Featured byThe University of Sydney
Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
$5,500
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
This scholarship was established in 2020 to provide support to undergraduate students studying English who are experiencing disadvantage or hardship.
This scholarship is funded by a donation made in 1916 from Miss Mary Jane Coulson in memory of her brother.
Benefits
A successful recipient enrolled full-time will receive $5,500 for up to one year. A recipient enrolled part-time will receive 50 percent of the full-time rate for up to two years.
Eligibility
You must:
- be enrolled in your second, third or fourth year in an undergraduate degree within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- be majoring in English
- be able to demonstrate financial hardship based on one or more of the below:
- identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Island person as defined in the University of Sydney’s Confirmation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Identity Policy 2015
- low socio-economic status
- carer responsibilities
- long-term medical condition/disability (including ongoing effects of abuse)
- sole-parent responsibilities
- regional or remote disadvantage
- refugee status
- LGBTIQ+, and/or
- first in family.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
Australia
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Not specified
Applications open in March for studies commencing Semester 1 of the same year. Subject to available funding, applications may re-open in August for a second round of awarding. Dates are indicative and may vary.