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.

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	August 2021	N/A
Dean’s Entry Scholarship	$5000	High academic achievers Recent high school graduate applying for an undergraduate, double or combined degree in the Faculty of Science	July 2022	30 September 2022
Double Degree Science Medicine Diversity Scholarship	$6000	Australian citizens Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person as defined in the University of Sydney’s Confirmation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Identity Policy 2015 Enrolled full-time in a Bachelor of Science/Doctor of Medicine within the Faculty of Science	20 July 2022	31 January 2023
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 Dean's Access Scholarship	$2875 per semester	Domestic undergraduate Science student in high school Financial hardship	20 July 2022	16 February 2023
Faculty of Science Dean's Equity Scholarship	$5000	Australian citizen or permanent resident Undergraduate science student who has completed at least 48 credit points Minimum WAM of 65 Recipient of E12 and/or entered via Gadigal program in commencing year	N/A	January 2023
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	20 October 2022	31 January 2023
Faculty of Science Olympiad Scholarship	$5000	Australian Citizen or Australian Permanent Resident medallist in an International Science Olympiad High academic achiever Commencing an undergraduate, double or combined degree in the Faculty of Science	20 July 2022	1 December 2022
Farrand Science Scholarship	$5000	High academic achiever Recent high school graduate applying for an undergraduate degree at the Faculty of Science	July 2022	30 September 2022
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	20 July 2022	1 December 2022
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	20 October 2022	31 January 2023
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	3 April 2022	16 January 2023
Philip Thomas Collins Scholarship	25,000	Studying a full-time honours program Demonstrate financial need	20 October 2022	31 January 2023
Science Top of the State Scholarship	$5000	Achieve first place in one of the NSW HSC subjects listed below No previous tertiary studies Commencing an undergraduate, double or combined degree in the Faculty of Science	December 2022	December 2022
Sir Lionel Hooke Scholarship	$5000	High academic achiever Recent high school graduate applying for an undergraduate degree in the Faculty of Science	July 2022	30 September 2022
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	TBC	TBC
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	20 July 2022	17 January 2023
Yim Family Foundation Scholarship	$25,000	Studying a full-time honours program in chemistry, mathematics, molecular bioscience and/or physics Demonstrate financial need	20 October 2022	31 January 2023

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
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

20 October 2022

31 January 2023

Brian Davey Memorial Soil Science Scholarship	$6000	Undertaking an honours program and specialising in soil science	20 October 2022	31 January 2023
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	20 October 2022	31 January 2023
Norman Scott Noble Honours Scholarship	$4000	Undertaking an honours program in agriculture focusing research topic	20 October 2022	31 January 2023
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	20 October 2022	31 January 2023
Roy Frederick Turner Scholarship (Agriculture)	$7500	Undergraduate student Enrolled in or starting a listed science degree	20 July 2022	16 January 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 Commencing the Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Agriculture) or Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Food and Agribusiness) Minimum ATAR of 85	N/A	January 2023

Barker Scholarships	$750	Domestic/international student Enrolled full-time in an undergraduate Science degree Completed specified Mathematics units of study	N/A	March 2023
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 2023
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	03 April 2023	30 June 2023
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 2023
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

Complex Systems Scholarship	$1500 p.a.	Domestic student Enrolled full-time in an undergraduate degree in the Faculty of Science Majoring in Physics	20 May 2022	10 July 2022
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	20 October 2022	31 January 2023
Vacation Scholarship in Radio Transients	Round $2,862	Domestic and international student Enrolled in an undergraduate science degree Have completed 36 credit points Have achieved WAM of 75	12 June 2023	25 June 2023

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 via the Early Offer Year 12 (E12) Scheme	11 July 2022	08 December 2022
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	January 2023
The Veterinary Society Scholarship	$2500	Doctor of Veterinary Medicine student Sydney University Veterinary Society member Demonstrate financial hardship via the UAC Equity Scholarship	12 July 2022	27 February 2023
Tomoko Maruno Equity Scholarship	$10,000	Doctor of Veterinary Medicine student Demonstrate financial hardship via the UAC Equity Scholarship	12 July 2022	27 February 2023