N/A
David Clarke Memorial Scholarship	$15,000	Australian citizen or permanent resident, or New Zealand citizen Unconditional offer holder University of Sydney Rugby Club member	TBC	TBC
David W Johnson MySydney Scholarship	$8,500 p.a. for up to a maximum of 5 years.	Domestic student enrolled in a business or economics undergraduate degree. Must have applied for admission to your undergraduate degree through UAC. When you applied for admission through UAC, you must have resided in an area in the lowest 25 percent of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Socio-Economic Index for Areas (SEIFA) Index of Education and Occupation (IEO).	After Census Date of Semester 1 2024

Colin Gladstone Harrison Family Scholarship	$1,000	Final-year primary teaching student Interest in primary curriculum development	TBC	TBC
International Grammar School Independent School Scholarship	$12,000 or $9,000	Final year teaching students in 2023 Undertake an internship at the International Grammar School	TBC	TBC
James and Moya Kilgannon Scholarship	$8,000	Full-time undergraduate student within the Sydney School of Education and Social Work Enrolled in and intend to teach mathematics or science	TBC	TBC
Marion Macaulay Bequest Equity Travel Scholarship	Up to $7,000	Undergraduate or postgraduate coursework student Intend to commence exchange/mobility program Experiencing financial hardship	30 November 2023	21 January 2024
Raymond L Debus Scholarship	$5000 or $8500	Domestic student Studying or conducting research in education	TBC	TBC
Saint Ignatius College Riverview Independent School Scholarship	$12,000 or $9,000	Final year teaching students in 2024 Undertake an internship at Saint Ignatius College Riverview School	1 September 2023	6 October 2023
The Clissold Scholarship	$7000 (for course duration)	Domestic undergraduate student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences or the Sydney Business School	25 July 2023	29 September 2023
The Ravenswood Independent Schools Scholarship	$11,750 or $8,812.50	Final year teaching students in 2024 Undertake an internship at Ravenswood School for Girls	1 September 2023	6 October 2023
The Shore Teacher Education Scholarship	$12,000 or $9,000	Final year teaching students in 2024 Undertake an internship at Sydney Church of England Grammar School (Shore).	1 September 2023	6 October 2023
The Teacher Education Scholarship (Trinity Grammar School)	$9,000 or $12,000	Final year teaching students in 2023 Undertake an internship at Trinity Grammar School	TBC	TBC
The Teacher Education Scholarship (Wenona)	$12,000 or $9,000	Final year undergraduate and postgraduate education students Minimum WAM of 75 Undertake an internship at Wenona School.	13 November 2023	1 December 2023
The Walter and Eliza Hall Trust Opportunity Scholarship in Education	$10,000 (for up to 3 years)	Australian citizen Studying education	TBC	TBC
The Walter and Eliza Hall Trust Opportunity Scholarship in Social Work	$10,000 per annum (for up to 3 years)	Undergraduate student Identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island person Studying social work Demostrate financial need	TBC	TBC
The Romy Waterlow Scholarship	$10,000 or $5,000	Undergraduate or postgraduate coursework degree in social work/social welfare Demonstrate financial hardship	TBC	TBC

The Mary Henderson (Gerstle) Undergraduate Scholarship in Economic History	$8,000	Bachelor of Economics or Bachelor of Economics combined degree student Planning to or currently enrolled in at least two of the following UoS (ECOS3004, ECOS3024, or ECON4913) Minimum Annual Average Mark (AAM) of 65	24 August 2023	21 September 2023
The Pinnacle Women in Finance Scholarship	$10,000	Female student Enrolled full-time in a Bachelor of Commerce or Bachelor of Economics In penultimate or final year of study WAM of at least 75	TBC	TBC
The Sandra Cadwallader Indigenous Economics Scholarships	$50,000 pa (for course duration)	Australian citizen Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Qualify and enrol full time into the Bachelor of Economics or the Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Advanced Studies following the completion of the HSC or equivalent	25 July 2023	29 September 2023

Emilie M Schweitzer Scholarship in French and Germanic Studies	Up to $8,000	Studying French and Francophone or Germanic Studies	5 July 2023	31 July 2023
Garton Scholarship No I for French		Enrolled full-time in the second year of an undergraduate degree within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Enrolled in 6 credit points of French 2000-level units and 6 credit points of 3000-level units	N/A	N/A
Garton Scholarship No II for French	$5000	Full-time third-year undergraduate student at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Enrolled in FRNC3634 and another 6 credit points of FRNC3000 level units	N/A	N/A
Garton Scholarship No IV for German	$5000	Full-time second-year undergraduate students at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Enrolled in 18 credit points of German studies units	N/A	N/A
Garton Scholarship No V for German	$5000	Full-time second-year undergraduate student at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Enrolled in 18 credit points of German 2000 or 3000-level units	N/A	N/A
Judith Russell Ryan Scholarships in Memory of Signora Tedeschi	$5,000	Italian honours student	1 September 2023	12 October 2023
Language Student Travel Scholarship	Up to $4000	Undergraduate student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Working towards a Language major Plan to travel in 2023	5 July 2023	2 August 2023
Lebanese Ladies Association Scholarship in Arabic Language and Cultures	$8,200 p.a. (up to 1 years)	Full time third year student in a B of Arts or B of Arts / B of Advanced Studies Student enrolled full time in a B of Advanced Studies or standalone appended or embedded Honours program Majoring in Arabic Languages and Cultures	TBC	TBC
PD Jack Prize	Tuition fees for 2 units of study and $4,000 living allowance	Completed one semester and enrolled in first or second year undergraduate degree Enrolled in an Arabic Language and Cultures major or at least 1 ARBC units of study	23 November 2023	3 December 2023
The Chinese Studies Alumni Bursary	$3,000	University of Sydney Chinese studies student intending to undertake in-country study program in China or Taiwan Chinese partner university student intending to undertake units in Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney	5 July 2023	2 August 2023
The Chinese Studies Travelling Bursary	$2,000	Chinese studies student Plan to travel to China and study at a Chinese university	TBC	TBC
The Frances Merenda Travelling Scholarship	Up to $7,500	Undergraduate or postgraduate student Undertaking an approved exchange, further studies or research in Italy	1 September 2023	12 October 2023
The Politis Family Scholarship in Modern Greek and/or Byzantine Studies	$5,500	Undergraduate or postgraduate coursework student in FASS Studying modern Greek or Byzantine studies	TBC	TBC
The Sakuko Matsui Australia-Japan Friendship Scholarships	Up to $8000	Domestic students studying Japanese studies International students from Japan	TBC	TBC
The T M Hsiao Scholarship	$5,000	Completed a major in Chinese Studies (introductory) Intend to proceed to Honours in Chinese studies	10 August 2023	24 August 2023

Frank McDonald Memorial Fund	$1,000	Enrolled in ARHT3681	20 October 2023	3 December 2023
James Strong-Dymocks Scholarship for Australian Literature	$8,750 p.a (up to 4 years)	Australian citizen or Australian permanent resident Commencing or enrolled full-time in an undergraduate degree in FASS Minor in Australian Literature	TBC	TBC
The Thomas Henry Coulson Scholarship	$5,500	2nd, 3rd or 4th year undergraduate student within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences English Major Demonstrate disadvantage or hardship	TBC	TBC

Carlyle Greenwell Research Scholarship in Archaeology	Up to $20,000	Honours, Master of Arts (Research), MPhil or PhD student in Archaeology	21 August 2023	18 September 2023
John Frazer Scholarship	$5,000 (honours) and $8,500 (master's or PhD)	Enrolled in a BA (Hons), BA/BAS (Hons), BAS (Hons), master's by research or PhD in School of Humanities Conducting research in history	TBC	TBC
Kerr Scholarship in History	$8,300p.a. (for course duration)	Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Advanced Studies student Major in History Experiencing disadvantage or hardship	Re-opens for 2025	Re-opens for 2025
Lucy Firth Equity Honours Scholarship	$5,000 p.a.	Philosophy honours student Demonstrate financial hardship	TBC	TBC
Tom Austen Brown Honours Scholarship in Archaeology	$22,000 p.a. (up to 1 year)	Unconditional offer or enrolled in Bachelor of Arts (Honours) or Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Honours) Honours research area in Archaeology Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent	TBC	TBC
Tom Austen Brown Undergraduate Scholarship in Archaeology	$22,000	Unconditional offer in B. Arts, B. Arts/Adv Studies or Diploma of Arts Major in Archaeology Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent	25 July 2023	29 September 2023
Undergraduate Equity Scholarships in History	$5,000 (for up to 4 years)	Undergraduate student in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Major in history	25 July 2023	29 September 2023

Carlyle Greenwell Honours Scholarship	$8,500 p.a.	Anthropology honours student Completed a major in Anthropology in a Bachelor's degree Demonstrate disadvantage or hardship	TBC	TBC
Peter Lawrence Memorial Scholarship	TBC	Enrolled in Anthropology in an Honours, Master of Arts (Research), MPhil or PhD degree Applying for specified research project funding	TBC	TBC
The Mary Henderson (Gerstle) Undergraduate Scholarship in Political Economy	Up to $8,000 per annum (for up to 4 years)	Domestic student Starting first year of your political economy degree Enrolled full time	TBC	TBC

John Rector Scholarship in Jewish Studies	Up to $,4000 p.a. (for up to 1 year)	Full-time student in an Honours, Master of Arts, Master of Philosophy or PhD Undertaking Hebrew, Biblical and Jewish studies	TBC	TBC
Marion Macaulay Internship Scholarship in Education	$6000	Currently enrolled in a coursework degree in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work Must commence internship in the current year of receipt of scholarship	TBC	TBC
The Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship – SCA Student Travel	$10,000	SCA student Accepted into an approved travel program	TBC	TBC
The Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Scholarship –Travel	$10,000 or $30,000	SCA graduate Meet the definition of emerging or mid-career/established categories	TBC	TBC
The Jerome De Costa Memorial Awards	$2,000	Bachelor of Visual Arts or Bachelor of Visual Arts and Bachelor of Advanced Studies student Demonstrate financial hardship	TBC	TBC
The Jerome De Costa Memorial Undergraduate Degree Show Bursary	$5,000	Currently enrolled in BVA or BVA/BAS Completing last studio unit of study in the year of application Exhibit as part of the graduate exhibition Demonstrate financial hardship	TBC	TBC
The Zelda Stedman Artist Scholarship	$2,000	Undergraduate or postgraduate degree at the Sydney College of the Arts Demonstrate financial hardship	TBC	TBC
The Abbotsleigh Teacher Education Scholarship	$12,000 or $9,000	Final year undergraduate and postgraduate education students Minimum WAM of 75 Undertake an internship	1 September 2023	6 October 2023
American Studies Honours Scholarship	$1,666.66	Unconditional offer or enrolled full-time in B. Arts (Honours) or B. Advanced Studies (Honours) Honours in American Studies Must undertake a project or activity	TBC	TBC
Appen Inclusive AI Scholarship in Linguistics	$8,000 p.a. (up to 5 years)	Undergraduate student within FASS Major in Linguistics	TBC	TBC
Jolanda Allen Indonesian Studies Scholarship	$1,500 p.a. (up to 2 years)	First or second year undergraduate student Enrolled into Indonesian unit(s) of study	25 July 2023	29 September 2023
School of Humanities Research Support Grant	Up to $300	Honours, master's by research of PhD student within the School of Humanities Applying for small expenses funding	12 September 2023	9 October 2023