Faculty of Science

Bachelors and honours scholarships

From chemistry and biology to agriculture or psychology scholarships, we have a wide range of options for domestic science 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 Science students in the table below.

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

General

Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) WISE School
Elevate Scholarship
Extended Bachelor Program Scholarship
Faculty of Science Honours Relocation Scholarships
James Strong – Rip Curl Undergraduate Scholarship
John Coutts Scholarship
Josiah and Myra Roberts Scholarship
Nancy Paton Women in Science Scholarship
Philip Thomas Collins Scholarship
Sir Lionel Hooke Scholarship
The Holden Family Scholarship
The Gabrielle Gouch Scholarship
The Gregg Indigenous Scholarship in Science
The Ross Scholarship
Yim Family Foundation Scholarship

School of Geosciences

Scholarship	Value	Eligibility	Open date	Close date
Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering (AINSE) WISE School	All-expenses-covered trip	First-year female-identifying student	1 December 2023	15 March 2024
Deas Thomson Physical Scholarship in Physics Honours	$7,000 p.a (up to 1 year)	Domestic/international student Having an unconditional offer of admission in full time in an Honours program in Physics with the School of Physics	11 September 2023	31 January 2024
Elevate Scholarship	Various	Domestic student Identify as a woman Commencing a STEM degree or Master of Business Administration (MBA) at an Australian University	See page for details	See page for details
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 Science Honours Relocation Scholarships	$6000	Commencing honours student enrolling full-time Completed an undergraduate degree at a university overseas, interstate or in rural or remote NSW	11 September 2023	31 January 2024
James Murphy Scholarship	$7,500	Australian Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident, or New Zealand Citizen Studying, or commencing study in a listed science degree Catholic	25 July 2023	29 September 2023
James Strong – Rip Curl Undergraduate Scholarship	$7500	Australian citizen or permanent resident Enrol full time in an undergraduate degree in the Faculty of Science Minimum ATAR (or equivalent) of 90 in the NSW HSC	25 July 2023	29 September 2023
John Coutts Scholarship	$7500	Studying the Bachelor of Science (Honours), or embedded honours study within the Bachelor of Advanced Studies Achieve highest grades in final year of the Bachelor of Science	11 September 2023	31 January 2024
Josiah and Myra Roberts Scholarship	$10,000 p.a. (up to 3 years)	Australian citizen or permanent resident Commencing undergraduate student at the Faculty of Science Low socioeconomic background/demonstrate disadvantage or hardship	25 July 2023	29 September 2023
Ken Richards Memorial Scholarship in Geosciences Honours	$5,000 p.a. (up to 1 year)	Domestic/international student Having an unconditional offer of admission in full-time in an Honours degree (Geosciences) within the Faculty of Science	11 September 2023	31 January 2024
Nancy Paton Women in Science Scholarship	$8,500 p.a. (up to 3 years)	Domestic student Female student in undergraduate degree within Faculty of Science	25 July 2023	29 September 2023
Philip Thomas Collins Scholarship	25,000	Australian Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident, or a New Zealand Citizen Studying a full-time honours program Demonstrate financial need via the UAC Equity Scholarship Application	11 September 2023	31 January 2024
Sir Lionel Hooke Scholarship	$5000	High academic achiever Recent high school graduate applying for an undergraduate degree in the Faculty of Science	25 July 2023	29 September 2023
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	28 August 2023	29 September 2023
The Gregg Indigenous Scholarship in Science	$20,000 p.a. (up to one year only)	Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Being currently enrolled or having an unconditional offer of admission and commencing full-time studying Undergraduate or postgraduate coursework student	NA	15 February 2024
The Ross Scholarship	$7200 p.a. (up to 4 years)	Australian citizen or permanent resident Recent school leaver Unconditional offer of admission into an undergraduate science degree Rural or remote resident	15 September 2023	14 January 2024
Yim Family Foundation Scholarship	$25,000	Donestic student Studying a full-time honours program in chemistry, mathematics, molecular bioscience and/or physics Demonstrate financial need via the UAC Equity Scholarship Application.	11 September 2023	31 January 2024

Rowe Scientific Chemistry Scholarship	$5000	Be enrolled full-time (24 CPs per semester) in third year undergraduate student majoring in chemistry Consider to be third year of study upon completion of 96 CPs towards undergraduate course Demonstrate financial disadvantage	12 September 2022	03 October 2022
The Gabrielle Gouch Scholarship	$7,400 p.a. (up to 2 years)	Must be an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person Must completed a minimum of 48 credit points Must be majoring in one of the following areas: Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, medical science, climate science, bio-chemistry/genetic engineering	15 September 2023	14 March 2024
Walter Moore Honours Scholarships	$1500	Being currently enrolled in full-time or part-time in an Honours degree within the School of Chemistry Demonstrate financial need	08 May 2023	13 August 2023

Deas Thomson Scholarships (Geology and Mineralogy)

$6,000 p.a. (up to one year)

Domestic/international student
Unconditional offer of admission in Honours
Studying Geology and/or Mineralogy within the School of Geosciences

11 September 2023

31 January 2024

Brian Davey Memorial Soil Science Scholarship	$6000	Undertaking an honours program and specialising in soil science	11 September 2023	31 January 2024
Dr John and Mrs Adriana Nell Scholarship in Agriculture	$6000	Undergraduate student be progressing to the third year in Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Agriculture) Studying in at least of one listed majors	31 March 2023	28 April 2023
Grains Research Development Corporation (GRDC) Undergraduate Scholarship	TBC	Australian citizen or permanent resident Honours student Endorsed by a research supervisor and willing to undertake research into primary industry and grains	TBC	TBC
James S Ashton Memorial Scholarship	$4000	Undergraduate student in agricultural science	N/A	March 2023
McCaughey Memorial Institute Scholarship in Agriculture	$7500	Progressing to or enrolled in a full-time honour with an agricultural research topic Have achieved a WAM of 65 or above, or equivalent in previous tertiary studies Be able to demonstrate financial hardship via the UAC Equity Scholarship Application	11 September 2023	31 January 2024
Norman Scott Noble Honours Scholarship	$4000	Undertaking an honours program in agriculture focusing research topic	11 September 2023	31 January 2024
The Kristina Hacket Memorial Scholarship	$6,000 p.a.	Domestic/international female student unconditional offer of admission or being currently enrolled full-time in an Honours degree in the fields of agriculture and animal sciences	11 September 2023	31 January 2024
Roy Frederick Turner Scholarship (Agriculture)	$7500	Australian Citizen, Australian Permanent Resident, or New Zealand Citizen Recent school leaver and having an unconditional offer of admission in full-time in Bachelor of Agricultural Science in the Faculty of Science Demonstrate financial need	25 July 2023	29 September 2023
Rural Sustainability Scholarship (Supplementary)	Approx. $4,300 p.a. (up to 1 year)	Currently enrolled in full-time studies in the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Agriculture), or the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Food and Agribusiness) Active current recipient of the Rural Sustainability scholarship Reside in rural or regional Australia Able to demonstrate financial hardship	20 July 2022	16 January 2023
Undergraduate Scholarship in Agriculture	$4,400	Australian citizen or permanent resident School leaver Having an unconditional offer of admission in full-time in Bachelor of Agricultural Science within the Faculty of Science Minimum ATAR of 85 or equivalent	N/A	January 2024

Barker Scholarships	$750	Domestic/international student Enrolled full-time in an undergraduate Science degree Completed specified Mathematics units of study	N/A	March 2024
George Allen Scholarships	$1,000	Domestic/international student Enrolled full-time in an Honours (Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Statistics, Pure Mathematics, or Data Science) degree Completed specified Mathematics/Statistics units of study	N/A	March 2024
Honours Scholarship in Indigenous Genomics	$3,500 p.a.	An Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island person Full-time enrolled or commencing students in the Data Science or Statistics Honours Program Have achieved a WAM of 65 and above in previous tertiary studies	TBC	TBC
K E Bullen Scholarships	$2,00	Domestic/international student Enrolled full-time in Honours (Applied Mathematics) degree Completed specified Mathematics units of study	N/A	March 2024
Mrs. Elva Rae Talented Mathematics Undergraduate Scholarship	$2,500 p.a. (up to 2 years)	Domestic/international student Female student Having an unconditional offer of admission and enrolled full-time/solely in a Science undergraduate degree	December 2022	31 March 2023

Edna Briggs Scholarship in Physics	Up to $6000	PhD or master's by research degree in physics	TBC	TBC
Honours Scholarship in Terahertz Photonics	$5,000 p.a. (one year)	Domestic/international student Unconditional offer of admission or currently enrolled in Physics Honours Achieved a Distinction average, or equivalent, in undergraduate studies	24 May 2022	12 August 2022
School of Physics Honours Scholarship	$6000	Enrolled in physics honours Completed a major in physics Achieved a distinction average, or equivalent, in senior Physics units	20 October 2022	31 January 2023
The Malcolm Turki Memorial Scholarship	$6000	Australian citizen Commencing/enrolled in an honours degree in the School of Physics Have completed a major in physics in Bachelor's degree Demonstrate financial hardship	11 September 2023	31 January 2024

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Undergraduate Psychology Scholarship	$7,000 p.a. (up to 3 years)	Domestic student Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Island student Psychology student within Faculty of Science	25 July 2023	29 September 2023
Sally Andrews Honours Scholarship in Psychology	$7,000 p.a. (up to 1 year)	Domestic student Having an unconditional offer of admission into an Honours degree Currently enrolled full-time in the Bachelor of Psychology Honours within the Faculty of Science Demonstrate financial hardship via the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) Equity Scholarship application	11 September 2023	31 January 2024

Sydney School of Veterinary Sciences Undergraduate Equity Scholarship	CSP rate p.a. (up to 3 years)	Domestic student Having an unconditional offer of admission and commencing full-time study in the Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Be able to demonstrate low socio-economic status	TBC	TBC
The Jean and Ray Blencowe Scholarship	Approx. $1700	Top achiever in the HSC Enrol in a Bachelor of Veterinary Biology and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine	N/A	March 2024
The Webster Scholarship in Veterinary Science	Up to $30,000	Domestic student Having an unconditional offer of admission and commencing full-time study in the Bachelor of Veterinary Biology/Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Demonstrate low socio-economic status via UAC	N/A	14 December 2023